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Sales are more important now, during this economic downturn, than they have ever been. During good times targets for sales are plentiful, but in these tougher times you're more likely to be faced with a slimmed down pool of targets. On top of this, those who you can sell to may be in the process of hunkering down to weather to storm, and as such will be even more wary of buying. Now is the time to invest in your sales team.

With this in mind we have put together a list of 5 Sales Courses To Help Your Business Beat The Recession:

1. The Skilled Presenter Training Course is a two day course designed to give delegates an in depth knowledge into how to deliver an effective presentation. We all know makign a sale is about offering an effective narrative which the client can see themselves as the protagonist, and presentation skills are at the heart of this. Techniques learned will ensure that your sales people can get and hold listeners’ attention and really focus the essential message of your products or services. The course is suitable for anyone who presents to small groups or large audiences and wants to gain more confidence in this situation.

2. Managing the Sales Force Training Course: The sales team performance depends directly on the quality of management. If you want to lead your sales team effectively, to motivate them and encourage their skills and strengths then take the Managing the Sales Force Training Course. This course will give you practical knowledge and the confidence to take on one of the toughest managerial roles.

3. Neuro Linguistic Programming for Sales People: Sales people nowadays need to learn more effective techniques for closing deals as the pace of business is growing. One of these is an advanced cold-reading technique call Neuro Linguistic Programming. Take the two day Neuro Linguistic Programming for Sales People course and learn about one of the newest and increasingly popular ways to improve sales relationships and boost the bottom line. This course is ideal for experienced sales professionals interested in new concepts, skills and tools to enhance their development.

4. The Sales Negotiation Training Course: One of the most difficult things about a sales person’s job is working out exactly what it is your customer needs. The Sales Negotiation Training Course is designed to help this situation by using interactive techniques you will learn how to seek out the buyer’s real position while giving away as little as possible.

5. Closing the Sales & Dealing with Objections Training Course: No matter how good your sales team are at negotiating or presenting if they cannot close the deal then your performance will drop. The Closing the Sales & Dealing with Objections Training Course will give your sales people the opportunity, through role play and interactive sessions, to learn about different closing strategies and when to use them. This course is suitable for anyone who is involved in the final stages of the sales process.

Coursebookers can offer this course for a mere £987.50 (a £263 saving!) if you book before the end of January (all 2012 dates apply!)

Book now to get this course for this amazing offer price!

Developing Corporate Charisma is a leadership training course designed for talented executives, board members, managers, team leaders, coaches and consultants.

Corporations with highly engaged employees often perform significantly better, producing better overall company growth. As such, an audience with charisma can be enough to give your leadership teams the ability to create an engaged and empowered workforce.

Nikki Owen, the UK's leading Expert in Corporate Charisma defines Charisma as "an authentic power that captivates the hearts and minds of others." With charismatic leadership and management a company can weather any storm in hard times, and out-perform their competitors during the good.

Read more about Developing Corporate Charisma here, or watch the video below

This month we're highlighting our extensive rand of personal development courses. Personal development courses cover a wide range of "soft skills" from time management, telephone manner, communication and assertiveness.

Despite calling these skills "soft skills" they're actually the way to get and edge over the competition on a day-to-day basis. They provide social lubrication to business situations and can provide a sense of true professionalism.

Our popular and engaging Successful Presentation course can make all the difference when it comes to those stressful board-room presentations.

All businesses work best when they're running like clockwork, so why not browse our time management courses? We offer a full range of courses from effective prioritization to organizing your work successfully.

If you want your company to stand head and shoulders above the rest, then our professional personal development courses are perfect for you.

Coursebookers know that running a business is more than just knowing about your product and how to sell it; company managers and their staff must be experts in a whole range of skills from interview technique to report writing. Coursebookers is the place to go to get all the business training you need, with their training partner G4S who offer some top notch training.

Courses include Professional Customer Care which aims to help your staff put customers at the focus of your business and ensure your long term business relationships last and that new ones are built on a solid foundation of trust and mutual respect.

Also offered are courses on Presentation Skills and Report Writing often a sore point with many managers as these can sometimes be the difference between clinching that all important deal or going home empty handed. Both these courses highlight the need in modern business for effective communication within companies as well as between suppliers and customers. Included will be tips on the use of a variety of media to get your message across.

Time Management is one of the most important skills in modern business and Coursebookers recommends the G4S course on this subject. Delegates will learn to identify their individual use of time and how to effectively overcome obstructions. Tips such as why establishing priorities can be useful and how to classify tasks will be covered.

Interviewing Skills is another on the list of Coursebookers G4S courses. This will cover how to become an effective listener and compile well structured and relevant questions. Alongside this course G4S also offers an Equality and Diversity course which emphasizes the impact on modern business of attitudes and behaviours at work as well as covering the legal aspect of equality legislation.

Here is a list of the G4S courses Coursebookers has on offer.

G4S has more than 45 years in the training industry, operations in over 110 countries and half a million employees worldwide which makes it a solid, dependable company and one to trust. They have specialised training centres in London, Coventry and Warrington so are accessible from most of the UK. G4S are expert across all business sectors and are accredited by UKAS, ISO 9001 and Investors in People.

Windows 7 is Microsoft's most impressive OS to date offering a variety of powerful tools right out of the box. Those using these Windows 7 tools in enterprise situations will often need fast and effective support, this is where Coursebooker's Supporting Windows 7 Desktop in the Enterprise course comes in.

The course is a five-day instructor led training course which will cover all aspects of Windows 7 Support. This includes resolving Microsoft Windows 7 installation and hardware issues as well as advanced functions such as VPN (Virtual Private Networking) and data security issues. The course is modular and hands on meaning each delegate will leave with practical skills needed to make a difference in your business.

The course is run by QA who have a dedicated team of permanent instructors and teaching consultants who constantly improve the courses to ensure the highest possible standard of training is available.

If this isn't the Windows 7 course for you and your company why not check out our other Windows 7 courses?