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How To Read A Buyers Personality with Alex Swire-Clark #212 Alex Swire – Clark is a Certified Human Behavior and Sales expert. He uses behavior concepts to unlock the communication potential in sales professionals. In this episode we discuss how to read a buyers personality. Alex is also the host of the Rapport Advantage Podcast, transforming the way leaders build relationships. DISC Profile In ou...

Why You're Not Closing Sales #211 In this solo episode Pat talks about the Sideways deal and why you're not closing sales.  The reasons for this is not at all what you think. In fact, it's not so much you can't close a deal. It's more a case of you've not fully qualified the prospect. If you had properly discovered the prospects situation (their pains and desires), you would have noticed the follo...

Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again with Chris Croner #210 In this episode we meet Dr. Chris Croner  author of the book,  Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again.   In his book Chris shares his psychological research and practice in identifying the non-teachable personality traits common to top producing salespeople. Chris has  identified this problem by focusing on personality traits. He found that the...

Stop Guessing How to Sell and Use Market Research with Corey Hammer #208 Many companies fail to understand the drivers that motivate customers to buy. Through luck and pluck these companies have found a level of success. Yet they know they're leaving money on the table. Now if there was only a way to know for certain our prospects are thinking. In this episode guest Corey Hammer shows how companie...

The Key to Authentic Selling with Jeff Davis #207 In this episode we meet long time Sales Babble listener Jeff Davis and author of the new book The Power of Authentic Leadership .  Jeff and I discuss the importance of sellers embracing a leadership role, and apply their personal value system  to build trust in prospective clients. Jeff gives the key to authentic selling with a 3 step process for a...

How to Generate Referrals Without Asking with Stacey Brown Randall #206 Leveraging business referrals is a powerful way to grow your business. Unfortunately the process is poorly understood and followed. The majority of the people are uncomfortable asking clients to do something that would help their business. They've been told to just get over their shyness and ask for a referral or reference. Si...

All Sales Start With a Why with Michael Manzur #205 Michael Manzur is founder and CEO of Flood Me Social LLC, a social media marketing agency. He helps companies find qualified leads and convert them into prospects. Michael is an unofficial LinkedIn Influencer and Host of LinkedIn Local Aventura in south Florida. Today we discuss common mistakes sellers make in social media and the process to turn...

What's Not Working In Sales Today with Brandon Bruce #204 Brandon Bruce  grew up in a tiny California town of 800 people where he only had one classmate at a school with outhouses as their bathroom. He went from these humble beginnings to now Cofounding and growing  Cirrus Insight  to $12 million in revenue and  #41 on the Inc. 500 list  (after a six-year rollercoaster of sales success and setback...

The Purpose of Sales with May McCarthy The purpose of this episode is to talk about purpose! Our guest May McCarthy discusses the value of aligning our day-to-day decisions towards some greater purpose. May walks us through a discovery process used by sales people and business owners alike. The purpose of sales is unique for each of us. In this episode let's reveal what you want, how to achieve it...

Time To Sell Mindset with Chris Spurvey #202 In this episode Chris Spurvey shares his uncomfortable sales journey. When he started in sales, he didn't find instant success. It took time, but he discovered the right mindset that would allow him to connect with prospects, and convert them into loyal clients. He calls it Chris Spurvey 5.0.  In his new book  It's Time to Sell  he explains his process...

Three Step Process to Narrow Your Sales Focus with Phil Boissiere #201 Phil Boissiere is a Silicon Valley tech startup and executive coach. He works with founders, entrepreneurs and sales people who struggle with attention fatigue. In this episode Phil gives us practical advice on how to boost your selling productivity.  His 3×3 method is a quick way to tune up your sales brain, vanquish stress an...

Master Your Cold Calling Fear With This 4 Step Script One of the most difficult steps in sales is cold calling. It's a task dripping with anxiety, dread and reluctance. People want to be loved and respected. Inserting ourselves into a place that yields rejection is scary. But this is the problem.  Prospects rarely seek out vendors and buy. Waiting around for the phone to ring is a bad plan. So it...

