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The Green Rush: Sales in the Emerging Cannabis Industry – Outside Sales Talk with Francesca Vavala

February 12, 2020 badger Objections 0 Comments

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

February 5, 2020 badger Sales Hacks 0 Comments

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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

January 22, 2020 badger Popular, Sales Hacks 0 Comments

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

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Multiplying Success with Sales Career Growth – Outside Sales Talk with Mark Roberge

January 17, 2020 badger Sales Hacks 0 Comments

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

December 18, 2019 badger Sales Management 0 Comments

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

December 11, 2019 badger Pitching 0 Comments

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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