Month: September 2021

Qualifying Prospects with the MEDDIC Sales Method – Outside Sales Talk with Darius Lahoutifard

Outside Sales Tal with Darius Lahoutifard

Darius Lahoutifard is a coach, trainer, and mentor of sales teams, leaders, and executives. He is the founder of MEDDIC Academy, and an expert in MEDDIC Sales Methodology, as well as other similar successful sales methodologies. Additionally, he is the author of the Amazon best-selling book, “Always Be Qualifying—MEDDIC.”

 

In this episode, Darius discusses the key elements of the MEDDIC Sales Methodology, as well as explains the importance of qualifying prospects in every stage of the sales cycle, as it can positively impact your win-rate. 

 

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Key elements of qualification 
  • Why you need to qualify to improve your win-rate
  • Understanding the difference between MEDDIC and MEDDPICC
  • How to utilize your own skills and other sales methodologies alongside MEDDIC

About the Guest:

Darius Lahoutifard is a serial entrepreneur and a former executive at PTC and Oracle among other software companies. After moving to sales, Darius had outstanding performances and was quickly successful in climbing the corporate ladder. Darius then joined PTC where he took his business unit from $4M to $27M in three years. While at PTC, MEDDIC was invented and as an early executive, he contributed to the definition and the execution of what became a renowned sales methodology: MEDDIC. His passion for sales goes beyond selling, and now trains through his company, MEDDIC Academy where he hosts workshops, certification courses, and more. 

Website: https://meddic.academy/

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

Email: darius@meddic.academy

 

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Selling With A Story – Outside Sales Talk with Paul Andrew Smith

Outside Sales Talk with Paul Smith

Paul Andrew Smith is a world-leading expert on organizational storytelling and one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers of  2018. He is a national bestselling author of several books that revolve around storytelling – his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Forbes, and more. 

 

In this episode, Paul discusses the importance of storytelling in the sales process and how stories can get people’s attention, build trust, and close a sale.

 

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Making a ‘wish list’ of the stories you need to solve different issues
  • Answering specific questions to create a great story
  • Structuring a story and utilizing the right type of emotional engagement
  • Building trust through authentic stories

 

About the Guest:

Before becoming a storytelling coach, Paul was an executive at Procter & Gamble for 20 years. Paul held leadership positions in both research and finance functions, and most recently served as director of consumer and communications research. Fast forward to today, he has written multiple bestselling books including The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell, Lead with a Story, Sell with a Story, and Parenting with a Story. His keynote speaking and training clients include international giants like Google, Hewlett Packard, Bayer Medical, Walmart, Kaiser Permanente, Ford Motor Company, Luxottica, and Procter & Gamble among dozens of others.

 

Website: leadwithastory.com 

Email: paul@leadwithastory.com 

Twitter: @LeadWithAStory 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/smithpa9 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/leadwithastory 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/leadwithastory  

 

 

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Restoring Your Win Rate – Outside Sales Talk with Kendra Lee

Outside Sales Talk with Kendra Lee

Kendra Lee is the founder of KLA Group, a company that specializes in lead generation, sales prospecting, hiring, and onboarding. After starting her sales career with IBM, Kendra founded her company on the philosophy that sales is not an art, but a learned skill. Kendra is also a strategy expert, speaker, author of several books.

In this episode, Kendra shares her tips on how to restore your win rate by overcoming challenges and reflecting on past sales. 

 

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • Following through on each step of the sales process 
  • How to adapt for selling strategy to changing times 
  • Demonstrating your ROI to your prospects to get them to act 
  • Performing a win/loss analysis after each sale

 

More from the Guest:

 

https://www.klagroup.com/blog/ 

 

Kendra’s 2 books on Amazon 

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendralee/ 

 

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Increase Sales by Speaking to Your Prospect’s Subconscious Mind – Outside Sales Talk with Patrick Ryan

Outside Sales Talk with Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan is CEO and President of Eureka Performance Training and is a Certified Sales Coach with Leverage Sales Coaching. He’s also the creator of the Solutions to the TOP 4 Sins of a Salesperson.

In this episode, Patrick discusses how to appeal to your prospect’s subconscious mind and make the sale. 

 

Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:

  • The 4 Sins of Salespeople
  • How to prepare for conversations with prospects
  • Using The Conversation Flow
  • Key phrases to unlock your prospect’s subconscious mind

 

More from the Guest:

 

Eurekaperformance.com

 

patrick@eurekaperformance.com

 

916-956-8628 – Feel free to text or call Patrick

 

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