Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales Leaders

This is episode 337. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . This episode was sponsored by Cox Business . GARY'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Visualize your customer with a big sign on their chest that says, "Make me feel important." If you can do that, then you're going to make them feel important and that's where you'll win If you can visualize someone th...

This is episode 336. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . KRISTIE'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Manage your expectations. The reason why sales leaders are disappointed a lot of times is because you haven't told your team what you need or want from them, so start practicing today. What do I want from you that I'm not getting? Practice having that convers...

This is episode 335. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . HANG'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "When making a decision, make sure that you have a CLEAR path. C for clarity, L for learn whether it's from experience and whether it's from experiments. E for edge, so make sure you embrace that which is uniquely you because that's your competitive edge. A for a...

This is episode 334. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . This podcast was sponsored by Cox Business. Learn more here . JAMIE'S ADVICE TO SALES PROFESSIONALS: "I want to know how we're going to engage. The idea of procurement working along with operations is required for successful revenue. What you have to do is you have to make the CIO secure. You have to...

This is episode 333. Find the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . TINA'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "I was asking, "How do I become the best leader I can be?" And as the pandemic was growing, I certainly couldn't be the best leader I could be as I was limping along emotionally and physically. This pandemic gave me an opportunity to work on those things. We have...

This is episode 332. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. CARYN'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "The Kopp-Gap Method of Sales Messaging which, when it's done properly, can render your competition irrelevant. It's three sentences in a framework and when you're able to articulate your gap messaging, you are able to get in doors that your competition cannot get...

This is episode 331. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . TRISTEN'S TIP ABOUT WHY TO CHOOSE SALES INTO THE PUBLIC SECTOR MARKETS: "There are two reasons why I enjoy selling into the Public Sector market. The mission is attractive to me and I find it favorable, whether you're selling into federal civilian where their outreach is the citizenry or the Defense D...

This is episode 330. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . NANCY'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "For me, leadership is taking the time to purposefully build a diverse team.  Internalize that you're going to get better by being around people who are different than you. Making that extra effort makes a team that much stronger, and I wish I did see more of th...

This is episode 329. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . CRAIG'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "To get unstuck, first clearly define the destination. I like a roadmap because again, I think we get stuck along the road and that's why you see these curves so we've got to define the destination. These curves actually are wisdom gaps so along the way. So to be be...

This is episode 328. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . LISA'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "It's really important that each sales person differentiate themselves. Think about what your brand is and focus on that. If you're early in your career you develop it, if you're later in your career it might have evolved but knowing what you stand for, what makes yo...

This is episode 327. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . MICHELLE'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "There are so few women that are on boards today, be it non-profit or for-profit company boards so there are great opportunities for women in sales to make a difference right now. Cloud Girls certainly has been an amazing endeavor for me. Since it's a nonprofit,...

This is episode 326. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . MICHELLE'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "There are 5 factors that consistently drive the biggest changes in selling behavior and become most important in helping sellers determine the right sales approach. If you look at these 5 factors, there are different elements within these factors: (1) the custom...

This is episode 325. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . Join the Institute for Excellence in Sales. Go here for more information. MATT'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Look in the mirror and tell yourself, "I'm worthy, I can do this, I'm absolutely capable of creating value for others and being different. I'm worthy." JASON'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS...

This is episode 324. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . It featured Courtney Bromley, General Manager, Government and Education Industry, US Federal and Public Sector Market at IBM. COURTNEY'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Don't be entitled. For instance, promotions don't come with time, they come with effectiveness and production. Don't be entitled to thi...

This is episode 323. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . This is a replay of the Optimal Sales Mindset Webinar sponsored by the Institute for Excellence in Sales and hosted by Fred Diamond on January 21, 2021. It featured Alex Chappell. At the time, Alex was a sports reporter for ESPN and MASN. She is a now a sales professional at Amazon Web Services. ALEX'...

This is episode 322. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . JOE'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "I hope 'think, plan, execute' resonates. For success selling to the Public Sector market, focus on the technical, the sales training and the understanding of the government since you will need all three. I am always learning about new government initiatives, new acro...

This is episode 321. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . JAMES' TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS : "Pre-call planning is not that complicated, you can simplify it down to just three questions you should ask yourself before you go in. First, "Why should this customer see me?" That's the valid business reason for them to meet with you so instead of winging it, just...

This is episode 320. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . JENNIFER'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Focus on what you can control, what's right here, right in front of you. Whatever business you're in, every interaction is about adding value to your partner, adding value to your client or prospect. How are you going to do that? Clear out the minutiae aroun...

This is episode 319. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . MARK'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "It's really important for salespeople to understand their organization's North Star. What is it that they do better than anybody else and why do you want to work there? If they really understand that, the interactions with the clients are going to be more meaningful...

This is episode 318. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . SHELLEY'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Good active listening skills is highly energetic work. It takes a lot of energy on your part to really listen and be able to reflect emotion and context and content when interacting with your customers. When practicing validation, pay attention to when you're...

This is episode 317. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. DEBRA'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Being natural when you speak is the best approach to take. We see a lot of Ted speakers these days and a lot of different ways that people are presenting. You can follow all the best practices of pausing and pace, but truly being natural and talking like you're...

This is episode 316. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . SPENCER'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "What is the quality of experience we're trying to have with customers? Do I have a message that's at the fingertips of my sellers and they're capable of delivering it and we can engage with it and measure it and know that it's being delivered properly? Then are w...

This is episode 315. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . LISA'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Pre-call planning is critical. Go to www.toplinesale.com and download the pre-call plan. It's a 2-page fillable PDF I've been updating it 15 years so it's not old, it's new. You will immediately impact the quality of your calls and start to think a little more strat...

This is episode 314. Read the complete transcript on The Sales Game Changers Podcast website . SUSAN'S TIP FOR EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Start with one outreach, perhaps to that one person you've been thinking about. Drop them an email today and you'll be amazed about what that can lead to. I can't stress enough to start small, one or two actions per day but then have that 20-mile framework set up...

This is episode 313. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website . TONY'S TIP TO EMERGING SALES LEADERS: "Continue to have a growth mindset. It's not what we know but what we don't that's most important. Go learn something new that's going to help you help others, whether that's a cross-functional peer, a peer in your organization or your customer. Go learn something th...