Year: 2020

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

October 28, 2020 badger Coaching, Sales Hacks 3539 0 Comments

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

October 21, 2020 badger Coaching, Sales Hacks 3081 0 Comments

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

October 14, 2020 badger Closing, Sales Hacks 2316 0 Comments

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

October 7, 2020 badger Sales Hacks 2956 0 Comments

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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Prospect, Position, and Present Using Social Media – Outside Sales Talk with Tom Abbott

September 23, 2020 badger Prospecting, Sales Hacks 3007 0 Comments

Tom Abbott is the author of ‘The SOHO Solution’ and ‘Social Selling’, creator of the online sales training platform SOCO Academy, and speaker on sales optimization. Through his proven solutions, Tom helps sales leaders build high performing sales teams that exceed their targets. In this episode, Tom discusses the importance of social selling, and what, you need to be doing online to close more deals.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Social media as a tool for salespeople
  • How to find the best platform to reach your target audience
  • How teams who use social media perform better
  • Conducting your sales cycle on social media, from lead generation to closing

About the Guest:

Tom Abbott is an author, speaker on sales optimization, and social selling expert. Tom has delivered hundreds of motivational sales keynotes, kickoffs, presentations and workshops in over 20 countries throughout Asia-Pacific and is a pioneer of optimizing the sales processes of organizations worldwide. He is the author of “The SOHO Solution” and “Social Selling,” and is a contributor to Singapore Business Review, Singapore Marketer and The Singapore Straits Times.

Download Tom’s Book for Free: https://bit.ly/SOCOoutsidesales

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

Facebook: Join the SOCO Selling Facebook Group

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5-Minute Selling: The Proven, Simple System That Can Double Your Sales – Outside Sales Talk with Alex Goldfayn

September 9, 2020 badger Career Growth, Coaching, Sales Hacks 4088 0 Comments

Alex Goldfayn is the CEO of the Revenue Growth Consultancy, a company that helps organizations to implement systems of remote and proactive selling, generating 10%-20% in new overall sales annually. He is also a best-selling author and he recently published his 4th book “5 Minute Selling: The Proven, Simple System That Can Double Your Sales…  Even When You Don’t Have Time”.

In this episode, Alex shares his tried and true simple daily actions that will help you double your sales.

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • How to get started on proactive phone calls
  • Tips to master silence and get prospects to reveal more information
  • The 3 musts of compelling referrals
  • How to ask powerful questions for effective cross-selling
  • Top advice and true stats to deal with sales rejection

About the Guest:

Alex is a top-rated speaker that motivates sales teams, managers, executives and owners to take simple action to grow their business. He has worked with top companies like Cisco, Logitech, Lenovo, and T-Mobile. He is also the author of the bestselling books: “Selling Boldly”, “The Revenue Growth Habit”, and “Evangelist Marketing”.

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

Website: https://goldfayn.com/  – Includes free downloads from 5-Minute Selling, Planners & Trackers

Alex’s Book on Amazon – 5-Minute Selling: The Proven, Simple System That Can Double Your Sales

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