Sales training for
B2B sales

Sales trainer Dr. Stephan Kober activates sales power for more new customers, higher closing rates, increasing sales and earnings.

Stephan Kober

Sales training

Sales trainer Stephan Kober increases your sales effectiveness.

Our training participants go into sales meetings with more confidence and come out more successful.

Online and on-site.

Trainings and event formats

The classic

The classroom training

The “face-to-face” training: live, powerful and still an event format that creates high impact.

  • Often used as the “starting signal” for a training program to get to know each other

  • Promotes interaction right at the start of the program

  • Very good “icebreaker” between the field and office teams and the trainer

The most booked program

The hybrid

Classroom training combined with online training & AI assistant

The “hybrid” is now the most common version of the training program.

  • Start of the program with classroom training (see “The classic”)

  • Continuation with digital impulse training units

  • Advantages from both worlds are combined

  • incl. exercises with innovative AI trainer

100% virtual

The remote solution

Train training content live and interactively virtually. Keep the interest and motivation of the training participants at a consistently high level through skillful didactics and methodology.

  • Sales team stays at work

  • Sales losses due to absence are reduced

  • smaller groups
  • Cost savings and location-independent

Your benefit

  • We know how sales training using hybrid selling can reduce sales costs and increase sales and earnings at the same time

  • There is clarity among management and participants about the goals, the path and the means

  • You win new customers

  • You displace competitors

  • You increase sales efficiency through clear task assignments and a structured approach to customer acquisition and order completion

  • They awaken the joy of selling even more through gripping sales training

  • The successful combination of analog and digital customer communication allows you to reach your business customers better than the competition and thus increase your sales opportunities

A greeting from the seminar room:
That’s what it’s all about (and much more)!

  • Structured approach to maximizing potential in the sales territory

  • Convince decision makers

  • Digital customer communication

  • Enforce higher prices
  • Smart questioning techniques

  • Calculate customer benefits and present them in a gripping way

  • Acquiring new customers – offline and digitally

  • Know and be able to use negotiation techniques

  • Realistic training scenarios thanks to innovative AI trainer

  • Higher sales activity and efficiency

The focal points of the sales training

What is this actually about – and what happens during training?

1. new customer acquisition

New customer acquisition is also changing to hybrid approaches. Partly still over the phone, partly social media and personalized videos.

2. telephone acquisition

Telephone canvassing is effective if it is carried out for specific target groups and in combination with other communication media.

3. sales calls:
offline and online

Hybrid selling is the target-oriented combination of on-site visits and digital customer communication. Top salespeople can do both.

4. the needs analysis

Needs analysis is a sales process that uses targeted questions and active listening to determine a customer’s needs, priorities and decision-making processes in order to offer customized solutions and increase sales success.

5. offer presentation

Solutions are presented in such a way that the customer recognizes the added value of the collaboration. Address customer needs in a targeted manner and focus on the advantages and benefits of the solution offered, rather than just on performance data and prices.

6. benefit argumentation

A structured method for communicating the benefits and strengths of an offer clearly and convincingly. Focus on highlighting relevant aspects and backing them up with sound evidence and real-life use cases.

7. storytelling

Storytelling sets itself apart in sales by telling a gripping story instead of just facts. The aim is to reach the customer emotionally and make the benefits of the solution tangible through honest, vivid narratives based on actual events.

8. the price negotiation

A crucial part of sales that involves going beyond price and emphasizing other important factors such as safety and quality.

9. objection handling & conclusion

Objection handling and closing require clear, honest communication to effectively overcome price concerns and build long-term relationships.

Customer testimonials

“Our sales staff now enter price negotiations more calmly and come out of them more successfully. Stephan Kober worked with us to develop a customized negotiation training course for our sales team.”

“The training modules include video tutorials as well as face-to-face and online workshops. This makes it possible to train our sales teams very compactly and in a short space of time. Mr. Kober succeeded perfectly with the content and didactic concept. The participants rate the practical implementation of the training courses as well coordinated and practical, extremely professional and entertaining. The success of the first training wave in Europe encourages us to roll out this program globally.”

“One of the best training sessions I’ve ever taken part in.”

  • Matthias Lux
    Sales Director

  • Mechanical & plant engineering

“Super guy, great topics & mindset just highly recommended and always happy to come back.”

