Outside Sales Talk

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Building Influential Connections in Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Ron Carucci Mar 18, 2020

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Ron Carucci is the co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, a leadership development, and strategy consulting firm. He has a 30-year track record helping some of the world’s most influential executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership. In this episode, Ron shares his own idea of selling and what part can a salesperson play exactly.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

Why it is important to help first, then sell
How to view selling as a relationship and not a transaction
The steps to take actively listen to your prospects and understand their perspective
How to become a protagonist in your prospect’s story

About the Guest:

Ron is the co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, where he offers his guidance to some Fortune 10’s CEO, on topics such as business strategy, organization, and leadership. He is also a bestselling author of 8 books and regularly contributes to prestigious business publications such as HBR or Forbes.

Website: navalent.com - with a free e-book to download

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roncarucci/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonCarucci

Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/roncarucci/2017/05/22/deep-connections-like-these-will-make-you-very-influential/

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Breaking Boundaries in Remote Work - Outside Sales Talk with Liam Martin Mar 04, 2020

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Liam Martin has founded multiple businesses and has turned into an advocate for remote work. He is passionate about learning how people work and thus created Running Remote, the world’s largest remote work conference. In this episode, Liam teaches us how to gain advantage of remote work, whether as a sales rep or a manager.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

Remote work in its actual form
How to overcome the downsides remote work can generate
Why is remote work crucial for the future of salespeople
How to manage remote sales reps

About the Guest:

Liam Martin is the co-founder of Time Doctor, a tool that provides time-use analytics for companies. He also co-founded staff.com, a company that concentrates on providing companies with long-term outsourced labor relationships, and Running Remote, the world’s largest remote work conference.

Website: timedoctor.com

runningremote.com/liam

Youtube: youtube.com/runningremote

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Selling with Comedy - Using Humor to Seal the Deal - Outside Sales Talk with Jon Selig Feb 26, 2020

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Jon Selig has over 10 years of experience in sales. He now offers comedy writings for sales teams, training and workshops. In this episode, Jon digs on how humour can be used to overcome common difficulties encountered by salespeople.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

How to use a good joke to capture your prospects’ attention
Why humour is one of the best way to break the ice
The best way to formulate a joke
Learn how to “roast your prospect’s pain”

About the Guest:

Website: http://jonselig.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonselig/?originalSubdomain=ca

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The Green Rush: Sales in the Emerging Cannabis Industry - Outside Sales Talk with Francesca Vavala Feb 12, 2020

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Francesca is a cannabis entrepreneur, advocate, and speaker. She’s the co-founder and marketing director at Alias Cann, an on-demand cannabis sales and marketing agency founded in 2017 out of Delaware. In this episode, she explains the particularities of the sales process in the upcoming cannabis industry.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

The evolution and booming of the cannabis industry
The role of outside sales in the cannabis industry
The legal hurdles and other challenges concerning the cannabis industry
The reputation around the cannabis industry

About the Guest:

Website: https://www.aliascann.com/

Email: francesca@aliascann.com

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Actionable Customer Retention Tactics To Drive Repeat Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Alice Heiman Feb 05, 2020

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Alice Heiman is the founder and Chief Sales Officer at ‘Alice Heiman, LLC’, a sales consultancy, and has over 20 years of experience in sales strategy and coaching. She helps companies grow into profitable and powerful businesses using detailed strategies. In this episode, Alice delivers some of her best tactics to ensure healthy and strong relationships with customers and turn them into advocates for any business.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

The steps to transform a satisfied customer into a loyal one
What are the right questions to ask to understand your customers’ needs
Why team selling is better than assigning separate tasks to separate reps
How important it is to remember that buyers are human too

About the Guest:

Alice Heiman is a sales strategist, coach and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience. She’s the founder and Chief Sales Officer at ‘Alice Heiman, LLC’ a sales consultancy that provides strategy and tactics for companies dealing with complex B2B sales and helps them accelerate business growth. She is also the co-founder and CRO of TradeShow Makeover, a program that provides winning strategies for closing deals at trade shows.

Website: aliceheiman.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliceheiman/ Send her a message saying you heard her on the Outside Sales Talk podcast

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How to Sell with Authenticity and Build Trust with Anyone - Outside Sales Talk with Shari Levitin Jan 22, 2020

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Shari is the founder of the Shari Levitin Group and the bestselling author of “Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know,” now in over four languages. As CEO of Levitin Group, she has helped create over 1 billion dollars in increased revenue for companies in over 40 countries. Shari has been awarded as one of LinkedIn’s Top Ten voices in sales in 2019, and was premiered in the Salesforce film “The Story of Sales”. In this episode, Shari shares her secrets to uncover customer’s emotions and sell more effectively.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

How to use stories to create a feeling of emotion and a sense of urgency
The top skills salespeople need to master to get trust from customers
How to use empathy, reliability, and integrity to sell with authenticity
How to ask the right questions to build rapport with customers

You can listen to this episode on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play or wherever you get your favorite podcast!

