
Breaking B2B - SaaS Marketing and B2B Marketing Podcast
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Ep 51#051 Be Remarkable At EVERY Touchpoint 👈 ☝️ 👉 - Tim Johnson
OK is not OK...Be Remarkable, with Tim Johnson! Tim explains his story from having an entrepreneurial spirit and learning the value of money from a very young age. He shares actionable tips for sales, business and digital marketing that he has learnt from his many years as a sales rep, right up to becoming the Chief Sales Office at Visualsoft. Tim shares exactly how he has taken Visualsoft from a very small team to £15 million in sales revenue. Visualsoft are an award-winning cloud-based eCommerce platform and full-service digital marketing agency. The company employs 250+ digital specialists at four UK offices in Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Manchester and also internationally in Dubai. A big part of his companies cuccess is by providing a remarkable experience for every touchpoint from initial conversation through to delivery and on-going. We also discuss Tim's top digital marketing and off-line strategies to bring on board new customers and drive revenue. Tim is responsible for the overall Sales at Visualsoft. Since joining the business in 2004, Tim is a highly experienced consultant and enjoys a hands on, results-oriented approach to business development, revenue generation and process optimisation. There's sure to be some gold that you can take from his experiences that you can use to help skyrocket your sales & Biz!
Ep 50#050 The Perfect Way To Approach Buyers 🎣🎣🎣 - Mario Martinez Jr
Mario Martinez Jr shares some top customer engagement advice in this episode of Sam's Business Growth Show! Mario shares his story of being a top seller at various organisations and the lessons he learnt up until initiating his own company. Mario is now the CEO and Founder of Vengreso, he has spent 85 consecutive quarters in B2B Sales and Leadership and is one of 20 sales influencers invited to appear in the Salesforce.com documentary film “The Story of Sales” launched in 2018. Mario is the host of the very popular 'The Modern Selling Podcast.' We chat with Mario about setting up & scaling his business; Vengresso, as he shares a killer way to reach out to a prospective buyers with a proven 3 step PVC strategy (Personalise, Value, Call To Action), that you can employ to help skyrocket your own sales & biz!
Ep 49#049 Always Assume Positive Intent 🧘♂️🧘♂️🧘♂️ - Justin Welsh
Business Mentor Justin Welsh helps us visualise positive outcomes! Justin is an SMB SaaS advisor, executive mentor, and operator who recently led LA-based PatientPop from $0 to $50M in recurring revenue in just 4 years. He now coaches founders to scale, and salespeople to build incredible brands online. Justin puts out INCREDIBLE content on LinkedIn and is an auto-follow right now! Justin tells his epic story of being in sales for 6 years and not selling anything due to lack of motivation...up to moving to a new company with a great leader/mento and selling on his very first day. Justin shares how he scaled PatientPop from $0 to $50M in recurring revenue in 4 years and the digital marketing strategies and processes that made it happen. We talk about why it's key to assume positive intent to develop your network and progress in business. We go on to discuss 3 things you should and 3 things you should not be doing on LinkedIn... All of which will help you to skyrocket your own sales & Biz!
Ep 48#048 How To Delight Your Customers 🤗🤗🤗 - Mary Kelly
Mary Kelly kindly chats to Sam about exceeding customer expectation Mary Kelly is the CEO and founder of Productive Leaders. She spent 25 years on active duty in the US Navy as an intelligence and logistics officer, mostly in Asia. She retired as a Commander. She has a PhD in Economics, and is usually found near dogs and wine. Mary believes that productive leaders should talk about: 👸 Why leadership matters, now more than ever. 🥅 How to align people with your vision, mission, and goals. 👑 Why so many really good people fail as leaders. 📕 Each of her 13 books has its own wine label. 🟥 And in case you are wondering, Mary prefers red...but she's not fussy. Plenty of fantastic experiences shared here, that will help you to skyrocket your own biz and sales strategies!
Ep 47#047 Overcoming The Fear Of Change 😱😱😱 - Jason Cutter
Jason Cutter gives us a great in depth discussion of how to break habitual behaviours & try new ways of doing things! Today Jason is the CEO @ Cutter Consulting Group - where he: 💯Creates scalable training programs for new reps ⬆️ Improves the selling process to increase sales 20-30% 🔔 Turns averages reps into sales closing machines 💲 Optimises lead generation to create a profitable Cost Per Acquisition 🎧 Host of The Sales Experience Podcast 📗 Author of the soon to be released: Selling with authentic persuasion Jason talks us through how he went from marine biology, to sales and then to starting his own company. We chat through how to help prospective customers break through the fear of change and how to avoid buyers remorse. Jason shares his top digital marketing strategies that have grown his company and that you can utilise to skyrocket your own biz and sales!
Ep 46#046 Always Be Learning AND Progressing 📗➡️ - Luigi Prestinenzi
Luigi Prestinenzi explains his best strategy for progression! Luigi Prestinenzi is Co-founder & head of growth @ Sales IQ Group. He's also the host of the awesome 'Sales IQ Podcast'. He's a passionate father and a sales practitioner that generates consistently cracking sales content, so be sure to follow him on LinkedIn! Luigi talks us through his journey including how he was first rejected for sales jobs before eventually becoming a sales leader and then co-founding his own company. Luigi explains why you should always be learning and putting in place daily acitivies and habits to be succesful. We go onto discuss why you should treat inbound leads as if they were outbound - to help you win more business. Plus, Luigi shares his top off and online marketing strategies to help you generate more sales opportunities and skyrocket your own business!