  • Philipp Kettner
    Technical Sales Consultant
  • Electrical engineering

“Trainers as you would wish!!!
In my life I have already had the opportunity to take part in several training courses on customer acquisition, dealing with customers, how to reflect on yourself and what are the most important topics in a conversation.”

“What I was able to experience here has surpassed everything that came before.
“>Mr. Kober engages with the people, activates them to participate and uses highly interesting training methods to make sure that everyone has understood everything.

“Mr. Kober, please activate more and more people!

“Stephan Kober has internalized sales and his trainings are an asset to anyone who is in contact with people.”

“If you get two participants to sit in the car for 500 km at 06:30 in the morning just so that they don’t miss any (online!) seminar units, you’ve probably said it all. Top content mix, excellent practical relevance.”

  • Tim Renk
    Director Sales

  • Mechanical & plant engineering

“We had a successful sales training with the entire sales force. There are helpful tips for everyone to customize sales.”

“Most importantly, getting out of your usual comfort zone and trying new things, right on the customer’s site.” I can say that it costs a lot of effort – but the success speaks for itself! I can absolutely recommend Stephan Kober’s training!”

“Anyone who thinks you can convince customers via emailed, lengthy PDF quotes also thinks Capri Sun must have something to do with renewable energy!”

  • Stephan Kober

  • Fabian Maier
    Head of Sales & Marketing

“Every sales manager who wants to move his team forward in terms of motivation, quality and results should let Stephan Kober activate him.”

“It pulls you along and activates you in the truest sense of the word. He and his team use a modular program to teach proven and new digital tools for high-quality, success-oriented sales work. The combination of tools is ideal.

The methodology is characterized by high interaction. Through active task setting

the transfer of knowledge is ensured in the long term.

Choosing this training from “Kober Activates” is very valuable for our company.”

Course of the training

Clear strategyand vision

  • We develop a clear sales strategy with you and your team – without PowerPoint!

  • The clear picture is designed: Where will your sales and your company stand successfully in five years?

  • Interactive workshop format to generate new ideas & strategies

  • You will receive a clear implementation plan on how to sell products and services more successfully to the right customers

  • Internal communication is clear, fresh and unambiguous

Activatethrough the story

  • The history of the company is interesting, but activates new energy for action in sales only to a very limited extent

  • Together with the participants we develop the convincing future story for your sales and your company

  • Representation in a newspaper article “from the successful future”.

  • Presentation form generates curiosity, article is posted in the company so that it is clear to everyone what the “journey” of the company looks like

Power from training

  • To build skills, employees and management train honest sales techniques in the seminar

  • Seminar contents are aligned with the sales strategy in order to implement the measures in the company and, above all, with the customer

  • No standard sales training or lengthy theory days, but training, tips and exercises on specific customer situations

  • Content is also transferred into practice through online modules and video calls

Organisation

  • The “O” stands for the organization within the company. Sales will only proceed efficiently if the internal processes are geared to one goal: Serving the customer order in the best possible way, quickly and professionally, in line with the target group.

  • This means further building up sales competencies and at the same time putting the “in-house sales organization” to the test so that quotations and orders are processed efficiently and effectively.

The Salestraining Programme

With joyfire and expertise to measurably better results inresults in B2B sales

Both my presentations as a keynote speaker and the courses in the “STAKKATO” sales training program we developed revolve around one central point: How do you improve your sales performance so that you are always No. 1 in the market for your customers? How can the sales department be supported by the right sales training …

  • better understand the customer’s problems, important issues and needs – also through an open, honest and structured needs analysis?

  • improve the quality of sales conversations (via telephone, video conference or on-site) so that the customer has the information and impulses after a successful conversation that will noticeably help him in his work and he wants to complete the purchase with your sales representative?

  • clearly present the benefits and value of the service or product – especially if the price in the offer is higher than that of the competition?5
  • combine virtual and on-site communication in such a smart way that customers react positively amazed6? Effective seminars take away the shyness of the digital communication keyboard and train the confident handling of it.

Both my presentations as a keynote speaker and the courses of the sales training programme, which I developed, revolve around one central point: How do you improve your sales performance in order to always be the No. 1 in the market for the customer? How can the sales department be supported by the right sales training …

  • … better understand the customer’s problems, important issues and needs – including through an open, honest and structured needs analysis?

  • … improve the quality of sales conversations, so that after a successful conversation the customer has the information and impulses that will noticeably help him in his work and he wants to close the sale with your sales representative?