How to Find Sales Leads with Twitter with Madalyn Sklar #199 Sales Babble listeners are always asking about social selling and using social media of discover new leads. Sales people are ALWAYS looking for new leads.  We know that LinkedIn can be alot of help, but what about Twitter, what about Instagram or Facebook? Is Snapchat worth your time? Today we ask AND answer those very questions. My gues...

The Birth of a Salesman One consistent message I get from the Sales Babble audience is they love that Sales Babble makes sales simple by sharing practical advice and selling stories. Well today we're going to knock that out of the park. Our guest is sales professional and author Carson Heady and he's the author of the book series,  Birth of a Salesman. Carson spins a sales adventures of fictional...

Never Be Closing – Key To Better Sales with Tim Hurson #197 The second most difficult task of a sale is to ask for the business. Closing a prospect is a monumental challenge for many sales professionals. But maybe we're looking at this all wrong. Tim Hurson is the author of the book "Never Be Closing" . In this episode Tim shares a process where prospects close themselves without arm twisting or s...

Top 10 Sales and Marketing Tools for 2018 #196 In this episode Neil Kristianson from Email Splat visits Sales Babble in the international podcast studio . As we gather around the fire,  Neil and I drink homebrews, sample salsa, mustards, various cheeses and crackers. But this is not and end-of-year sendoff. Throughout this bacchanalia, Neil and I share the top 10 sales and marketing tools, we feel...

Sales Jokes That Don't Fall Flat with Jon Selig #195 There  are parallels between sales, improv and stand up comedy. Unfortunately sales jokes can fall flat and jeopardize a deal. In this episode Jon Selig shares advice on how to employ comedy to connect, build relationships and win deals. Sales and Comedy Each sales call has elements of standup. Open strong, close strong, probe the audience for t...

How to Make Sales with Voicemail with Dave Moravec #194 Sales Babble listener Dave Moravec visits the podcast to share telephone and voicemail prospecting tips. I  was a guest speaker at his CEO Sales Summit at the Integrity Data offices. I gave a talk on focused listening and qualifying. After the talk,  I fired up the digital recorder and had Dave share how he make sales with voicemail and email...

Why Commissioned-Based Sales Plans Fail to Work with Justin Clark Justin Clark is the Director of Sales for a janitorial and packaging products distributor. Over time, Justin's company found sales reps spending more time auditing their paychecks than selling.  They also found the commission-based sales plans failed to motivate reps to do the best for their customers. To overcome this challenge the...

How To Learn The Secret Lingo of Your Customer with Jeffrey Shaw #192 Author Jeffrey Shaw visits Sales Babble to talk about his book Lingo – Discover Your ideal Customers's Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible .    Jeffrey believes that far too often people sell the wrong thing to the wrong people. Unfortunately too few people understand for whom they are for. Your ideal client has...

How To Generate Leads without Sales and Marketing with John Tripolsky #191 In this episode we meet John Tripolsky, CEO of JTE Marketing. John shares his process to generate leads through a referral process. When starting John had neither  marketing nor a sales staff. Instead he leveraged his existing network to find qualified prospects and generate leads. It worked and this is how to generate lead...

Why Nobody Gives a S*%T About Your Sales Goals with Mike Dannenfeldt #190 Highly effective companies collect and measure sales goals. These goals drive performance and results. Mike Dannefeldt and I talk about process management, goal setting and how to manage sales staff. The challenge is to meet and exceed the goals. Yet success is dependent on buy-in and communication. Why Sales Goals Not Met N...

Phiology: The Secret Code of Leadership David Eisley #189 In this episode we meet Dave Eisley, author of the book  Phiology: The Secret Code of Leadership. Phiology is the  intersection of physiology, psychology, and philosophy in the context of leadership, but written from a sales management perspective. Phiology Focus for Sellers Dave and I discuss how Phiology addresses leadership especially in...

Repeatable Success for Sales Development Reps with Brendan Barrett #188   There is a growing trend for companies to separate business development from deal closing. We're talking about two different people: One person setting up appointments the Sales Development Reps (SDR) and the other is the  closer. In this episode our guest Brendan Barrett and I walk through the SDR process with it's pros and...