CloserIQ

JANUARY 3, 2019

Succeeding in sales is all about developing the right habits. But not all habits are sales-generating. The industry has changed a lot in recent decades, moving towards a consultative approach. Now, some once-hallowed practices will actively hinder your ability to connect with prospective customers and close deals.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Chasing unqualified prospects that never close is one of the largest wastes of your sales team’s time and resources. For this reason, it’s key to equip your salespeople with the ability to quickly assess whether a prospect is truly qualified, and throw them back to sea if not. Follow a Formal Sales Process.

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Integrity Solutions

JUNE 19, 2023

Here’s what they told us are the sales skills that enable these top performers to navigate uncertainty and volatitlity, build meaningful relationships and deliver value to their customers, day in and day out. We know that sales prospecting is a vital part of sales success.

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Sales Talent

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“I’ve been an account executive in software sales for the last five years. My strength is my ability to get in the door with new prospects and quickly earn their trust. Many reps on our team sandbag and push sales into the next quarter, which goes against my personality. Walk me through your current sales process.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 24, 2019

Instead, they follow a consultative, buyer-focused sales process that leads the buyer naturally to the close. Here are 4 things that high-performing sales reps do with every prospect or customer to avoid having to focus their attention on closing strategies. They follow a buyer-focused sales process.

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Rep-Lite

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

B2B sales consulting for medical sales is a specialized service that helps healthcare organizations navigate the unique challenges of B2B transactions within the healthcare industry. What is B2B Sales Consulting? A sales expert in this space needs to understand these intricacies and provide tailored solutions.

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Spotio

JULY 22, 2024

The first step toward closing a deal is getting a prospect to commit to that first appointment, after all. Sales appointment setting is a vital part of any sales strategy. It’s a direct line between lead generation and the rest of the sales process. Why should the prospect care about this problem right now ?

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 16, 2020

So, you’ve embraced the concept of consultative sales training; you understand your responsibility as a trusted advisor to be attentive and to put your client first, and you’re ready to take your new mandate to the field. Your personal brand : Remember what we said at the outset – you understand the importance of consultative selling.

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CloserIQ

AUGUST 19, 2019

Many sales representatives only start to think about closing the deal later in the sales process. The best way to do this is to exercise control over sales conversations. This approach means diagnosing the prospect’s problems early in the sales process. Subtlety is key for guiding sales conversations.

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CloserIQ

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Whether you ask for it or not, there’s only so much time that a prospect can spare out of their extremely busy schedule to entertain sales professionals. You should optimize every single minute that you’re in contact with a prospect. You should optimize every single minute that you’re in contact with a prospect.

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Spotio

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Looking to level-up your door to door sales process in 2022? There is a stigma around door to door sales and that it’s an antiquated way of selling. As the next generation of outside sales reps join the workforce, the majority are unaware just how powerful door to door selling can be. Pillars of the D2D Sales Process.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 10, 2019

Every salesperson will have a unique selling style and way they interact with prospects and customers. For most sales reps, the selling style they use is based on their own behavioral style, and what they’re most familiar and comfortable with. Your Sales Reps Aren’t Adapting Their Questioning Approach.

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CloserIQ

JANUARY 28, 2019

We recommend introducing all entry-level sales representatives to the following types of tools: 1) Prospecting tools. Many highly successful sales reps use tools to help them not only to identify potential prospects, but also to figure out the best strategy for approaching the prospect. 3) Presentation tools.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Teach these tips to help your salespeople get better at overcoming sales objections. When a prospect raises an objection, it’s natural to want to jump to the defense. Teach your salespeople to instead focus on listening deeply to the objection before jumping in, and to express empathy with the prospect’s problem.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 18, 2018

Sales isn’t about convincing or persuading a person to buy something—it’s about offering a logical solution to a problem a customer or prospect is challenged with. Of course, you hope that your prospects will end up purchasing your company’s product or service rather than the competition’s. The Importance of Active Listening.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 31, 2018

At The Brooks Group, we train sales professionals to use a 3-deep questioning strategy during conversations with prospects and customers. The strategy (which we’ll outline below) allows a sales rep to uncover the wants and needs of the buyer—and even the unstated emotions that will ultimately impact purchasing decisions.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 18, 2019

Using a consultative sales process that builds trust and establishes clear communication with prospects and customers. To be fully effective, customer-centric selling should go beyond the sales department – to your customer service , marketing, and account management teams as well. Longer sales cycles.

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Salesforce

JULY 23, 2021

Your prospect may have concerns about the sincerity of the salesperson, the quality of the product, the reliability of service, the price, or the amount of risk involved. Here’s our list of the most common customer objections, and what sales teams can do to assuage the concerns of every type of prospect.