  • … clearly present the benefit & value of the service or product – especially if the price in the offer is higher than that of the competitor 5 ?
  • … combine virtual and on-site communication in such a smart way that customers are positively amazed 6. Effective seminars take away the shyness of the digital communication keyboard and train the confident handling of it.

As a sales trainer, I activate the desire to win in sales in my participants through sales training, sales seminars and accompanying coaching with a methodical approach!

As a sales coach, I also provide one-on-one coaching for salespeople, sales leaders and corporate leaders to develop their professional and interpersonal skills. You will not find standard training courses, “info showers” and seminar events “off the peg” at Team Kober. Each sales coaching or sales training is individually and concretely tailored to the respective situation in the practice of each participant, regardless of whether the event takes place on-site as a face-to-face training or digitally via video conference.

I deliberately avoid the term motivational trainer: how should motivation be trained, what should motivational training be?

A good sala training also offers participants to ask themselves the right questions individually regarding their own lives. By the use of scientifically founded elements from the “positive psychology” it succeeds, far away from senseless Tschakka slogans, to answer important questions for the own life, in order to reduce thereby negative stress in the occupation and to activate more Kraft for the selling job. Mental fitness is one of the prerequisites for exceptional success in sales and marketing, and sales management must also take care of this issue.2 While this area was often dismissed as a “nice-to-have” in the past, it has long been clear to successful salespeople today that it is extremely important to deal with questions about what is really important in professional and private life so that every salesperson can motivate themselves.

The training and coaching sessions are supplemented by video conferencing.

In this way, I achieve that a high proportion of the knowledge imparted in the training is implemented in the everyday life of the sales employees and managers. In addition, participants will learn techniques and methods for making winning online presentations in B2B sales in order to convince customers virtually and, of course, to close the deal.3+4

Winning new customers is a joy – when sales staff learn clear, honest and immediately applicable methods.

All seminars are individually tailored to your sales strategy in order to achieve measurable results in a shorter time. The results are always: higher inner drive in the team, the number of deals increases, and with it the competence in sales and thus sales and earnings increase. Increasing sales efficiency ultimately also increases profits, because sales costs decrease in relation to turnover.

As a sales trainer, I activate the desire to win in sales through sales training, sales seminars, sales training and accompanying coaching with a methodical approach for salespeople!

As a sales coach, I also offer individual coaching sessions for sales and field sales staff, sales managers and company leaders to further develop their professional and interpersonal skills. You will not find standard training courses, “info showers” and seminar events “off the peg” at Team Kober. Each sales coaching or sales training course is individually and specifically tailored to the respective situation in the practice of each participant, regardless of whether the event takes place on site as face-to-face training or digitally via video conference – the format does not matter.

I deliberately avoid the term motivational trainer: how should motivation be trained, what should motivational training be?

Good salt training also offers participants the opportunity to ask themselves the right questions about their own lives. By the use of scientifically founded elements from the “positive psychology” it succeeds, far away from senseless Tschakka slogans, to answer important questions for the own life, in order to reduce thereby negative stress in the occupation and to activate more Kraft for the selling job. Mental fitness is one of the prerequisites for exceptional success in sales and marketing, and sales management must also take care of this issue.2 While this area was often dismissed as a “nice-to-have” in the past, it has long been clear to successful salespeople today that it is extremely important to deal with questions about what is really important in professional and private life so that every salesperson can motivate themselves.

The training and coaching sessions are supplemented by video conferences and videos.

In this way, I achieve that a high proportion of the knowledge imparted in the training is implemented in the everyday life of the sales employees and managers. In addition, the participants (technical sales, engineers, office and field sales staff) learn techniques and methods on how to make winning online presentations in B2B sales in order to convince customers virtually and, of course, to close the deal. Developing these skills in B2B sales will be a key factor in winning projects and convincing partners and customers. 3+4

Winning new customers is a joy – when sales staff learn clear, honest and immediately applicable methods.

All seminars and sales training courses are individually tailored to your sales strategy in order to achieve measurable results quickly. The results are always: higher inner drive in the team, the number of deals increases, and with it the competence in sales and thus sales and earnings increase. Increasing sales efficiency ultimately also increases profits, because sales costs decrease in relation to turnover. This is not only relevant for the managers who book us, but for all training participants, because the program also helps them personally.