About the Guest:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharilevitin/

E-mail: shari@sharilevitin.com

"Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know"

Get a free quiz to discover if you lead with empathy or courage: Text “Heart and Sell” to 31996

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Multiplying Success with Sales Career Growth - Outside Sales Talk with Mark Roberge Jan 16, 2020

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Mark Roberge is the former CRO of Hubspot, a marketing enablement company to which he contributed a revenue increase of over 6,000%. He now delivers his Sales Acceleration Formula at Harvard, in his book, and in this podcast.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

Why we should all dedicate time to personal development
How to fit your buyer’s needs and be a better seller
The step to follow to draft an efficient sales process
The impact of technology in the sales funnel

About the Guest:

Mark Roberge is the former CRO of Hubspot, and now a lecturer at Harvard BS and MD of Stage 2 Capital, a venture capital fund. He is also the bestselling author of the award-winning book, “The Sales Acceleration Formula: Using Data, Technology, and Inbound Selling to Go from $0 to $100 Million”. He was named one of Forbes' Top 30 Social Sellers in the World, Mark has also won the Salesperson of the Year award at the MIT Sales Conference in 2010.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markroberge/

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Seeking Success in the Modern Sales World - Outside Sales Talk with Kim Orlesky Dec 18, 2019

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Kim Orlesky is the president of KO Advantage group where she delivers valuable sales tips for B2B businesses. She is also a three-time author and a motivational speaker.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

How to avoid burn-out as sales reps
Why it is important to switch to a new paradigm in sales
The importance of remaining curious and staying far from assumptions
Why we shouldn’t focus on the clients’ problems, but rather on their aspiration.

About the Guest:

Kim is a leading sales coach, three-time author, international speaker, and podcast host. She is the president of KO Advantage group, the fastest growing sales training company focused on high-value B2B services.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimorlesky/?originalSubdomain=ca

Sell More Faster: https://www.amazon.com/Sell-More-Faster-Premium-Solution/dp/0998890529

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Collaborative Selling - Working with Buyers to Sell your Best - Outside Sales Talk with Tim Sullivan Dec 11, 2019

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Tim has over 30 years of experience in increasing sales organizations' performance. He has developed processes to refine the buyer-seller relationship and maximize the chances of selling. In this episode, Tim delivers some of his top tips to understand and suit present-day buyer needs.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

How buying behavior is changing
What is expected of the modern seller
The need for salespeople to create their own brand to succeed
Why the “one strategy fits all” selling strategy is overrated

About the Guest:

Tim Sullivan is Corporate Vice President of Business Development at Sales Performance International. He authored several books on sales practices, including “The Collaborative Sale” and “The Solution Selling Fieldbook”. Tim has over three decades of experience working to improve the performance of sales organizations.

The Collaborative Sale - https://www.amazon.com/Collaborative-Sale-Solution-Selling-Driven/dp/1118872428

www.spisales.com - blog & white papers

tsullivan@spisales.com

704-227-6500

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The Radical Path to Sales Enlightenment - Outside Sales Talk with Scott Leese Dec 04, 2019

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Scott is a top start-up sales leader and the best-selling author of “Addicted to the Process”. He’s the founder and CEO of Scott Leese Consulting, a firm that has helped companies scaling from $0 - $25m ARR. He is also the founder of Surf and Sales, a company that provides an alternative to standard sales conferences by providing deeper learning and meaningful relationships while learning to surf in a paradise destination. In this episode, Scott shares his two decades of sales and leadership experience and reveals his process to achieve sales success.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

How to be more confident and take effective decisions
Top tips for better work-life balance
The best habits to build a mindset for success
How to use the addiction model to close deals like a pro

About the Guest:

Based in Austin, TX, Scott is a 3-time winner of the Top 25 Inside Sales Professionals by the American Association of Inside Sales, and a highly sought-after consultant, adviser, leader, and sales trainer. He has been Senior Vice President of Sales at Qualia and OutboundEngine, as well as Vice President of Sales at Main Street Hub. Scott has spent his entire professional career building and scaling sales orgs at SaaS companies and has a proven track record of lifting organizations to new heights.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottleese/

Websites:

http://www.scottleeseconsulting.com/

https://www.surfandsales.com/

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