Steve Benson

Outside Sales Talk

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Host Steve Benson, CEO and founder of Badger Maps, talks to industry leaders and experts to learn the strategies and tactics that make them successful in Outside Sales. You’ll learn practical tips on how to sell at peak performance.

Author

Steve Benson

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.badgermapping.com

Latest episode

Mar 19, 2026

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Episodes

Shift Selling: Turn Your Prospects into Customers - Outside Sales Talk with Craig Elias 17.07.2019

Craig Elias is the creator of Trigger Event Selling™ and Chief Catalyst of SHiFT Selling, Inc. He is #1 in Canada and # 15 Globally on LinkedIn's List of Top 50 B2B Sales Experts. He is also the author of the book “Shift!: Harness the Trigger Events That Turn Prospects into Customers”. In this episode, Craig explains how to be 'first in" with decision-makers who are thinking of changing vendors to...

Using Co-Creation to Develop Better Relationships & Win Bigger Deals 10.07.2019

David Nour is a growth strategist, thought leader, and global keynote speaker on Relationship Economics. As a speaker, Nour examines relationships to drive business growth. He is also the author of the book “Co-Create: How Your Business Will Profit from Innovative and Strategic Collaboration”. In this episode, David explains how salespeople can drive growth by co-creating and intertwining success....

How to Break out of a Sales Slump - Outside Sales Talk with Chris Spurvey 26.06.2019

Chris Spurvey is an entrepreneur, consultant and keynote speaker. He hosts the “It’s Time To Sell” podcast, which profiles entrepreneurs who have learned to sell their offering in a way that feels good for them and delivers results. He is also the author of the bestselling business book “It’s Time to Sell: Cultivating the Sales Mind-Set”. In this episode, Chris explains how salespeople can work on...

How to Become Hyper-Connected in Outside Sales - Outside Sales Talk with David Fisher 19.06.2019

David Fisher is a sales expert, professional keynote speaker, and best-selling author. He delivers the Hyper-Connected Selling program that focuses on the convergence of social selling, networking, and old-school sales skills. He is also the author of the book “Hyper-Connected Selling: Winning Business Through Personal Influence and Human Connection”. In this episode, David explains how to engage...

Sales Improv: How to Get Past the Sales Script - Outside Sales Talk with Gina Trimarco 05.06.2019

Gina Trimarco is the Founder of Pivot10 Results, a strategy and training company dedicated to help businesses shift from people problems to performance results. She is also the founder of the Carolina Improv Company, an improv comedy center for business training. Gina has developed a strong reputation as an expert sales & improv coach and is an official member of the Forbes Coaches Council. In thi...

Triangle Selling: Sales Fundamentals to Fuel Growth - Outside Sales Talk with Hilmon Sorey & Cory Bray 29.05.2019

Hilmon Sorey and Cory Bray are the founders of ClozeLoop, a sales management consulting & training firm based in San Francisco. ClozeLoop shows executives how to apply frameworks which are rocket fuel for revenue growth. They have worked with thousands of salespeople and hundreds of companies worldwide to improve performance, process, and profitability. They have also written 4 best-selling books....

Anatomy of a Lousy Pitch: Worst Presentation Habits & How to Avoid Them - Outside Sales Talk with Tim Wackel 15.05.2019

Tim Wackel is the founder and president of The Wackel Group, a training and consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations find, win, and keep customers for life. Tim is an expert B2B sales trainer, keynote speaker and executive presentation coach. He combines more than 25 years of successful sales leadership with specific client research. In this episode, Tim shares his first-hand tips on how...

How to Get Started in Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Bob Etherington 08.05.2019

Bob Etherington has been developing his reputation for sales success since the 1970’s in a career that has spanned many key global markets and several recessions. He now leads strategic sales programs for all levels of the selling profession. He is also the author of “Selling Skills for Complete Amateurs”. In this episode, Bob explains how to make your next sales pitch so compelling that your pros...

Why Sales People Must Create Their OWN Brand - Outside Sales Talk with John Crowley 24.04.2019

John Crowley is the Co-founder and creator of the Knuckle Dragging Sales System. John started in pharmaceutical sales and rose through the ranks to VP of Sales for a Fortune 15 company. He now speaks to sales organizations helping other knuckle draggers as a sales coach and mentor. He is the author of ‘Knuckle Dragging Sales: Primitive process to make more money’. In this episode, John explains ho...

How to Become a Leader on your Sales Team - Outside Sales Talk with Jason Treu 17.04.2019

  Jason Treu coaches executives, managers and their teams to maximize their leadership potential and operate at peak performance. He's the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on, building extraordinary business relationships, which has sold more than 45,000 copies. In this episode, Jason reveals his tips on how to become an extraordinary leader. Here are some of the topics covered...

Spear Selling: Tackling Account Based Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Jamie Shanks 03.04.2019

  Jamie Shanks is CEO of Sales for Life, the world's definitive social selling training and coaching company. He is a world leading social selling expert responsible for pioneering the space. Jamie is also the author of ‘SPEAR Selling’, the ultimate Account-Based Sales guide for the modern digital sales professional. In this episode, Jaime reveals the best ways to implement an account based sellin...

Elevate your Sales Team with Sales Enablement - Outside Sales Talk with Dave Lichtman 27.03.2019

Dave Lichtman is the CEO & Founder of Enablematch,  a boutique recruitment firm laser-focused on the highly-specialized and emerging field of Sales Enablement. Dave is a sales professional with over 20 years of experience and an acute understanding of the growing challenges employers face in recruiting top enablement talent. In this episode, Dave Lichtman shares his knowledge on sales enablement b...

