Mike O'Kelly

Surviving Outside Sales

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Surviving Outside Sales is a podcast for outside sales pros that want to learn how to navigate the chaotic world of outside sales.  Join host Mike O'Kelly as he shares his sales philosophies, biggest deals closed and some that got away during an award-winning, 20-year career, plus interviews with other sales experts from inside and outside sales, business owners who built something for themselves, as well as many other entrepreneurs.  From building business process & systems that scale to landing the perfect sales job and hearing stories from entrepreneurs who have blazed a trail others can fo...

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Mike O'Kelly

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Business

Latest episode

May 18, 2026

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Episodes

The path to sales growth is change | SOS Ep. 237 07.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Fake sales gurus & Knowledge vs. Wisdom | SOS Ep.236 06.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

How to frame your cost to "cheap" prospects | SOS Ep. 235 05.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Why I walked away from over $1,000,000 | SOS Ep. 234 04.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Forget looking great/being perfect, just put in the work | SOS Ep. 233 03.04.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Consistency can 20X your results | SOS Ep. 232 31.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

No one is coming to save you in your career | SOS Ep. 231 30.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

What are you known for in sales? | SOS Ep. 230 29.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Set goals higher than quota | SOS Ep. 229 28.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Hitting your goals is just the beginning | SOS Ep. 228 27.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: MikeOKelly.com or mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If you want to support the show, click the link and ge...

Sales Event Pro Tip | SOS Ep. 227 24.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Sales events are great! But...don't enjoy them so much that you rob yourself of success the following day. "If you are going to hoot with the owls at night, you better be prepared to soar with the Eagles in the morning." Do what you have to do but bring that same energy to your day after an event that you did at the event. Your future self and your future clients wi...

Why I love sales | SOS EP. 226 23.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Sales has the opportunity to give each and every one of you opportunities of a lifetime. Unlike some industries that will cap compensation or have very few mechanisms for economic growth, sales potential is limitless. I can sell 1000 products this year and make $25,000 or 1 million products this year and make 25 million dollars. The result is the effort of how good I am at doing m...

Separation is in the preparation - 6 sales process tips | SOS Ep. 225 22.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail 6 Sales Process tips to help with being prepared for a sales meeting. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach out to me: mike@survivingoutsidesales.com If...

How uncomfortable are you willing to get for your goals | SOS Ep. 224 21.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Do you want to elevate your skills, or are you content to where you are today? If you said you are good, well...I have bad news for you. There is a giant world out there changing faster than some may be able to keep up. Adapt or die isn't a new slogan, but it will become the everyday manta in the future. How much are you willing to endure that makes you uncomfortable to get t...

3 big takeaways from Social Media Marketing World Conference | SOS Ep. 223 20.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Went to the Social Media Marketing World Conference in San Diego last week. Listen to hear my 3 biggest takeaways. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strategy call for your next move - Help building your business or territory - Starting your own sales podcast. Reach...

Mentorship is crucial for growing your sales skillset | SOS Ep. 222 17.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail  Having a mentor and/or being a mentor to someone else is a great way to grow your skillset, unlock new opportunities and create a better sales market. Reach up to those who are where you want to be and reach back to give a hand to those who are where you used to be. If you have the chance to do both, amazing! If not, try to do at least one for now. To learn more or if you want he...

How to use Tech to stand out and grow in your market | SOS Ep. 221 16.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Technology has made it so much easier to grow your market than ever before. Leveraged properly, you will separate yourself from your competition and open yourself up to new opportunities. Having a great "Tech Stack" will help you get to where you want to go in your business. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If...

Growth comes from pushing yourself | SOS Ep. 220 15.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail If you shoot for the moon, you may fall short, but if you are content to where you are today, you have already failed. Growth only happens when you push yourself out of your comfort zone and into new skills and opportunities. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduling a strat...

What the Lamar Jackson saga can teach us about our business | SOS Ep. 219 14.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail Your value in sales is based on what you can provide for an organization in the future, not paid on your past performance. Now, your past performance will dictate the ballpark your compensation will land, but you are not owed any money for past results. The Lamar Jackson saga won't end well for anyone involved in the long run.  Lamar and the Ravens will both lose on this deal...

Stop being OK with average, don't be Clemson basketball | SOS Ep. 218 13.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail If you are content to where you are in business & life, you have failed. You have to continually be growing, evolving and working on your skills. The sales world and world in general doesn't slow down or stay the same, so why should your process or skill set? If you make average plans, have an average mindset and take the average amount of effort, you will at best get ave...

Your sales message needs to keep up with your market | SOS Ep. 217 10.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail If you are "rinsing & repeating" your sales message from a few years back, you are missing the boat. Yes, i said it. You are falling behind. The market is moving at lightning speed, and you will need to at least keep up or fall behind. How do I know so many people are still falling behind, I get tons of DMs, emails and messages still telling me they are "followi...

How to know if you are on the right path | SOS Ep. 216 09.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail If it's easy, you need to find a new path. Growth only comes from being challenged. Never from comfort. If you think you can rinse and repeat what you have done in the past, you will unfortunately be sorely mistaken. Adopt or die. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversation about: - Scheduli...

Key tip to identify your strength | SOS Ep. 215 08.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To be your best, you need to know what you are great at and what your strengths are. Lean into those strengths and leverage those skills when building your business. To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. Support the show To connect with the show: Subscribe, Download & Share! Would appreciate a 5-Star Rating if deserved o...

Stop comparing yourself to other sales pros | SOS Ep. 214 07.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail You can only control what happens in your business, not what happens in someone else's. So why are you allowing that energy to seep into your daily plan? Every day, all you can do and should do is focus on your process, your business and working your plan to the optimal level. If you do that, you are a success, whether your company recognizes it or not. To learn more or if yo...

Build a better network | SOS Ep. 213 06.03.2023

Send us Fan Mail To grow in business, you need allies. It is crucial for your LONG term success to build a strong network and become a giver, not just a taker when you need to close a deal or find a job. Givers will have many more opportunities to progress than takers. You To learn more or if you want help with your Sales Plan, reach out for a FREE strategy session. If you want to have a conversat...

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