Sales Strategy & Enablement by Revenue.io

Darin Dawson is the President and co-founder of BombBomb. There's been so much talk about video and sales over the past year. Most of it connected to using services like Zoom or Teams for sales calls with buyers. That's all well and good but most of the communications you have with buyers are asynchronous. They're not interactive. They're messages. In one form or another. Today Darin and I talk ab...

Hey folks. I'm taking the day off. And my friend Howard Brown (CEO and Founder of ringDNA) is taking my place behind the mic. On this episode Howard talks with Mary Grothe (CEO at House of Revenue). This is our final episode in our series of conversations for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth. While I may play a sales-psychologist on this podcast, Howard's the real deal - a trained psychologist. In thei...

Brandon Fluharty is the Vice President of Strategic Accounts at LivePerson. Today we're having a conversation about health and well-being in sales. And how those are tied to your ability to perform at your best. To be the best version of you. We start by talking about why sellers should approach sales like an athlete. We dig into the four critical areas of your life that Brandon has identified tha...

Jeff Riseley is the founder of the Sales Health Alliance. Today we are talking about the long term ramifications of this last year on salespeople. Few companies have acknowledged this extraordinary situation and most are pushing harder than ever. We dive into why Jeff believes that sellers are relying too heavily on willpower to push through their work tasks and are unable to rest and recover effe...

Amy Hrehovcik is a sales enablement expert and host of the RevenueReal Hotline. On today's episode Amy shares the story of her mental health journey. We dig into how the stresses of the past year are not in the past. And why sellers need to be vigilant in monitoring their own mental health even as it appears like the worst part of the pandemic is over. We also dive into the role sales management p...

Bryan Smith is the co-founder and CEO of LEON Health Science. On today's episode Bryan and I talk about the science of performance improvement. Bryan was a sports scientist with USA track and field. The organization that oversees the development of the top track and field athletes in the world. So we dig into the science about how and why being in sales is like being an athlete. And Bryan shares w...

Mercy Bell is the co-founder and creative director of Take Care, start-up advisor, and an experienced sales professional. On today's episode, Mercy shares the story of her recovery, how her alcohol consumption was connected to her work in sales, and how she broke the cycle. Now Mercy has created a new venture dedicated to wellness and mental well-being called Take Care. The goal of Take Care is to...

Ian Koniak is Strategic Account Director at Salesforce.com. If you have a good memory, you'll recall Ian was on this show two months ago. Today we're talking about a topic we meant to cover in his last appearance. Namely his struggles with addiction and mental health. Ian is incredibly open and honest about his past struggles with addiction and the impact it had on his family and work. We also get...

Kelsey Moreira is the founder and fearless leader of Doughp, an incredibly successful cookie dough company committed to reducing the stigmas around mental health & addiction. Kelsey was on the career fast track when she hit bottom 6,000 miles away from home. That's when she committed to herself that she'd had her last drink. It's what she did from that point that makes such a great story. Kelsey s...

Jon Levy is the Founder and Host of Influencers, a Behavioral scientist, consultant, and author of a very interesting new book titled, "You're Invited, The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence." On today's episode we're talking influence, connection and trust. We start with Influence. What is it? What does it mean to have influence? And the role of relationships and community in creating influ...

Kate Leidy is the founder of Strively and today we talk about second chances. Strively's work is to prepare and mentor former inmates to enter the workforce as successful SDRs in tech companies. It's part of her larger mission to to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace in the tech sector. Follow Andy: LinkedIn | https://bit.ly/Andy-LinkedIn Sponsored by: ringDNA | Transform your sales tea...

Marin Nelson is the Regional VP of Enterprise Service at Salesforce, and the co-founder and CEO of SoberForce. In this conversation Marin shares her story of recovery and how that led to the creation of Soberforce, an Employee Led Resource Group within Salesforce - started with the goal to provide a community and connection for sober employees, support people with addiction issues and to destigmat...

