Sales Strategy & Enablement by Revenue.io

On today's episode, Tom Williams the CEO of DealPoint and I discuss what the impact of WFH is on the buying group, the stakeholders, if the informal collaboration that existed in the office is gone? How does that affect each stage of the buying process? Then we'll dig into when changes in buying behaviors should impact how you sell.

On today's episode my guest is Karin Hurt, author of the book "Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-Innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates." Courageous Cultures, as Karin describes it, challenge the status quo. They acknowledge that people operate from a position of fear. Fear of losing whatever status or position they have. This is a huge problem in sales. Sellers stuck i...

On today's special episode, Chris Anthony (VP of US Consumer Goods at SalesForce) and Robert "Moe" Moeller (former US Navy Seal and Director of Military Teams sales at WHOOP) discuss their work with the Seal Future Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping Navy SEALs successfully make the transition into sales. Seal Future Foundation: https://sealff.org/

Art Sobczak is author of one of the classic sales books, "Smart Calling: Eliminate the Fear, Failure and Rejection from Cold Calling." In today's episode, we talk about the essential and practical takeaways from Art’s book. We’ll dig into how to get a win on every call and how to eliminate the term “rejection” in your proactive calling. Plus, Art shares how to leave a voicemail that will increase...

Robert Cialdini is the NYTimes best-selling author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion as well his latest book, Pre-Suasion: A revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade. He's also The Regents Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University. In this episode, Dr, CIaldini shares what savvy communicators do BEFORE delivering a message. Then we dig into why it might...

On today's episode we talk with Colleen Stanley about her latest book, Emotional Intelligence for Sales Leaders. We'll dive into why emotional intelligence (EQ) has to be part of your sales culture and how it starts at the top. We’ll then jump into how sales leaders can improve their own EQ and how to screen for it while hiring. Plus, Colleen will share the simple steps leaders can take to verify...

On today's episode, Rachel Mae (Director of Sales for ASalesGuy) and Keenan (CEO of ASalesGuy and author of GAP Selling). Two weeks ago Rachel shared a story on LinkedIn about a cold call she made to a VP of Sales. In this brief call she encountered the kind of casual sexism that pervades much of the sales world. Rachel had had enough. And in a courageous post on LinkedIn she told the story of wha...

Ralph Barsi is Global VP of Inside Sales at Tray.io and one of the most respected voices in modern sales. He’s one of my favorite people to talk with about books. He’s an incredible reader. About sales. About anything. In today's episode, in addition to books, Ralph and I discuss how much responsibility sellers have for their own development. One of my favorite topics. There’s a burgeoning movemen...

Dan Pink, author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing and five other Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling books, joins me on this episode. Originally recorded October 2018. _ Arm your team with the tools they need to work from anywhere. Watch the video @ www.ringDNA.com/andy

Mike Robbins is a former professional baseball player, motivational speaker, and author of an interesting book titled, "We’re All in This Together: Creating a Team Culture of High Performance, Trust, and Belonging." Now here’s the thing about this book. As I was reading it, I kept thinking, well, this applies to sales and that applies to sales. In fact when you think about it, successfully working...

Morgan J Ingram is the Director of Sales Execution and Evolution at JB Sales Training. He's host of The SDR Chronicles and Muffins with Morgan on Linkedin LIVE. Honestly, I get tired just thinking about everything he does. In today's episode, we spend some time talking about…Morgan. I was really interested to learn about his story, as he’s made a big impact in a short time. We get into the specifi...

John Reid is the founder of the sales advisory firm JMReid Group and author of the book, "Moving from Models to Mindset: Rethinking the Sales Conversation." On today's episode, John and I find ourselves in violent agreement about (most of) the main points of his book. We dig into why so many of our sales training dollars are misspent. Most of you know that is a particular concern of mine! And we s...