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Map My Customers

AUGUST 10, 2022

Effective sales enablement means that you’re arming your sales reps with everything they need to get ahead, be prepared, and feel confident, informed, and capable. Mobile sales enablement tools help make this possible for outside sales reps. This also includes your reps’ prospecting efforts.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 3, 2018

Good questioning does not mean firing off a rapid series of questions to pry as much information out of the prospect as possible. Teach your reps to ask and then to listen without talking until the prospect has a chance to fully answer the question. It also sets up the relationship on the right foot as the prospect feels heard.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Account Consultant. Client Success Consultant. Director of Sales. In-Home Consultant. Sales Consultant. Sales Director. Sales Engineer. Sales Professional. Sales Representative. Gain Trust and Improve Your Positioning with a Consultative Selling Process. Salesperson.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 23, 2018

That’s why it’s key that your salespeople use a customer-focused, consultative selling process with every prospect and customer they interact with. But your customer-centric strategy should go beyond the sales team. Sales teams across these firms enjoy 41% greater annual growth in their attainment of quotas (51.2%

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 8, 2019

Several common themes surfaced when we asked survey participants about current trends that may affect the future of their sales organizations. Global uncertainty and the customer hesitancy it creates was ranked among the top, along with the need for consultative selling over transactional selling. Conclusion.

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The Brooks Group

MAY 9, 2018

Value-based selling, in short, is a sales approach that focuses on communicating and delivering value to prospects and customers throughout their decision-making process. Teach salespeople to do the appropriate amount of investigating before every communication touch-point they have with prospects. Identify Pain Points.

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Contrarian Sales Techniques

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Today's consumers are savvy and have access to a wealth of information, making it more important than ever for sales professionals to adapt their approach to meet the needs and preferences of their prospects. One key aspect of the modern sales approach is the use of conversational marketing.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Here are 6 steps they should follow throughout the sales process to do just that. Your salespeople should become accustomed to preparing ahead of time for every interaction they have with a prospect or customer. Your sales team should be prepared to ask thoughtful probing questions during each stage of the sales process.

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eatNgage

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

For example, “sign up to claim your free consultation”, is a great call-to-action as it tells prospects exactly what action to perform, and what they will receive by performing that action. Free consultations, webinars and eBooks are a few of the most common offers that businesses utilize to attract new leads and get them to convert.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Effective sales funnel management is a key tool in optimizing your sales team’s performance. A well-managed sales funnel will move prospects through the sales process faster, reduce unnecessary losses, and help your team win more deals. What is a Sales Funnel? Track Prospects Through the Funnel.

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Spotio

JUNE 25, 2022

Once you invest in this kind of tool, you’ll be able to immediately add new leads to your CRM so that you can spend more of your time selling, automatically follow up with prospects so that none of them fall through the cracks, and a whole lot more. But what is sales automation? A third of all sales tasks can be automated.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Salespeople who are strongly motivated by goals are more likely to meet them and, therefore, succeed in the goal-driven environment of sales. A person who is inclined to be conscientious is more likely to follow up, maintain a consistent prospecting routine, and complete all the tasks necessary to nurture a prospect to a sale.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I will always work for the best interests of my prospects and customers. I will always fulfill my obligations to my prospects, clients, and company. I will remain loyal to prospects and clients and never use what I learn from them to advantage their competitors. Sales Culture Sales Performance Improvement

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Account Consultant. Client Success Consultant. Director of Sales. In-Home Consultant. Sales Consultant. Sales Director. Sales Engineer. Sales Professional. Sales Representative. Gain Trust and Improve Your Positioning with a Consultative Selling Process. Salesperson.

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Contrarian Sales Techniques

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

These are typically the first questions that a sales representative should ask after they have introduced themselves to the prospect. SPIN Problem Question Problem questions are typically asked during the investigation stage to gather information about a prospect's pain points and frustrations.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The key to understanding what a prospect wants and needs lies in the follow-up question. Great questioning is a skill every successful salesperson has mastered, and the follow-up is a critical part of that questioning process. What Is a Sales Follow-up Question? Position a salesperson as a consultant and strategic advisor.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Here are 6 steps they should follow throughout the sales process to do just that. Your salespeople should become accustomed to preparing ahead of time for every interaction they have with a prospect or customer. Your sales team should be prepared to ask thoughtful probing questions during each stage of the sales process.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 11, 2018

What is Sales? A sales rep is typically responsible for prospecting to find new clients, and meeting their sales quotas by converting prospects into buying customers. Account management is a client-facing, post-sale role. Closing: a salesperson must feel confident asking for the sale.

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The Brooks Group

MAY 16, 2018

Also known as sales engineers, these technical sales reps are extremely knowledgeable on the details of a product or solution, but they’re not always the best at converting prospects into customers. To help your technical sales reps become more business-minded and generally successful on sales calls, follow these 3 steps: 1.

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