sales training Archives - New Results

Blog

 

Hello welcome to our blog page. You’ll find lots of blogs here about training, coaching, facilitation, personal and professional development, oh and some New Results news too.

We hope you enjoy them, please feel free to share and comment.

Sales Technique masterclass

NBSL Business Development Masterclasses

2-day fully funded Sales Technique Masterclasses with NBSL

11th & 25th October 2018

We're delighted to be partnering with NBSL on their Business Development Masterclass series. Fully-funded workshops for businesses based in County Durham. We'll be running a two-day Sales Techn…

Read More


Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers and sellers

Who are you? No, not a blog about football chants or The Who's 1978 classic album, it's about the whole seller vs. gatekeeper piece.

"Gatekeeper". I'm not a fan of the word; no issue with the people, it's the word. Actually, you know what, it's less the word, it's more about what it now …

Read More


Calendar

Should salespeople come with a sell by date?

 

I was thinking of this the other day. How on earth do you understand if your salespeople are, fresh, in date and wholesome? You need to think about this and you need to review regularly where your salespeople are.

In lots of other professional organisations and professional…

Read More


birthday

Seven years old and seven things I’ve learnt

It's been 7 years since Nevil set up New Results Training, now known as New Results.

Some of you may know his favourite phrase is "every day is a school day" so here's what he's learnt over the last 7 years.

Relationships matter - Never underestimate the powe…

Read More


Mike

Apprenticeship experts turn to Mike for New Results

Great piece in Bdaily on our recent work with Baltic Training Services.

Baltic Training Services, based at Newton Aycliffe, are an innovative apprenticeship provider who work with leading employers in the IT sector across the country. When the expanding company wanted to generate more lea…

Read More


myth

Common sales myths and their truths

Over the 30 years or so that I've been in sales/sales management/sales training, there's been the occasional myth that continues to do the rounds.  Here are three that still get trained out or cited as being true.

Myth #1: 55% of the meaning in face to face communication comes from body l…

Read More


party

Selling to decision-makers & influencers. Lessons from a kid’s party.

It's great when a business owner recognises who the decision-makers and influencers are. Here's a short story about a kid's party.

If you have children under the age of 10, chances are they're at birthday parties on a frighteningly regular basis.

Really, just how many friends can a …

Read More


LinkedIn, sales

When it comes to your network, size isn’t everything!

It’s not the size of your network, it’s the value in your network.

Having more connections on any social media is good, but having a strong network that you support and help is key.  Likewise, a network that supports and helps you is much better. How do you add some value to your netw…

Read More


wedding

How is closing like a marriage proposal?

A lot is said about “closing the deal” or “closing techniques”, and some of the traditional methods are still very useful and at the same time, some new closing techniques are worth exploring.

Firstly let’s define what stages there are in winning more business, increasing your sa…

Read More


marketing

We train people in sales not marketing

Yes, it’s true I can’t support you with marketing your products and services, I don’t know the difference between a brand and a logo, colours baffle me, as do buying personas and typologies.

This is all marketing stuff and do you know what? I leave these to marketing experts (check o…

Read More


Page: 1 of 2

Helpful resources...

We spend a lot of time researching our training courses and once we’ve found something useful we love to share it. So here’s some useful free resources for you to read, watch and use.

Resources:

Assessing Your Learning and Development Needs

Resources:

Building Trust in a Digital World

Networking group

Resources:

Your Networking Guide