The Secrets to Building Relationships in Outside Sales - Outside Sales Talk with John Chapin 13.03.2019

John Chapin is an award winning sales speaker, author, trainer, and coach with over 31 years of extensive sales, customer service, and sales management experience. In addition to being a number one sales rep for most of his 31+ years in sales, John also authored the 2010 sales book of the year: Sales Encyclopedia (Axiom Book Awards). In this episode, John Chapin shares tips on building relationshi...

Deal Killing Obstacles in B2B Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Thomas Williams & Thomas Saine 27.02.2019

Tom Williams and Tom Saine are the authors of The Seller's Challenge: How Top Sellers Master 10 Deal Killing Obstacles in B2B Sales. Their book covers the top 10 challenges salespeople face today and provides solutions to help shorten sales cycles and close more deals. In this episode, Tom Williams and Tom Saine share deal killing obstacles and how to overcome them.   Here are some of the topics c...

How Ultra-High Performers Use Time Management - Outside Sales Talk with Jeb Blount 13.02.2019

  Jeb Blount is a sales acceleration specialist and the author of ten books including Fanatical Prospecting, Sales EQ, People Buy You, People Follow You, and Objections. He is among the world’s most respected thought leaders on prospecting, sales, leadership, and customer experience. Through his global training organization, Sales Gravy, Jeb advises a who’s who of the world’s leading organizations...

How to Close Larger Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Terry Hansen 30.01.2019

Terry Hansen is the president of the Hansen Group and has been helping organizations increase their sales success for over a decade. His strategies for improving Sales Performance have been used by organizations in many B2B industries. As a keynote speaker and workshop presenter, he conducts hundreds of presentations each year for businesses all over the country. In this episode, Terry shares how...

How to Create a High-Performing Sales Culture - Outside Sales Talk with Keith Rosen 16.01.2019

Keith Rosen is the CEO of ‘Profit Builders’, an award-winning talent development organization focused on supporting and training salespeople and managers. With his proven methods, he is helping them transform into elite coaches and develop top performing cultures. He is also a keynote speaker and author of several books, including his latest one called “Sales Leadership”. In this episode, Keith sh...

How to Master your Sales Presentations - Outside Sales Talk with Victor Antonio 02.01.2019

  Victor Antonio is an author of 13 books on sales and motivation and recently launched the Sales Mastery Academy learning platform with 300+ videos. He has shared the stage with top business speakers: Zig Ziglar, Daymond John (Shark Tank),  Rudy Giuliani, Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel), and John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos). In this episode, Victor shares tactics for sales presentations that actually...

The Art of the Slow Sale - Outside Sales Talk with Brandon Bruce 12.12.2018

Brandon Bruce is the Cofounder and COO of Cirrus Insight, the highest rated sales platform that connects Gmail & Outlook with Salesforce. Brandon has grown Cirrus as a lightly-funded distributed company with scrappy tactics in the same industry as billion-dollar software companies and competitors with tens of millions in funding! From his sales experience at Cirrus, Brandon wrote the book The Slow...

The Selling Formula: 5 Steps for Instant Sales Improvement - Outside Sales Talk with Brian Robinson 28.11.2018

Brian Robinson is a sales coach and expert with over two decades of sales experience at companies like Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson. Over the years, he developed a 5-step process, The Selling Formula, that has proven to increase his sales dramatically. Brian is sharing his valuable insights, how you can implement the 5 steps into your sales cycle and other powerful tips and tricks to improve yo...

Key Steps for Successful Discovery Calls - Outside Sales Talk with Victor Adefuye 14.11.2018

Victor Adefuye is the founder and CEO of Dana Consulting, a firm that functions as an outsourced VP of Sales for SMBs and startups. As a sales coach with over 10 years of experience, Victor has helped many companies build a repeatable and scalable sales process and trained their sales teams to close more deals with best practices. Listen in and learn what specific questions you should ask your pro...

Why Salespeople Should STOP Prospecting - Outside Sales Talk with Aaron Ross 07.11.2018

Aaron Ross is the author of the award-winning, bestselling book Predictable Revenue. He has been teaching companies how to double or triple (and more) new sales since he helped Salesforce add an extra $100M+. In this episode, Aaron shares his breakthrough selling methods, key takeaways from his book and why salespeople should stop prospecting!   Here are some of the topics covered in this episode:...

How I Left My Sales Career to Start Badger Maps 31.10.2018

In this episode, host Steve Benson is being interviewed by the producer of the show, Anna Bolender, about how he started his outside sales career, why he left Google to start Badger Maps and the most important lessons he learned along the way. Steve shares valuable advice from his successful field sales career and talks about his entrepreneurial journey! Here are some of the topics covered in this...

How Emotional Intelligence Affects Your Sales - Outside Sales Talk with Colleen Stanley 24.10.2018

Colleen Stanley is the Founder and Chief Selling Officer at Sales Leadership, Inc. She is well known for creating Ei Selling®, a unique and powerful sales training program that integrates emotional intelligence skills with consultative selling skills. As a successful sales keynote speaker, trainer and author, Colleen shares her knowledge and advice about how you can leverage the power of emotional...

How to Master Sales Follow-Ups - Outside Sales Talk with Steve Benson 17.10.2018

Host Steve Benson shares his proven strategies about how to follow-up effectively after sales meetings in this special episode. So many outside sales reps are losing deals that they’re already 80% of the way to closing because they’re not doing follow-ups right. Deals are going dark on them and they lose traction after the first meeting. Learn how to master follow-ups and move deals faster and mor...

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