Description

Course Overview

Designed by Brett Lyons this course is perfect for anyone who wants to develop, or refresh, the core skills of B2B selling.  After a career in B2B sales Brett has designed and delivered sales training programmes for clients that range from SME’s to major corporates across the financial, IT, capital goods, professional services and manufacturing in Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for people who want to improve their sales performance. Usually established salespeople, account managers, business owners and new business developers who operate in a B2B selling environment take this course.

What will you gain from this course?

The biggest benefit you will get from this course is increased and sustainable sales.

You’ll learn an approach that brings you:

• Increases in conversion rates
• Successful new business development
• Business growth in existing relationships
• Fewer objections to manage
• Improved relationships and customer retention
• A deep understanding of business needs

This powerful approach helps you structure conversations to:

• Uncover which issues are really important to your customers
• Identify hidden opportunities
• Develop an effective personal style that decision-makers will value

What will your organisation gain from this course?

• Improved profitability and sustainable sales improvement
• Efficiently managed sales cycles
• Lower cost of sale
• A reputation as a ‘go to’ company
• Motivated salespeople and loyal customers
• Greater sales opportunities

Course Details

• 6 interactive modules
• Advanced Questioning Techniques interactive sales simulation
• Certificate recognised by the ISM
• A personal record, a summary of content and personal feedback. This is a great coaching aid once you have completed the course.
• Flexibility – you can pause and resume at times to suit you

Course Structure

Module 1 – Course Introduction

Find out what this course is all about.

Module 2 – Advanced Questions: The Purpose

What are advanced questions and when should they be used?

Module 3 – The Needs Analysis

Discover the areas in which you should ask questions.

Module 4 – Converting Opportunities into Needs

The four stages of asking advanced questions.

Module 5 – The RAIN Model

A powerful questioning model to uncover real issues and agree customer needs.

Module 6 – Sales Simulation: Advanced Questioning Techniques

Test your new skills in a challenging sales simulation.

Simulation

Once you have completed the course you will have the chance to practise your new skills with the Advanced Questioning Techniques sales simulation. In this virtual environment, you will play the role of an account manager managing a sales opportunity.

Your challenge will be to plan and implement a meeting with three senior decision makers. The objective is to ask advanced questions to understand their needs and identify other potential opportunities. If you get it right, you will do business! If you don’t, you’ll miss out.

You will face several situations where you must make decisions based on advanced questioning techniques. Naturally, once made, your decisions cannot be changed!

You will see your progress as the story unfolds. When you have finished the simulation, a scorecard will provide you with:

• Your personal results in key skill areas
• Specific feedback on each decision you make. This feedback will help you plan how to implement the skills of asking advanced questions in your personal role

The simulation is an enjoyable, interactive experience that ensures you are ready to immediately use your new tactics on your prospects and customers.

Career Path

A move to sales mastery. This is skill you will use to develop an in depth understanding of your customers and manage productive sales meetings with customers from board level to shop floor. This is a challenging skill. Master it and you will accelerate your career giving you the foundation to progress your career into an account management or sales management role.

Requirements

You can play B2B Appointment Setting using Google Chrome on a Windows platform or Safari if you are using an Apple Mac, tablet or mobile.

Payment Options and Discounts

For purchases of 1 to 9 user enrolments select the number of users you require and add the product to your shopping cart by selecting Add to Cart. You will then be able to make payment using most credit and debit cards or a Paypal account.

For a licence for 10 or more user enrolments, discounts, or if you would like to pay by BACs transfer or by invoice, please contact a customer advisor on 0844 854 9218 or email [email protected].

Purchasing Options for your Organisation

We offer a variety of purchasing options giving you total flexibility in how you purchase online training for your organisation. Let us know your requirements and we’ll advise you on the most cost efficient method of purchasing:

• User Licence – a licence for a specified user on specified course/s. The user licence consists of a number of enrolments for a user to use on specified courses.
• Course Licence – a licence for specified course/s for any learner. The course licence consists of a number of enrolments to use on specified course/s for any learner;
• Bundle Licence – a licence for a specified bundle of courses. The bundle licence consists of a number of enrolments to use on any course for any learner in the bundle;
• Subscription Licence – a licence for a maximum number of users to access any course in a specified bundle;
• Site Licence – a licence to install one course, or one or more bundles of courses on your own learning management system. The site licence consists of a number of enrolments to use on any course for any learner in the bundle;

For more information on purchasing options and discounts please phone a customer advisor on 0844 854 9218.