Justin Welsh is an SMB SaaS advisor and executive mentor who enables founders to drive scalable growth. He recently led LA-based PatientPop from $0 to $50M in recurring revenue. On today's episode, we get serious about a topic Justin believes more sellers should be paying attention to: building your own brand as a seller. I enjoy having the opportunity to talk with yet another emerging young leade...

Whitney Johnson is the author of the book, "Disrupt Yourself: Master Relentless Change and Speed Up Your Learning Curve" First things first, I love this book. If you’re in sales and you’re struggling to improve your performance, and perhaps need some additional motivation to make a change, then you need to read Whitney’s book. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation. She explains how the S c...

Todd Davis is the Chief People Officer for FranklinCovey and author of, Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to build more effective Relationships at Work. What I enjoyed about this conversation with Todd is that you’ll learn that building relationships with your team is very similar to building them with customers. We dive deep into building credibility and how you demonstrate character and competence...

Belal Batrawy, founder of Death2Fluff, and I are going to talk about why he believes it’s time to elevate the sales profession. What I really enjoyed about this episode is having the opportunity to talk with a bright young voice in sales, a person still at the beginning of his sales career (at least compared with me!) who is taking the time to think deeply about sales. There is way too much fluff...

Bill Cates (author of "Radical Relevance") and I talk about what is means to be radically relevant in order to cut through the noise and grab a buyer's attention. I always enjoy talking with Bill. He’s a straight talker. And I really enjoy his emphasis on how sellers need to get out of their own heads about what differentiation is and what value is. Because if your buyer doesn’t think you’re diffe...

Zvi Guterman, the founder and CEO of CloudShare, joins me for a conversation about why traditional sales demos haven’t kept pace with the demands and requirements of buyers. We talk about how buyers were changing even before the pandemic. And we’ll dig into the idea of the enabled and empowered buyer, and how sellers can reduce the friction associated with demos and proofs of concept.  _ Arm your...

Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing and host of the Sales Pipeline Radio podcast, joins me for a conversation about what’s next for B2B sales. Matt and I talk about what changes he would make to how we structure and execute B2B sales if he were in charge. We’re also checking into a topic he and I first spoke about 4 years ago on this program - the 7 reasons why BDRs/SDRs aren’t making quota....

Nez Balelo is a Major League Baseball super agent, representing such players as Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, and many more. He’s also the co-head of CAA Sport’s Baseball Division. He joins me today to have a conversation about sales and negotiation strategy. As you can imagine, over a career negotiating contracts for some of the bigg...

Terri Sjodin is the founder of Sjodin Communications and author of a new research report titled “The State of Sales Presentations 2020." She joins me today for a conversation about the common sales presentation mistakes professionals make in today’s market. As Terri and I get into, the world changed, just a little bit, even after she had finished this research. However, the net effect is that the...

Richard Harris (Founder of The Harris Consulting Group and Director of Sales Training for Sales Hacker) joins me today for a conversation about sales training. It’s one of my favorite topics. Because I believe it’s one of the areas in sales where there is the biggest room for improvement. Richard and I talk about how, as the world around us has changed, at least temporarily, if not forever, what i...

Bob Apollo (founder of Inflexion-Point Strategy Partners) is a keen observer of where sellers should be focusing their efforts during this period of economic disruption. In today's episode, learn how to sell in the midst of a downturn. A Recession is not an excuse for not selling. Yes, it’s harder. Yes, it’s frustrating. But if you’re willing to be thoughtful and methodical about how you go to mar...

Scott Miller is the EVP of Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey and author of the book, "From Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenge to Become the Leader You Would Follow." Today we talk about management development and dig into Scott's ongoing journey to become a leader you would follow. _ Arm your team with the tools they need to work from anywhere. Watch the video @ www.ringDNA.com...

David Kreiger is the founder and CEO of SalesRoads. Today, David and I dig into his 4 essential building blocks for effectively selling (and managing) remote. _ Arm your team with the tools they need to work from anywhere. Watch the video @ www.ringDNA.com/andy