Donald C. Kelly

The Sales Evangelist

I believe in doing BIG THINGS! You should be earning 6 figures easily as a sales rep. But chances are you are not...yet! Sales is the most important department in every company but many sellers are never taught how to effectively sell, much less how to earn their way to high-income status. My own career limped along until a company I worked for invested in sales training to help me succeed. Immediately afterward, I closed a deal worth 4X what the company spent on me and saw hockey-stick improvement in my performance. So I started a podcast to “Evangelize” what was working. Today I interview th...

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Donald C. Kelly

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thesalesevangelist.com

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Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

TSE 581: Take Action on Your Dreams! 27.05.2017

Recently, I asked on Facebook about podcasts and a friend recommended NPR podcast, How I Built This. My guest today, Joshua Esnard was featured in one of their episodes where he talked about how he built his company, The Cut Buddy. I was very impressed by him that I just knew I had to have […] The post TSE 581: Take Action on Your Dreams! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

TSE 580: TSE Hustler’s League-“Executive Language Part 2” 25.05.2017

Today’s episode is another snippet pulled out from one of our training sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League where we focused on speaking the language of executives. This is actually part 2 of this two-part series. If you haven’t yet, check out part 1 of this episode back in TSE 575. Our upcoming semester […] The post TSE 580: TSE Hustler’s League-“Executive Language Part 2” appeared first on...

TSE 579: Sales From The Street -“I Discovered Networking” 24.05.2017

As salespeople, we tend to not do the things that we know we need to do and networking is one of them. Unfortunately, many people are scared of doing it because they do it the wrong way or they just don’t know how to do it. Networking is a tool for you not to sell, […] The post TSE 579: Sales From The Street -“I Discovered Networking” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

TSE 578: How to Use Technology to Better Coach Salespeople 24.05.2017

Coaching is an important piece in sales but you have to make sure you’re equipped with sufficient data so you can better analyze and coach effectively. Today’s guest is Richard Smith and he shares with us how you can use technology to better coach people. Richard has been in sales for almost ten years selling […] The post TSE 578: How to Use Technology to Better Coach Salespeople appeared first on...

TSE 577: How to Incorporate Scarcity When Selling 24.05.2017

Today’s episode is about scarcity, why it’s important, and how it can actually help you even when you’re selling. One of the members in our Facebook group, The Sales Evangelizers, actually posted this question concerning scarcity so I want to specifically touch on this today. Not only in the real estate world, there are so […] The post TSE 577: How to Incorporate Scarcity When Selling appeared fir...

TSE 576: How I Grew My Company Using Instagram and My Smartphone 19.05.2017

Are you using Instagram for your business? If not, then this episode might inspire you to get also get started with it. Instagram is a social media platform that is growing in popularity. People love sending pictures and they love to connect. Maybe your business can also benefit from it. If not, then so be […] The post TSE 576: How I Grew My Company Using Instagram and My Smartphone appeared first...

TSE 575: TSE Hustler’s League-“Executive Language Part 1” 18.05.2017

Today, we’re pulling out another snippet from one of our sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League. It’s a great community of members, new to sales and experts alike, and we all come together because they all want to sharpen their skills, increase their opportunity rates, and to close more deals. This week’s topic is […] The post TSE 575: TSE Hustler’s League-“Executive Language Part 1” appeared f...

TSE 574: Sales From The Street-“Meet New People” 17.05.2017

Today, we’re having a lawyer on the show. Lawyers in sales? Yep! Lawyers know a lot about sales too. Today’s guest is Shawn Yesner. He is a lawyer in the Tampa Bay area where he focuses mostly on consumer issues and helping people who find themselves in financial distress and difficulties. He also has to […] The post TSE 574: Sales From The Street-“Meet New People” appeared first on The Sales Evan...

TSE 573: How To Quickly Scale Your Sales Team 17.05.2017

Getting a sales team from the ground to the top takes a little bit of work. Today’s guest is sales architect, Nigel Green, and he shares his insights into what you can do to scale your sales team to the next level. Nigel worked his way up the sales ladder until he became a leader […] The post TSE 573: How To Quickly Scale Your Sales Team appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

TSE 572: Quickest Way To Get Sales Results 17.05.2017

How do you get the quickest sales result? You can’t expect sales to keep coming when you’re not even doing anything. You can’t expect the same either if you thought sending one email was enough to draw them in. You’ve got to push harder than that! Make it personal. Emails are great but, especially if […] The post TSE 572: Quickest Way To Get Sales Results appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

TSE 571: Developing The Skills of High Ticket Selling 14.05.2017

How do you actually sell high-ticket items when you know you won’t be able to buy them yourself because they’re too expensive? Hmmm… Today’s guest is Stephanie Chung, a business coach, and an entrepreneur, and she is going to teach you how to get past the challenges of high-ticket selling, specifically overcoming that mindset you’ve […] The post TSE 571: Developing The Skills of High Ticket Sellin...

TSE 570: TSE Hustler’s League-“Comparing Apples to Apples” 14.05.2017

Here’s another snippet from one of our training sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League. This is actually part two of last week’s episode where we talked about demonstrating ROI’s. Today, we’re going to show you how you can apply this to your own sales process. Strategies for Demonstrating ROI’s The purpose of the initial […] The post TSE 570: TSE Hustler’s League-“Comparing Apples to Apples” ap...

