Robert Joel Taylor founded The Success Training Academy in 1994
after an illustrious career in personal sales. He began by offering dynamic
sales training seminars to companies in Texas and then branched out nation
wide. Quickly he began to attract other training professionals to supplement
and enhance the core sales training seminars. Now he has 35 professionals,
29 men and 6 women, each with different business skills and talents that
companies need.  Just one of our outstanding trainers is features today
Alyssan Barnes, a true Super Star

 

Alyssan Barnes

Alyssan has traveled to 27 different countries, gaining valuable international
experience in cross-cultural communication and sensitivity. With a bachelor’s
degree in communication and a master’s degree, she has utilized her education
by teaching public speaking at the college level. She has personally created a
speaking curriculum and has performed many speaking evaluations. As a former
journalist who has interviewed important national female figures including First
Lady Laura Bush (President Bush’s wife), she is keenly aware of the importance
of presentation and questioning skills as well as the centrality of customer service
satisfaction. Alyssan Barnes specializes in leading break-out sessions involving
the implementation of seminar topics.

 

And now for the training courses…

 

Basic Sales Training

Jumpstart your salespeople with little or no sales background:

Start with pre-call sales preparation, getting to the decision maker, structuring
the sales call, questioning, creating need, listening skills, customer-focused
selling, product knowledge, solution selling, gaining customer commitment,
how and why people buy, presenting features, advantages & benefits,
trial closes, various closing techniques, how to handle rejection, daily
discipline, time management, presenting technical information in a clear,
concise and persuasive manner—98% of sales people do not follow a
sales process—but now they will!

 

Super Star Sales Training Seminars

Learn the techniques needed to become a Super Star salesperson:

How to overcome objections and close sales every time, identifying different
buyer types, prospecting techniques, voice mail, talking less and listening more,
developing agreement and trust, following up, the 6 qualities of successful
sales people, dealing with multi-level decision-makers, creating a vision of
your product in your customers’ minds, assertiveness training

Call Center Training

Make your call center ring with success:

Inbound and outbound telephone training with scripts, telephone tips on
etiquette, opening the call, putting the customer at ease, overcoming objections,
identifying customer’s needs, moving from giving information to closing sales,
presenting the solution, how to be courteous and professional, dealing with
rejection, call monitoring and coaching, best practices, audio taping calls for
learning, exposure to the best practices of major corporate call centers, cross
selling & up-selling and how to sell additional services and products on every call

Customer Service Excellence

Help front line employees deliver exceptional, world class customer care:

uncovering the customer’s needs, effective communication skills, enunciation,
pronunciation, accents, identifying customer expectations, dealing with difficult
customers, questioning skills, learning that price is generally not the issue, creating
a telephone image, voice training, listening skills, controlling the call, seeing issues
from the client’s viewpoint, creating companywide customer-focused strategies,
role play

Advanced Sales Techniques

Boost your sales with in-depth insight:

Discover the buyer’s preference, develop rapport with a wide variety of
customers, create artificial urgency, create value propositions, proposal
writing, differentiate yourself from the competition, the one-call close, leading
the conversation by questioning techniques, negotiating, account management,
discovering hot buttons by probing questions, getting the customer involved in
the process, being proactive not reactive, personality types in selling, the four
basic personality types and how to use these insights to make more sales

Telesales Magic

Pick up the pace when picking up the phone:

By creating artificial urgency, qualifying the prospect, getting to yes on the first
call, “WIFM” What’s in It For Me, getting through the receptionist, building desire,
 how to make more calls daily, the center of influence selling

Business Leadership Training

Grow middle management into topnotch managers:

Hiring for attitude, understanding values, leading by example, controlling interruptions,
distinguishing the difference between urgent and important, how to remain positive,
removing barriers to success, core competency, focusing on performance and
measurable goals, encouraging open communications, creating a relaxed work
environment and climate for success, developing interpersonal skills, delegating
properly, how to implement change without disrupting the organization

Relationship & Consultative Selling

Build relationships to build success:

How to develop business relationships, rapport and trust, body language, eye contact,
gestures, facial expressions, Neuro-Linguistic programming, creative problem solving,
developing empathy, getting referrals, creating long-term relationships, adding value to
the client’s business, listening skills, developing a winning attitude, defining your market,
selling yourself, positive mental attitude, non-verbal communication, explaining options
and recommending solutions, focusing on what people are saying, interviewing instead
of pitching, thinking like a business consultant not like a salesman

Leadership Development

Cultivate a clear vision and a competent manner in your leaders:

Assigning accountability, goals, empowerment, changing expectations, understanding
personality types, voice projection, articulation, pacing, humor, controlling conflict and
difficult situations, personal image improvement

Managing & Leading Effective Sales Teams

Convert salespeople into managers and groups into teams:

listing the roles and responsibilities of a sales manager, recruiting, how to hold effective
meetings, time management skills, presentation skills, management styles, leadership
and motivation, team building, leading by example, creating the best climate/environment
for teams, how to motivate your team, how to use a non-threatening approach to change
behavior, how to use department goals to evaluate results, how to get results from your
 sales team, setting standards for performance, monitoring results

Negotiating During the Sale

Learn how to negotiate anything that comes up during the sales process:
            Prepare for negotiations, tactics, styles, personal power, concessions, Win-Win solutions
            not just splitting the difference, practicing negotiation skills, no theoretical approaches—real
            negotiating solutions, questing skills to determine real issues,

Sales Meetings & Presentations

Motivate the staff with regular sales meetings:

How to prepare a presentation, learning styles, using visual aids, dealing with difficult people,
voice training, introducing new concepts, selling yourself

Setting and Achieving Corporate Goals

Achieve clear success by setting clear goals:

How to work together to achieve corporate goals and increase productivity, how to create
effective strategies for sales growth, forecasting and performance tracking, developing
initiatives, brainstorming and creating action plans for major goals, the 10 steps to change,
focusing on the big picture

Developing a Winning Attitude

Realize that attitude determines aptitude:

How to change the attitude of the sales force, how to reinforce a new attitude, affirmations
and visualizations, why self-image and success are interwoven and how a healthy self-image
leads to achievement

Teamwork in the Work Place

Turn your company into a team:

How to build a company team mentality and grow your business faster, transforming
individuals into team players and managers into leaders, “TEAM” together so that
everyone achieves more, role play

Handling Difficult Customers

Learn the proven techniques to calm and satisfy tough customers:

Role play, coaching, inter-action, best practices of major corporations, the perfect
            wording to disarm any irate customer, practice

Business Writing and Communications

Write clear business communications for internal and external use, all levels of employees.
customized for your specific employees with their needs in mind

Communicating with Style

Direct and motivate with new oral communication skills:

Executive coaching, speech delivery techniques, voice training, image consulting, preferred
styles of leadership, body language, eye contact, gestures, how to develop confidence,
motivating others and projecting inspiration, prioritizing effectively, how to effectively present
your ideas to groups

Plus… Individual Coaching

One-on-one attention for top company leaders:

getting more done in less time, working by priority, time management problems, taking control,
assertive behavior, using lists, delegating, identifying time-wasters

Sales Manuals

If you request it, we will craft a comprehensive sales manual individually
tailored to your company.