CEO Sales Strategies

It is one thing to create a product; it’s an entirely different beast to take it to market. After all, it is in bringing it out to the world that will ultimately determine your success. How do you do it successfully? What are the pitfalls you need to avoid? In this episode, Daniel Shaddock joins Doug C. Brown to give you the answers. Daniel is the CEO of Liquid Instruments and a professor of physi...

As a leader, you are the spine that holds the team. So when you lose yourself, how will you handle others and influence them? Today, Doug C. Brown invites Robert W. Mixon, Jr., A retired U.S. Army Major General, to talk about the 3 Yous and how impression management helps get you to the top 1% of earners. Leading your sales team and your company would need them to have a battle buddy because they...

The sellers’ motivation reflects the profitability of a business. If you are selling with dignity, you turn your career into a trustworthy venture and an honorable profession. In this episode, Harry Spaight, the host of Sales Made Easy, discusses how selling becomes more profitable if you build your business with humanity, sustainability, and inspiration. With the right mindset, your business will...

As an entrepreneur, you are probably a high performer who quickly moves from one goal to the next without ever stopping. This mindset makes you more prone to experiencing burnout, and sustaining your energy is the best way to avoid this. You must maintain your inner fuel burning and recharged so you can keep running throughout the day.   Listen in as Doug C. Brown talks to the Founder and Owner of...

Did you ever think you could be your own banker? In this episode with financial specialist, Sarry Ibrahim, learn how to self-finance your business through infinite banking! Sarry is the Founder of Financial Asset Protection and its official podcast, Thinking Like A Bank. He is also a private money lender, real estate investor, and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps clients grow...

Branding is often a term that gets thrown around a lot, but what really is branding? How does it connect from the internal systems of the business to the external processes of interacting with customers? Is it just a mere accessory of the brand, or does it affect everything involving the business? Join us as Jason Byer explains how a brand is created, perceived, how it should be, and how it should...

The manager's job is not only to coach people but also to drive within the people that you can manage. But what propels our company to become the top earner? Doug C. Brown welcomes Jordan Smith, the CEO of Jet Dental, to talk about how empathy and drive propel the top 1% earners. He explains why CEOs and entrepreneurs should involve themselves in the sales process to some degree because every once...

Everybody is selling and wants to make money. But what does it take to be a top earner? What separates boys and girls from the largest player in the industry? This episode has a treat stored for you! Tommy Schaff sits with Doug C. Brown to share his secret on getting into the top 1% of salespeople. Tune in to this episode as Tommy dives even deeper into understanding the consequences your prospect...

Growing your business also means keeping your processes simplified, particularly when your finances are concerned. If you want to streamline your operations to steadily increase your sales and profits, learning the Revenue Lifecycle Management is a must. In this episode, Doug C. Brown is joined by Noel Goggin, CEO and Culture Leader of Conga. Noel shares how to simplify your company operations to...

For businesses, the more the clients sound like the better it is for the business. And the more complex a business plan, the “smarter” and “higher” the company’s goal sounds. But are these traditional beliefs still true to this day? Or are they myths that, rather than giving your company an edge, put it at a huge disadvantage- possibly even leading to lost revenue? For this episode, Brandon White...

We've been through the pandemic and the crazy up-and-down recession. How have these events affected sales? In this episode, Ryan Dohrn, a business strategist, shares his insights on how sales has changed. His passion for sales and marketing has given him the unique opportunity to touch half a billion dollars in revenue for companies in 7 countries in 15 business sectors. Doug C. Brown also explain...

Most companies just focus on the top 10% of sellers they have and completely ignore the bottom 90%. Maybe they might bring in new systems to help improve the 90% or they will just hire more people. None of that works. All that you're doing is damaging sales productivity. Join Doug C. Brown as he talks to the Co-founder & CEO of Vymo, Yamini Bhat about how you can transform your bottom 90% to the t...