TSE 569: Sales From The Street-“Content Marketing and Lead Gen” 14.05.2017

Who doesn’t want to get more leads? But of course, you want to have quality leads and you want to make sure you’re being strategic about it. You can’t just wing it! Especially if you’re a small business that doesn’t have a robust marketing department, you have to find unique ways and this could be […] The post TSE 569: Sales From The Street-“Content Marketing and Lead Gen” appeared first on The Sa...

TSE 568: The Sales Manager’s Guide To Greatness! 14.05.2017

You may have been an A-player salesperson or you still are, but that doesn’t necessarily make you an A-player sales manager. Recognizing the difference is one problem. Mastering the skill sets of sales management is another. Our guest today is Kevin F. Davis, author of the book The Sales Manager’s Guide to Greatness: Ten Essential […] The post TSE 568: The Sales Manager’s Guide To Greatness! appea...

TSE 567: Using Bots and Messenger To Qualify More Leads 14.05.2017

Lead generation is one of the major challenges we have as sellers and you can actually improve the way you generate leads through thinking smarter, not working harder. With the launch of our new website, we will be implementing a technology that will help us communicate better with you and also find a way for […] The post TSE 567: Using Bots and Messenger To Qualify More Leads appeared first on Th...

TSE 566: Why You Will Probably Lose Your Next Big Deal (And How To Avoid It)” 14.05.2017

No one in the right mind would like to lose a sales opportunity. My guest today, Mark Cox, is going to teach you specifically why you will probably lose your next big deal and how you can avoid that. The goal is to take a pause to get some quiet time and think about the […] The post TSE 566: Why You Will Probably Lose Your Next Big Deal (And How To Avoid It)” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist...

TSE 565: TSE Hustler’s League-“Demonstrating ROI” 14.05.2017

  Today, I am going to share another snippet from one of our past training sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League where we specifically talked about how to establish ROI. Think from a prospect’s perspective, not yours. Oftentimes, you sell the way that you buy. This is one situation or mindset you need to […] The post TSE 565: TSE Hustler’s League-“Demonstrating ROI” appeared first on The Sales...

TSE 564: Sales From The Street-“Education is the Key” 14.05.2017

josheckbio Establishing value is not necessarily the easiest thing but it could come much easier if you found a way to educate your prospect and share value with them. Then as a byproduct, they would choose you over your competitors. Our guest today is Josh Eck, a member of our Facebook group, The Sales Evangelizers, […] The post TSE 564: Sales From The Street-“Education is the Key” appeared first...

TSE 563: Eliminating Growing Pains Through Operations, Strategy And Leadership Advice 14.05.2017

  Growing pains are tough but what if you had a way to eliminate those through operations, strategy, and leadership advice? Karl Sakas is the President and Founder of Sakas and Company and today, he shares with us some great insights into making your company more effective through eliminating growing pains, things which you can […] The post TSE 563: Eliminating Growing Pains Through Operations, St...

TSE 562: Focus on Your Essential Product or Service 14.05.2017

I recently read this book called Essentialism by Greg McKeown and the idea is about disciplined “pursuit of less”. This is built around the context that when you do less, you gain more. Sure, you can try to sell all products but these products have their own buyer persona. As a new SDR, imagine how […] The post TSE 562: Focus on Your Essential Product or Service appeared first on The Sales Evangel...

TSE 561: Using AI To Close Deals Faster 13.05.2017

63% of sales leads don’t convert for at least 3 months. One reason is that many salespeople just don’t understand how to use the information they have that’s been sitting on their CRM this whole time. My guest today. Anil Kaul is going to teach us how you can circumvent this issue through the power […] The post TSE 561: Using AI To Close Deals Faster appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

TSE 560: TSE Hustler’s League-“WOW Factor” 13.05.2017

Today’s snippet from one of our past training sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League is about what you can do to maximize those major gateway points to help move your deal to the next level. Get them to get the first appointment with you. Do the diagnostic test or the apples-to-apples comparison. The biggest […] The post TSE 560: TSE Hustler’s League-“WOW Factor” appeared first on The Sales Eva...

TSE 559: Sales From The Street: “Confident With My Price” 13.05.2017

  Today, we’re bringing in the Side Hustle Coach, Alex Barker, as he shares his experiences and thoughts and insights into selling based on price and being confident with what you’re charging. Alex is a pharmacist, a legal drug dealer by day, and had no sales training until 2012 when he became an entrepreneur. He […] The post TSE 559: Sales From The Street: “Confident With My Price” appeared first...

TSE 558: Dealstorming: The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges 13.05.2017

At various points in our sales cycle, we could encounter really tough challenges to the point that we feel stuck or the deal is stuck. And more often than not, we resort to giving up. But how do you get yourself out of the rabbit hole? Today’s guest is Tim Sanders and he’s going to […] The post TSE 558: Dealstorming: The Secret Weapon That Can Solve Your Toughest Sales Challenges appeared first on...

TSE 557: When Should I NOT Bring on a Client? 13.05.2017

How about cherry-picking customers to make sure you get the right actual ones? Today, I’m answering the question: When do you now NOT to bring on a client? So here are some signs that you probably should not bring them on: They don’t have the money. When I was first starting out in the software […] The post TSE 557: When Should I NOT Bring on a Client? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist .

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