Howard Brown is Founder and CEO of ringDNA, and a licensed therapist. Richard Harris is the Founder of the Harris Consulting Group, and Co-founder of "Surf and Sales". Today's episode is the first in a series about mental health and sales. In this conversation, Richard shares his personal sales and mental health story, and we dig into recent survey data on mental health in sales. Follow Andy: Link...

John P Davis is the author of the book, "HOW TO GET A SALES JOB." In today's conversation John and I get into what makes interviewing for a sales job unique. Getting a job is like sales itself. And John breaks down what you need to do to help the buyer (in this case, the hiring manager) make the right decision. Plus, we dive into how to effectively tell your story in an interview. And the pitfalls...

Dale Dupree is the founder and CEO of The Sales Rebellion. If you've been paying attention, Dale's is a growing voice in the conversation about how we do sales better. And in this episode Dale and I dig into what salespeople should be rebelling against. We talk about the problems with product led sales, We get into what it means to rebel against the outdated and ineffective methods and processes t...

Oscar Trimboli is the author of the new book, "Deep Listening: Impact Beyond Words." This is one of my favorite topics because Listening is the way you give value to the words of other people. On today's episode Oscar and I dig into the difference between hearing and listening. Multiple academic studies have shown that between 50% and 55% of your working day is spent listening. And it's harder now...

Minter Dial is author of the book, "You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader." It's not going to surprise you that I liked Minter's book. I often talk on this show about how being yourself makes you a better seller and in today's conversation we talk about how in the wake of the pandemic people are rethinking and reconfiguring what’s important. Follow Andy: LinkedIn | https://bit.ly/...

Hayes Davis is the CEO and founder of Gradient Works, where they are creating the CRO operating system. In today's conversation we talk about the concept of "revenue orchestration." We dig into why companies are quick to blame reps for unproductivity before examining whether they've orchestrated a system and process that enables reps to be effective. Hayes and I also dive into his method for evalu...

Jon Ferrara is the Founder and CEO of Nimble, the social sales and marketing CRM for individuals and teams. Look, I love talking with Jon. He is one of the fathers of the CRM system. The first exposure many of us had to any form of sales force automation was with Gold Mine, a product created by Jon. He understands at a level that most of us don't, the value you get from being connected. On today's...

Eric Siu is the CEO of ClickFlow and Single Grain and the author of a new book, "Leveling Up: How to Master the Game of Life." Eric has written an interesting book about applying the lessons he learned in becoming a top gamer, to his personal and professional development. As Eric writes in his book Even though most people think gaming is a waste of time, he found that it shaped his mindset and tau...

Brian Souza is the CEO and founder of Productivity Drivers Inc and author of the NYT bestselling book, "The Weekly Coaching Conversation." Today - not surprisingly - Brian and I have a wide ranging conversation about coaching! We get into research Brian has done which found that there is a direct correlation between the quantity and quality of coaching that an individual receives and their level o...

Philip Squire is the CEO of Consalia, a multi-national sales consulting firm based out of London and author of the new book, "Selling Transformed: Develop the Sales Values which Deliver Competitive Advantage." On today's episode Phil suggests that a new paradigm for selling is required – one that is based on values and belief systems. He talks about the research that his firm conducted in countrie...

Tiffany Heimpel is a Sales Manager for Marketing Solutions at LinkedIn. It's safe to say that the pandemic has been particularly hard for women in sales with school age and preschool age kids at home. They carry a disproportionate share of the load in managing work, remote learning, the family, relationships and so on. In our conversation today, Tiffany and I talk about the many roles that women h...

Joe Caprio is the co-founder of Reprise, a no-code platform for product demo creation. On today's episode Joe fills us in on Reprise and the problem they're solving for SaaS companies by making it easier for buyers to actually experience your product. Joe and I always have fun talking about sales in general. And this conversation is no exception. We get into the whole topic of how to give sellers...

Ian Koniak is the Strategic Account Director at Salesforce. This is one of those conversations where I have prepared a ton of questions for my guest and we end up talking about none of them! In this case, we were going to explore Ian's battle with mental health and addiction issues. I promise Ian will be back on this show shortly to talk about this. However, in this conversation, we got sidetracke...