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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Map My Customers

JULY 1, 2022

Mapping out your sales pipeline is an essential part of maximizing the success of your team’s efforts. It helps guide management decisions that can reduce any bottlenecks within the sales process and give reps a clear roadmap, allowing them to pinpoint where their efforts are and will be most effective.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Having process in place and a tight lead qualification process will improve your forecasting accuracy, decrease wasted time and resources, and allow your salespeople to focus their attention where it has the greatest impact. Use these tips to teach your team how to qualify sales prospects the right way.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2019

So, you’ve taken on a role as the leader of an existing sales team. You’re feeling optimistic and ready for the challenge, but what are the best practices that will lead you to success? Aim to set expectations and behavioral norms with your new sales force right away. Establish a Standardized Sales Process.

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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? Qualified Leads. Consideration.

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Spotio

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Sales managers can examine the pipeline to see where leads are sticking. For example, if the pipeline shows a lot of leads reaching the quoting stage, but advancing no further, that could indicate a problem with the product pricing structure. X amount of sales appointments , but lack enough quotes.

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Map My Customers

AUGUST 10, 2022

If you are serious about sales enablement for your field sales team, you need to invest in mobile apps to optimize it. Sales enablement tools that are great for outside sales teams will have a mobile application that a user can download and use on their mobile devices while on the go.

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Spotio

JUNE 29, 2023

According to our survey results, the number one challenge that sales reps face in 2023 is slowing economic growth. As you would expect, both B2B and B2C markets have difficulty qualifying leads, finding sales talent, and adapting to changes in customer buying behavior. What keeps sales reps from making quota?

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CloserIQ

APRIL 30, 2019

In today’s climate, where customers have clear expectations and a multitude of options to choose from – a shift in sales culture is required. Leading to the question: how do you as an organization change the culture of your sales team? The answer is a unified approach; a modern one sorely needed in B2B sales.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 9, 2019

So, you’ve taken on a role as the leader of an existing sales team. You’re feeling optimistic and ready for the challenge, but what are the best practices that will lead you to success? Aim to set expectations and behavioral norms with your new sales force right away. Establish a Standardized Sales Process.

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Map My Customers

AUGUST 4, 2022

These sources are the most common methods of generating new leads. Many of these reps report that they don’t have a sales prospecting strategy from their company. But some use a tool like the Lead Finder functionality within Map My Customers.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

When your salespeople have already invested time on a lead, it’s hard for them to throw that fish back to sea. As a sales leader, you must coach your sellers to quickly and objectively evaluate whether a prospect is truly qualified, so no time is wasted chasing a deal that will never happen. Use them to your advantage.

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Spotio

AUGUST 15, 2023

Some of these podcasts will teach you how to drum up more leads, build deeper, more meaningful relationships with prospects, and, ultimately, close more deals. Of course, not every sales podcast is created equal. That’s why we’ve put together this list of the best sales podcasts of 2023 for you. How popular?

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It is often the differentiating factor in a sale and, once lost, it is very difficult to regain. Here are 6 steps they should follow throughout the sales process to do just that. 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

JULY 23, 2019

Team selling can: Shorten the length of the sales cycle. Lead to larger engagements, and . The biggest mistake we see among sales organizations when it comes to team selling, is a lack of planning. This can lead to awkward moments that degrade your company’s positioning in the buyer’s eyes. Make a Strategic Plan.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It is often the differentiating factor in a sale and, once lost, it is very difficult to regain. Here are 6 steps they should follow throughout the sales process to do just that. 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

JANUARY 30, 2019

CRM tools also allow salespeople to know exactly where in the sales cycle a particular client is at any given time. This improves sales funnel management and ensures that reps are aligning their sales process to the buyer’s journey. CRM software offers more than just lead management support. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 20, 2016

Deal coaching is frequently unstructured and that unfortunately leads to wasted time with reps updating the current situation—rather than focusing on the things that should be done to strengthen the strategy and compress the sales cycle. Question 1: Which step of the sales process are you in? Cut and dry.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The “P” in IMPACT Selling stands for “Probe” – a vitally important stage in the sales process. The Probe stage is the step that allows sales reps to focus on asking strategic questions, and uncovering answers that will lead them to recommending the most appropriate solution. Sales Performance Improvement

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CloserIQ

APRIL 30, 2019

In today’s climate, where customers have clear expectations and a multitude of options to choose from – a shift in sales culture is required. Leading to the question: how do you as an organization change the culture of your sales team? The answer is a unified approach; a modern one sorely needed in B2B sales.

