Sales team training

The fundamentals that win deals.

Practical systems your team can use this week.

John trains sales teams on the skills that move numbers, then shows them how to use AI to do it faster, sharper, and at scale.

John Barrows leading a small-group sales training workshop

Who this is for

B2B sales leaders who need their teams to perform, with AI or without it.

01

Your reps are busy and pipeline isn't moving.

Activity is up. AI made it easy to send more emails, and buyers learned to ignore all of them. Your reps are spraying generic outreach at too many accounts when they should be going deep on the ones that matter.

02

Buyers know more than your reps do.

Buyers show up having done their research with AI. Your reps run the same discovery script anyway, pitch too early, and lose deals to "no decision." The rep who builds trust fast and meets buyers where they already are wins the deal.

03

You've trained them before and nothing changed.

A two-day workshop, a binder, and back to old habits by Friday. Your top 10% will be fine either way. The real lift is in the middle of your team, and they need skills they can use Monday morning, with AI built into how they work.

Two core programs

Two practical systems for building pipeline and moving deals, with AI doing the research and your reps doing the thinking.

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Program one

Filling the Funnel

A repeatable system to book meetings with the right people at the right accounts. Built on context over content, with AI doing the research and your reps doing the thinking.

01Know your number and your targets
  • Back into daily activity from your revenue goal
  • Define your Tier 1 accounts and the triggers that make them buy now
  • Map each persona's priorities before reaching out
  • Use AI to build account and persona research in minutes
02Build messaging that earns a reply
  • Write value props specific to each persona
  • Craft interest questions that start conversations
  • Use AI to draft, then add the context only a human can
03Execute across every channel
  • Cold calling, email, video, and LinkedIn prospecting
  • Run power hours and cadences that hold up week after week
  • Get past gatekeepers, human and AI
04Build a brand buyers trust
  • Become the curator your buyers follow
  • Sharpen the business acumen that earns executive conversations
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Program two

Driving to Close

A deal process that uncovers real impact, creates urgency, and keeps deals from dying in "no decision."

01Set up the meeting to win
  • Separate qualification from discovery
  • Run a pre-meeting checklist, with AI prep built in
  • Confirm and control the meeting from the first minute
02Uncover impact and urgency
  • Ask impact questions that tie your solution to their business
  • Find out why they need to act now, or that they don't
03Handle the hard parts
  • Handle objections, with context and without
  • Negotiate on gives and gets, not discounts
04Keep deals moving
  • Score deal health with a custom scorecard
  • Follow up for commitment and accountability
  • Stay top of mind without being annoying

Team training packages

B2B sales training for teams, delivered live, remote, or self-guided. Every package includes AI prompt packs that turn the training into daily workflows your reps actually use.

Best value

Teams

Self-guided sales training for teams that want John's full Filling the Funnel and Driving to Close programs on demand, with live monthly coaching.

  • One year of JB Sales PRO for 15 reps
  • Full on-demand library covering prospecting, cold calling, messaging, discovery, objection handling, and negotiation
  • Live monthly group training with John
  • AI prompt packs for prospecting, call prep, and follow-up
  • Onboarding call and one remote coaching session with John
  • Certification in Filling the Funnel and Driving to Close
Most complete

Dedicated

Custom sales training delivered live by John and tailored to your team. Your reps finish with an AI sales operating system built during the program.

  • Filling the Funnel or Driving to Close delivered by John in three two-hour remote sessions or one day onsite, for up to 30 reps
  • Customized to your pitch, personas, and target accounts from a pre-training prep call
  • Live exercises run against your real pipeline, with direct feedback from John
  • AI sales operating system built inside your company's AI platform, with a two-week implementation plan
  • One year of JB Sales PRO for every attendee and manager, plus a playbook and reinforcement materials
  • Pre- and post-training calls with your management team, plus certification

Flex

On-demand training plus dedicated time with John, for larger teams that want live coaching and hands-on help putting AI to work.

  • Everything in Teams
  • 50 JB Sales PRO licenses
  • Four hours of dedicated time with John for coaching, implementation, or reinforcement
  • Use your hours to build your team's AI sales workflows with John's prompt packs

Every engagement is scoped to your team. Onsite delivery starts at $30,000 plus travel. Not sure which fits? Book an intro call and we'll figure it out together.

