How a sales training course, with some unique techniques, was developed to give each member of an average team an effective process and selling success.
The new sales manager was introduced to the existing team at their monthly meeting. The team of 15 field sales people were a mixed bag of industry veterans that had been around forever, and younger people who had moved into selling from other parts of the company. There were a couple of salesmen and women that had sold in other markets, and some with C.V.s that showed a long a list of selling related roles such as account management and company representatives.
After the introductions the new manager wanted to get a feel for the level of sales skills the team had. In a conversational style, the manager asked questions that would highlight the team's knowledge and experience. The idea was to assess their sales skills and the manager would then provide the sales training courses that would increase each individual's sales results and make the team successful.
After asking questions and discussing the sales process that each of the team used, the manager discovered the following:
Very few of the sales team had an effective sales process that took the prospect from first contact to closing the sale. One of the more mature team members said they had received only one sales training course in their 20 years with the company.
Each sales person on the team had one way of selling, and their lack of sales skills meant there was no flexibility in their sales pitches. If what they did didn't work they lost the sale, and then blamed the company, the product, or even the prospect.
Sales introductions focused on telling the prospect that they would try to offer them a cheaper deal than the one they currently had. Sales questions were poor and did not highlight real customer needs. They established the details of what the customer currently had, but not what they really wanted.
All the sales presentations were based on price. The aim of all the sales presentations to prospects was to beat the current supplier's and the competitor's prices. Despite the team's many years in sales they had not had effective sales training on how to sell to a prospect's needs. The team talked about features and benefits but didn't know how to use them to sell.
Sales objections were answered with prepared replies that came from their own experience and they had no real process for dealing with objections.
You would expect the sales manager to have been surprised, and disappointed, at his new team's lack of sales ability. Here was a team of people who had been in sales for many years but did not know or understand the sales process. You might think the manager would feel there was a massive uphill struggle ahead to turn this team into consistent target achievers. But the experienced manager had seen it all before. It's an unfortunate fact that many people in sales have not had the benefit of effective training. There are sales teams around the world in exactly the same situation as this one. Some have had sales training, but it either hasn't worked or they haven't taken the techniques on board. Others haven't received sales training. Many sales people don't know what they don't know, they are unconsciously incompetent. It isn't their fault and it can quickly be fixed.
Instead of feeling negative about the new team the manager used a sales training course that covered all the sales skills needed to build a successful selling process. The course used a step by step guide so that all sales people could learn, and fully understand, the professional sales skills presented. What made the course different was a unique set of exercises that helped each person to build their own successful selling process one stage at a time.
It started with a sales introduction, that grabbed the prospect's attention, and then used special motivation techniques to move them through to the next stage, sales questions. The clear instructions, and unique exercise program, showed every person on the team how to structure their sales questioning to get all the prospect's real needs. Then the sales presentation section used a technique that really explains features and benefits, and how to use them for selling success. The sales presentation gently led into an easy closing technique, which meant there was no need to use trick closes or hard sell techniques. One of the most effective parts of the sales training course was the sales objection section. A four step process that was easy to use in real sales situations.
The sales training course worked so well because it had been developed by the sales manager while training and coaching real sales people in the field. These were not complicated classroom sales skills, which had obviously not worked with many of the team in the past. This was sales training that had been developed and proven with working sales people, selling to real buyers, and each individual on the team used the course content to achieve selling success. The result was that each team member had an effective sales process, in their own words, and unique to their products and services.
You can have the same sales training course that was used to transform the very average sales team and turn each individual into a successful, highly skilled, professional seller. The Selling Success Workbook Training Course has been the basis for corporate sales courses and individual training programs. I know because I developed it, and I have used it throughout my career as a successful sales manager and trainer. I'm Stephen Craine, and you can have the complete Selling Success course and start using it today. You can see more information on the training course, and then decide to buy it, at my website http://www.sales-training-sales-tips.com/sales-training-course.html
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