When you sell, instead of just taking one person on an emotional sales journey, take multiple. One-to-many selling gives you an opportunity to reach out to multiple ideal clients all at once. Invite people to one location and present to them what you're selling. Show them that you are the expert and that you are trustable. Once you're able to do that and take them on a journey, you're going to be...

CROs and CMOs are essential for scaling startup businesses as they provide the necessary knowledge to reach the next level. To keep smooth revenue growth, hiring fractional CROs and CMOs is a great idea. Doug C. Brown talks with Mary Grothe of the House of Revenue about the importance of working with such experts, even if they do not have full-time positions in your business. In this episode, you...

We are currently living in the digital age of content. It’s only natural and necessary for businesses to turn to content creation and marketing to make a name for themselves and stand out in the industry. Here to tell you how to leverage content is Pat Helmers. Pat is the founder of Habanero Media, a podcast agency that helps B2B businesses grow revenue by integrating interview-based business podc...

Did you know that 57% of individual sellers are not hitting their quota on a regular basis? How can that be increased, especially in the market today? The sales industry has been allowing underperformance to be the norm. Maybe it's time to shift that and actually give salespeople a drive to sell.   Join Doug C. Brown as he talks to the Founder of The Sales Evangelist, Donald Kelly, about what sale...

We go into our business knowing that it is bound to be stressful. But just because it is a part of the business experience doesn’t mean we have to fall deep into it and not do something. Today’s guest is all about managing your stress. That way, you can manage your business better. In this episode, Doug C. Brown interviews Professor Pete Alexander. He is the Co-Owner of Office Plants by Everything...

When making a business proposal, you are probably focused on filling it with as much important and relevant information as possible. However, an informative one does not automatically translate to sales or partnerships. Reuben Swartz, Founder of Mimiran CRM, joins Doug C. Brown to explain what you may be doing wrong with your proposals and how to improve them to experience ultimate conversion rate...

It is not easy to be part of the top 1%, especially in a challenging market like a recession or a down economy. But nothing is impossible for people with a relentless drive for success. Bill Murphy of Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation joins Doug C. Brown to discuss what separates an elite performer from an average one. In this episode, you will learn: • Why powering through is always the be...

What is a good product or service if you can't sell them? One of the challenges many business owners face is getting their offers in front of people. What keeps them from successfully doing that is their sales pitch presentation. Doug C. Brown sits down with Trevor Lee, the CEO of Trevor Lee Media, where he runs presentation and sales training and coaching programs and fills a gap when growing com...

What is the point of having a business podcast? As an entrepreneur, should you be thinking of having one? Susan Finch replies to that question with an emphatic yes. In this conversation with Doug C. Brown, she makes the case for why every company, small and large and everything in between, should consider having a podcast, and why podcasting in general is going to remain relevant in the coming yea...

Why do your deals go quiet? At first, your customer may seem very interested and then after a while, it goes quiet. When your deals go dark, that costs your business a lot of money and productivity. So you have to know why your deals are dying. Do you have the right sales systems and processes in place? Are you just giving things for free to your customer without getting anything in return? Are yo...

An encounter with toxic and non-performing employees is bound to happen in a growing business. And these employees impact your organization more than you think. Joining Doug C. Brown is an expert in people and creating culture and knows a thing or two about handling such employees. Dawn Shuler is the CEO and Founder of The Shuler Group, LLC. She has been working with business and communication all...

We are in a different demographic, with different ages of people selling or buying. How do people work with us when there is that age gap between sellers and buyers? What is generatonal selling? In this episode, Shaw Casemore discusses how he runs sales teams and how he accelerates through a multi-generation process. Being driven by a passion for helping business owners and understanding your demo...

Every manufacturing company needs its processes in place. They can't be scattered around in Excel, or even worse, on paper. These companies need to start having processes in place so they can leverage the data they get from them. They can start analyzing where they are losing and where they are winning so they can start to make changes.   Join Doug C. Brown as he talks to the President and CEO of...