Month: October 2020

Leading Your Sales Team Through an Economic Crisis – Outside Sales Talk with Steve Benson

In this special episode of Outside Sales Talk, our host Steve Benson gets interviewed by Badger Maps CSA, Pien de Meulemeester. Steve discusses what you can do to get your team through this current economic crisis.

Here are some topics covered in this episode:

  • Behavior changes sales leaders need to make
  • Adapting your messaging
  • Cost reduction tips
  • Impacts on field sales

About the Guest:

Steve Benson is the Founder and CEO of Badger Maps, the #1 route planner for field salespeople, and host of the Outside Sales Talk. After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steve worked in field sales with companies like IBM, Autonomy, and Google, where he was named Google Enterprise’s Top Performing Salesperson in the World in 2009. Steve has also been named one of the Top 40 Most Inspiring Leaders in Sales Lead Management.

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Creating a Killer Sales Playbook – Outside Sales Talk with Dale Dupree

Dale Dupree is a sales speaker, trainer, podcast host and Founder of The Sales Rebellion, a company that aims to coach and educate people on sales topics. Throughout his career, Dale has worked in numerous sales positions such as Sales Manager at Zeno Office Solutions and Vice President of Sales at North American Office Solutions.

In this episode, Dale emphasizes the importance of creating a tailored sales playbook for your business to be one step further to closing that next sales deal.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Creating buyer personas
  • Generating customized sales playbooks that guarantee success
  • Utilizing mindscripts to avoid a bland sales script
  • Understanding your buyer and their needs

About the Guest:

With over 15 years of sales experience, Dale founded The Sales Rebellion in 2019. He is a man who truly believes in practicing what you preach and is passionate about helping others attain their sales success. As such, his company focuses on coaching and encouraging salespeople on ways they can take their sales game to the next level. As the host of the Selling Local Podcast, he maintains this passion by discussing sales stories, ideas and strategies to help the average salesperson rise to the top of their industry.

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

Website: https://www.thesalesrebellion.com/podcast/ – Check out his podcasts for free

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Leveraging Storytelling to Close More Sales – Outside Sales Talk with Ed Bilat

Ed Bilat is a sales speaker, trainer, podcast host, and President of Beyond Consulting Canada, a global sales training and consulting company. Ed is also the author of, “Storytelling for Sales Playbook.” Throughout his career, Ed has helped organizations such as Microsoft, HP, and Walmart, improve their sales through storytelling.

In this episode, Ed discusses the power of using stories in your sales cycle.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • The STAR-model for storytelling
  • How to stay flexible and move with your client
  • Getting decision makers to listen to you
  • Overcoming price objections through storytelling

About the Guest:

With over 23 years of experience, Ed has helped organizations such as Microsoft, HP, Walmart, TELUS, and TD Canada Trust, empower their sales teams to define and leverage their unique brand stories. Ed believes that through storytelling, salespeople can dictate not only the direction of the story, but also the path sales reps want their prospects to take. Ed is passionate about storytelling and he is author of the book, “Storytelling for Sales Playbook” and host of the podcast, “Storytelling for Sales.”

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

Website: https://storytellingsales.com/ – Get his book for free

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7 Tips for Salespeople from a Fundraising Pro – Outside Sales Talk with Ann Louden

Ann Louden is a nationally recognized philanthropy consultant and relationship expert. She has raised more than $150 million for non-profits, in areas such as higher education, health care, and arts. She is also the author of the upcoming book “Connection as a Superpower: How Social Courage Gives You the Edge in Life and Love”.

In this episode, Ann explains how outside salespeople can apply fundraising tactics to better engage with their customers.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • The 4 stages to find your ideal customer
  • Top tips to ask for testimonials
  • How to engage digitally with prospects
  • Ways to prevent prospects from going cold

About the Guest:

Founder of the Ann Louden Strategy and Consulting Company, Ann uses her expertise in raising money, building brands, and making powerful connections to advise non-profit leaders and boards. She is actively involved on the President’s Council, member of New York Women in Development and is a volunteer for multiple causes.

Website: https://www.annlouden.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-louden-38a3001a/

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