Both my presentations as a keynote speaker and the courses of the sales training programme, which I developed, revolve around one central point: How do you improve your sales performance in order to always be the No. 1 in the market for the customer? How can the sales department be supported by the right sales training …

  • … better understand the customer’s problems, important issues and needs – including through an open, honest and structured needs analysis?

  • … improve the quality of sales conversations, so that after a successful conversation the customer has the information and impulses that will noticeably help him in his work and he wants to close the sale with your sales representative?

  • … clearly present the benefit & value of the service or product – especially if the price in the offer is higher than that of the competitor 5 ?
  • … combine virtual and on-site communication in such a smart way that customers are positively amazed 6. Effective seminars take away the shyness of the digital communication keyboard and train the confident handling of it.

As a sales trainer, I activate the desire to win in sales in my participants through sales training, sales seminars and accompanying coaching with a methodical approach!

As a sales coach, I also provide one-on-one coaching for salespeople, sales leaders and corporate leaders to develop their professional and interpersonal skills. You will not find standard training courses, “info showers” and seminar events “off the peg” at Team Kober. Each sales coaching or sales training is individually and concretely tailored to the respective situation in the practice of each participant, regardless of whether the event takes place on-site as a face-to-face training or digitally via video conference.

I deliberately avoid the term motivational trainer: how should motivation be trained, what should motivational training be?

A good sala training also offers participants to ask themselves the right questions individually regarding their own lives. By the use of scientifically founded elements from the “positive psychology” it succeeds, far away from senseless Tschakka slogans, to answer important questions for the own life, in order to reduce thereby negative stress in the occupation and to activate more Kraft for the selling job. Mental fitness is one of the prerequisites for exceptional success in sales and marketing, and sales management must also take care of this issue.2 While this area was often dismissed as a “nice-to-have” in the past, it has long been clear to successful salespeople today that it is extremely important to deal with questions about what is really important in professional and private life so that every salesperson can motivate themselves.

The training and coaching sessions are supplemented by video conferencing.

In this way, I achieve that a high proportion of the knowledge imparted in the training is implemented in the everyday life of the sales employees and managers. In addition, participants will learn techniques and methods for making winning online presentations in B2B sales in order to convince customers virtually and, of course, to close the deal.3+4

Winning new customers is a joy – when sales staff learn clear, honest and immediately applicable methods.

All seminars are individually tailored to your sales strategy in order to achieve measurable results in a shorter time. The results are always: higher inner drive in the team, the number of deals increases, and with it the competence in sales and thus sales and earnings increase. Increasing sales efficiency ultimately also increases profits, because sales costs decrease in relation to turnover.

Fallbeispiel

Branche: Elektronikhersteller

Kennzahlen:

  • Mitarbeiter: 550

  • Dauer des Trainingsprogramms: 4 Monate

  • Inhalte: digitale Kundenkommunikation und hybride Verhandlungstechniken

  • Aufgabe

Vertriebsprozess professionalisieren und virtuelle Kommunikationsfähigkeiten ausbauen. Die Herausforderung des Auftraggebers war, die Vertriebsmannschaft in Bezug auf die Marktbearbeitung in Form von Neukundenakquise und Bestandskundenausbau dahingehend zu professionalisieren, dass auf der einen Seite die Neukundenakquise über neue Medien forciert wird und gleichzeitig die Kundenkommunikation „hybrid“ abläuft. Hybrid bedeutet auch in diesem Zusammenhang die zielführende Kombination aus vor-Ort-Kommunikation und virtueller Kontaktaufnahme mit Entscheidern.

  • Ergebnis

Das Ergebnis ist eine deutlich effizientere Kundenansprache bei signifikanten Kosteneinsparungen pro Kundentermin und gleichzeitig höherer Abschlussquote von Angebot zu Auftrag mittels hybrider Kundenkommunikation. Innerhalb von 8 Wochen wurden Topentscheider von höchstinteressanten Potenzialkunden akquiriert, welche teils vorher weder auf Anrufe noch auf E-Mails reagiert haben.

Dr. Stephan Kober
Über mich

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  • Erfahrung aus mehr als 3.000 Vorträgen, Keynotes und Trainings

  • Thema meiner 2025 abgeschlossenen Promotion: “Adaptive Hybrid Selling in B2B-Sales: How can computer mediated and on-site communication be effectively combined to convince decision makers?”
  • Gastautor in zahlreichen Fachmedien Pressebereich
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