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The Brooks Group

JULY 23, 2019

As CRM tools become more advanced, encourage both your marketing and sales teams to always be collecting information about the customer so you can leverage the power of aggregated data. Interesting trends may emerge -- clients can be more easily transitioned between salespeople, and historical data can lead to more refined sales processes.

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The Brooks Group

OCTOBER 4, 2019

In the “sink or swim” onboarding approach, a new sales hire spends their first days filling out paperwork and is then dropped into work without the proper preparation. Any sales rep who has been victim to this probably felt like they were told, “Here’s your territory and list of cold leads – GO!”. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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The Brooks Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

A good sales process and corresponding structure fuels superior results. As sales leaders we know from experience, and research confirms, that rigor and discipline around a common language and process dramatically increases the productivity of sales reps. Enable vs. Inspect. One without the other is a miss.

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Contrarian Sales Techniques

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Confidence and Your Sales Job 1.1 Having confidence in selling means knowing your sales abilities and intelligence, and being able to take action to seize opportunities to move the sales process further. You can also use self-hypnosis to build your self-confidence with a downloadable audio program.

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The Brooks Group

MARCH 28, 2017

Measuring performance based on pure sales results alone won’t tell you where a salesperson needs to improve or what behaviors drove the numbers. It’s harder to measure performance throughout the sales process, but doing so will give you a great deal more insight into your team’s ability. Use them to your advantage.

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

There are plenty of potential clients out there that will be a perfect fit for your sales team and organization; Talking to anyone other than those highly-qualified leads is time wasted. Build your lead qualification process around these 5 key characteristics: 1. Awareness of Need. Authority and Ability to Buy or Commit.

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Spotio

APRIL 26, 2023

Are you still tracking leads in a spreadsheet? Then it’s time to upgrade to a full CRM software for sales. Once you do, you’ll have access to the features your sales team needs to close deals consistently. I’m talking about lead tracking, pipeline visualization, activity management, and analytics-type features.

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CloserIQ

APRIL 23, 2019

Next, try building a database or spreadsheet, entering key information on each sale so they can be compared side by side. Some areas to look could be: Training — are the right pitches, cadences and behaviors being cycled through the sales floor? Data entry — is accurate information from sales being entered, reported, or passed along?

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 3, 2019

Leading Others. Based on the hundreds of clients we consult with each month for sales hiring and talent management needs, we’ve found a handful of competencies that seem to be trending for today’s increasingly complex marketplace. Develop a Blueprint for Sales Success with the Benchmarking Process. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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Spotio

AUGUST 4, 2022

Because of this, a prospect’s credit score is vital to the sales process. Once you have a firm understanding, you can use a tool like SPOTIO’s Lead Generation , which will help you pinpoint quality leads in your territory using 200+ data attributes, such as home ownership status, age, and credit capacity.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Agreeing on what defines a qualified lead has been an age-old debate between marketing and sales, but in a time when marketing impacts lead generation more than ever, it’s crucial that both sides get tight on the metrics and qualities that define a sales qualified lead. Specify the Metrics that Matter.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 4, 2018

If you want to improve your sales forecasts, try these 5 steps. One of the leading causes of missed forecasts is bad data. To begin cleaning up your data, clearly define the stages of your sales process. Opportunities that stay in the pipeline past their expiry date lead to bloated forecasts. Clean Up Your Data.

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Spotio

JULY 10, 2023

What does every sales team want? More leads, faster. Of course, wanting leads and getting them are two different things. Fortunately, an automated sales funnel is the perfect tool to help you connect with and sell to new customers. Stop leads falling through the cracks : It’s hard to remember every lead you contact.

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The Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Teach salespeople how to disqualify prospects at every stage of the sales process, so they can focus on those who are most likely to be profitable. During the negotiation phase, teach them to recognize when a sales objection is a legitimate blocker to the sale. DOWNLOAD NOW. Sales Meetings Sales Training

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The Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Over the course of the sales process, effective rapport building establishes your sales team as trusted partners. This leads to longer and more profitable relationships. Train them with a consultative sales process so they naturally keep their focus on the buyer and ways they can provide value to them. #2

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The Brooks Group

JUNE 1, 2015

Not only will hearing about the success of their colleagues motivate typically competitive natured sales reps, the winning techniques can be replicated to secure more closes just like them. Train reps to spot unprofitable opportunities early in the sales process and how to avoid them. Use them to your advantage.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 17, 2018

Sales leaders who help their sales reps develop highly effective daily habits enjoy better results over time, with less need to “manage.”. Here are 7 habits of successful salespeople, and how to cultivate them on your sales team. The sales job is a complex one. Bob Luckenbaugh, Director of Sales Techo-Bloc.

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