Hear it from the teams

Results from teams that put the frameworks to work.

400+verified testimonials from sales teams and leaders
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  • +59% qualified pipeline

    ...the techniques the team learned during John's training gave us a 35% increase in booked calls and a 59% increase in qualified leads pushed into the pipeline.

    Lisa SchnareLisa SchnareSales Manager, Affino
  • 29 meetings in 90 minutes

    Our call blitz was very successful. We actually scheduled 29 net new meetings as part of the call blitz, and it was just in an hour and a half's time.

    Amanda RiggsAmanda RiggsSales Manager, athenahealth
  • AI training run on real prospects

    John is knowledgeable about which AI tools actually provide value to sales professionals in their daily lives. It was more than a didactic training where he took my team through practical scenarios using the tools to get to some of our actual prospects.

    Matthew C.VP Sales & Marketing · G2 verified review
  • Under 1 hour to an AI prospecting playbook

    JB doesn't waste time. In under an hour, he gave us a playbook to use AI to do deeper prospecting, uncover triggers faster, and personalize without slowing down. He's tactical, blunt, and knows what works in real sales situations. I've been selling tech for decades, and I'm walking away with new tools I'll actually use.

    Mike K.Mike K.Area Vice President · G2 verified review
  • Global ADR team trained

    The John Barrows Filling the Funnel program gave our global Account Development team the structure, approach and skill to proactively find and engage prospective customers. The training and coaching was critical to our team's ability to achieve results and differentiate our message.

    Kathleen MartinKathleen MartinHead of Global ADR Enablement, OpenText
Portrait of John Barrows

Built from the field

25+ years of selling, leading, and training B2B sales teams.

John Barrows is the founder and CEO of JB Sales. He started as an SDR making 400 dials a week, helped grow a self-funded startup through its acquisition by Staples, and has since trained sales teams at Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google, Amazon, and Okta. Today he helps sales leaders decide whether to retrain, rebuild, or replace their teams for the AI era.

3x LinkedIn Top Voice in Sales · Featured in Forbes · Author of I Want to Be in Sales When I Grow Up · Host of Make It Happen Mondays

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Frequently asked questions

What sales training programs does JB Sales offer for teams?

Two core programs. Filling the Funnel covers prospecting, pipeline generation and top of funnel execution. Driving to Close covers discovery, objection handling, negotiation and deal control. Both have been updated with AI integration, so teams learn the fundamentals first and then how to use AI to execute faster and at scale.

How much does JB Sales team training cost?

Teams starts at $7,500 and Dedicated at $30,000. Flex is $25,000. Onsite delivery starts at $30,000 plus travel. Every engagement is scoped to the team.

What is Filling the Funnel?

The core prospecting program, used by more than 100,000 B2B sales reps worldwide. It teaches reps how to identify their ideal customer profile, develop sales ready messaging and execute a consistent outreach cadence across email, phone, LinkedIn and video, now enhanced with AI to increase output without losing the human element that gets responses.

What is Driving to Close?

The deal execution program, covering the full sales cycle from discovery through negotiation and close. It teaches reps how to run better discovery calls, uncover real urgency, handle objections with context and negotiate using an objective scorecard. Like Filling the Funnel, it shows reps how to use AI at each stage without replacing the judgment and relationships that win deals.

How is JB Sales training different from other B2B sales training?

JB Sales teaches an agile, practitioner-tested framework instead of forcing every team into one methodology. The training is customized around your team's gaps and designed for immediate application. Compare the approach with Sandler and MEDDICC.

Do you train sales teams on how to use AI?

Yes. Every package includes AI prompt packs, and Dedicated includes building an AI sales operating system inside your team's AI platform, including Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or Gemini.

Who is JB Sales training a good fit for?

B2B companies selling deals of $10K+ ACV, with teams using AI that haven't standardized how to sell with it.

Is training delivered in person or remote?

Both. JB Sales offers in-person and remote team training, plus self-guided on-demand access through JB Sales PRO.

How do you make sure the training sticks?

Homework between sessions with feedback from John, AI prompt packs, on-demand reinforcement, and a manager follow-up session turn the training into an operating rhythm rather than a one-time event.

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