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Consultative Selling
Learn consultative selling skills to help you close more deals by building rapport and a greater understanding of your clients' needs.
 
Telephone Selling
A 1-day course to give you the essential skills of telephone selling. From getting in the right frame of mind before the call, to dealing with gatekeepers, bulding rapport and closing the deal.
 
Presenting and Winning Pitches
Learn how to present a successful picth and win more business. Practical course with proven techniques.
 

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Sales training – Improving business development success


See our range of sales training courses

Imagine you and your colleagues are fully equipped with the necessary skills and latest techniques to close more deals, beat targets and make more money. Business development is essential to most companies, particularly in the current climate. A well-trained, confident salesperson is often the difference between success and failure.

We have a range of courses to take your sales skills to the next level. Several courses are directly related to selling and pitching. Others will enhance your communication skills in general, helping you to present yourself and your business with more impact and confidence. Please scroll down for more information.
 
Telesales and cold calling
 
If your team is involved in telesales and cold calling, we can help build their confidence and give them tried and tested techniques to improve their success rate, with our course Selling Over the Phone.


Consultative selling

At Speak First we believe you build strong and fruitful relationships with clients by taking a consultative approach to selling. This in turn results in increased sales and revenues. Our Consultative Selling course shows you how to build rapport, gain a clear understanding of needs and close the sale to the benefit of all.


Winning pitches

Do you and your colleagues need to present pitches? It can be a daunting experience and can make or break a sale. Our Presenting and Winning Pitches course will show you how to create the winning pitch – from the way you present yourselves, to the structure of the pitch and engaging and handling your audience.

We can also work with you on a specific pitch, giving you and your team coaching and support to ensure your live pitch is a winning pitch.
 
 
Negotiation
 
The principles of negotiation are essential knowledge for any salesperson. By negotiating effectively you can increase your profits and come away with a deal that everyone is happy with. Our practical and interactive Negotiation Skills training will show you a systematic approach to negotiating that is guaranteed to give you an increased success rate.
 
 
Networking
 
We are often presented with great opportunities to build business through networking and making contacts. Many of us however find it uncomfortable and awkward to enter a room of strangers and take full advantage of those opportunities. Our networking courses will give you the confidence and techniques to work the room with ease. We can also help you to plan an effective business networking strategy. You’ll be amazed how much extra business you can generate through networking.
 
 
Proposal writing
 
The written proposal is often a key factor in making a sale. Our proposal writing training will show you how to write a clear and compelling proposal that results in winning more business.


NLP for Business
 
If you could harness the energy, behaviours and emotions that bring you the most success and then re-create them whenever you need to, imagine how it could help increase your sales. Our NLP for Business course shows you how to do exactly that. You’ll also learn how to model best practice from other people.
 
 
Other communication skills
 
As well as all of the above business development and sales skills, we of course provide training in many other skills essential to sales people, including presentation skills, assertiveness training, influencing skills and effective business writing.
 
 Closing the deal - sales skills
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