1. A motivational speaker can get your sales team out of a rut. It's not at all uncommon for a sales team to fall into a rut. Perhaps they have gone on a stretch of not being able to close any deals, or their prospects don't go through, or your competitors are getting them down. When this happens, sales begin to slow. An effective motivational speaker will help to motivate and encourage them through down periods by providing positive encouragement and new tips.
2. A motivational speaker can teach new techniques. It's important to have a sales technique that works and is effective. Bringing in a good motivational speaker who has sales experience can help pump up and excite your team by teaching them new things. Whether it's through tone of voice for cold-calling or techniques for overcoming objections, a motivational speaker can help your team see things in a different light. Your salespeople will be excited to try out the new, proven techniques, especially if the ones they are relying on now are not working for them.
3. A motivational speaker can help promote positive thinking. In sales, the mental attitude of the salesperson is everything. A can-do-it, optimistic, enthusiastic attitude will get a salesperson far in his job. Customers will catch on to the enthusiasm and be more excited about the product. On the flip side, a discouraged or unexcited attitude will not only affect the salesperson, but the entire sales team as well. The motivational speaker will help teach the salespeople how to overcome negative thinking and help motivate each other as well as themselves.
4. A motivational speaker can help overcome fears. Some sales forces deal exclusively with cold calling. Others work primarily through door-to-door sales. Whatever the specialty, some sales teams have fears that need to be overcome before true sales success can occur. A motivational speaker will be able to teach your sales team how to effectively overcome objections and fears.
5. A motivational speaker can help sales people with customer service. Part of effective sales is retaining and developing good ongoing relationships with the customers you already have. Often, sales teams will be so focused on selling new accounts and products they will neglect the customers they have, which is bad business. Motivational speakers can teach through stories and training the benefits of effective customer service as well.

There are many benefits to hiring a motivational speaker to pump up your sales team; these are just a few of them. They can be an effective means of pulling your sales team out of a rut, teaching new techniques, and increasing sales and customer satisfaction overall.

A motivational speaker, however, is only effective if you choose the right one. Ask for referrals and recommendations from other business associates, check the references he provides, ask for a resume, and interview the speaker before hiring him or her to speak to your team. The motivational speaker should be likeable and upbeat.