Ep 45#045 LVL UP from Sales Rep to Leader ⬆️ 🆙 - Morgan J Ingram
Learn how to progress from Sales Rep to Sales Leader with Morgan! Morgan is the Director of Execution and Evolution at JBarrows Sales Training, delivering to sales development teams to enhance their skill sets and performance. Previously Morgan was the Sales Development Manager at Terminus and helped scale the company to become the fastest growing startup in Atlanta, managing teams of 13 SDRs to help B2B marketers with account-based marketing. Morgan went on to start his own YouTube series; 'The SDR Chronicles', with over 100 videos providing SDRs with motivation, advice, and tactics. At only 27, Morgan has been named one of the Top 50 Sales Leaders to follow by LinkedIn, a Top 25 Sales Development Thought Leader by Inside Sales and LinkedIn's Top Sales Voices of 2018 and 2019. Morgan’s work has been featured in Forbes, Sales Hacker, the Hubspot blog, and the Harvard Business Review. I met Morgan on the 'UK V USA Sales Showdown' recently which you can check out on vanillasofts website - I love the sales content he’s putting out on LinkedIn! Morgan explains how he went from establishing an eGaming business in college, to getting into public speaking, up to becoming a sales leader. We learn Morgans top learnings from his journey to date, along with tips on managing sales teams, why you should be sharing your story and how he landed the job at JB sales through documenting his journey as an SDR (Sales Development Representative). Morgan also shares some epic tips for sales and marketing. We go onto discuss how to leverage LinkedIn video messaging to get meetings booked and more sales over the line, that will help you to skyrocket your own sales and biz!
Ep 44#044 Disrupting The Law Industry ⚖️⚖️⚖️ - Karen Finch
Karen tells Sam how going it your own way can sometimes be the only way! Karen is a qualified lawyer, legalpreneur, and legal tech founder. Karen initially practiced as a Family Lawyer before leaving the legal industry to become a Recruitment Consultant with an International Recruitment Company. Consulting both in Melbourne and the UK, Karen co-founded Legally Yours in 2015 and was appointed CEO in 2017. Karen also sits on the Board of the Australian Legal Tech Association (ALTA) and is a passionate ambassador of the ’NewLaw’ movement in Australia. Not a law firm, Legally Yours is an online platform that provides a simple and convenient way to find the right lawyer for your legal need, without the bill shock. Karen shares her story from working for a law firm and not enjoying the classic law co. format, then going on to start her own disruptive online law platform that breaks away from the clichés associated with Law. We discuss topics as how to build rapport, how to keep customers for the long-term along with Karen's top business growth, sales and digital marketing tips to help skyrocket your sales and biz!
Ep 43#043 Why Inbound Marketing Is A Game Changer! 🎮 - Blake Johnston
Blake Johnston - host of the' Next Best Customer Podcast' & '3X Startup Founder' talks to Sam about Pro Inbound Marketing tips! Blake is CEO of OutboundView, we learn his story and some of the lessons he's learnt along the way...including how to run great sales demos and presentations. Blake shares why inbound marketing and SEO has been fundamental to growing his business and why it's key for any business. We discuss why content is an important piece of the sales and marketing puzzle and how you can best use it to Skyrocket your sales and business!
Ep 42#042 Creating Business Friends 🤝🤝🤝 - Owen Richards
Owen kindly shares with us his proven business development strategies! Owen has 15 years’ experience in delivering and executing B2B sales and go to market strategies for clients across multiple industries, with a proven track record of rapidly driving business expansion and revenue growth within highly competitive industries. We learn how Owen went from nearly being a teacher and got into the world of sales. How being a bouncer outside of nightclubs taught him great communication and negotation skills. We go on to chat through how owen has built up Air Marketing group to 2 million pounds in Annual recurring revenue in just 2.5 years and Owen walks us through his top recomemnded business growth and digital marketing tips to skyrocket your biz and sales!
Ep 41#041 Simplifying SEO! 👁️ 👁️ - Gaetano Nino DiNardi
Gaetano DiNardi helps us get results through SEO simplification! Gaetano DiNardi is the Director of Demand Generation at Nextiva. He has a very successful track record of working with brands like Major League Baseball, Pipedrive, Sales Hacker and Outreach.io. Outside of marketing, Gaetano is an accomplished music producer and songwriter - he’s worked with major artists like Fat Joe, Shaggy and loves making music to stay turbocharged!=Want to win with SEO? (Search Engine Optimisation) We learn Gaetano's fascinating story - including recording music at Shaggy's house! Gaetano shares how he got into SEO & digital marketing from a starting career in music and how he's got top Google rankings for some huge names. He shares some easy ways to improve your SEO, boost leads & sales and grow your business!
Ep 40#040 - How To Get Inside Your Buyer's Mind 🧠🧠🧠 - Josh Braun
Getting inside the mind of your buyer with Josh Braun 🧠 We talk about understanding the struggles of your buyers and how you can know these. Unusual ways to put across your proposition and get results. Top digital marketing and cold outreach strategies. Josh's b2b sales guide can be found here: https://academy.salesdna.co/p/badass-b2b-growth-guide Josh is very honest and down to earth, addressing some home truths that'll help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 39#039 Why Versatility Is Key In Business 🗝️🗝️🗝️ - Tiffani Bova
Why Versatility Is Key In Business 🗝️🗝️🗝️ - Tiffani Bova Tiffani explains how she has sold for some of the biggest tech companies on the planet and taken them to new heights. Plus how she went from sales, to a research role, and then to a growth evangelist - with all the lessons learnt from each experience! Tiffani's Book can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Growth-IQ-Master-Paths-Business/dp/1529004675/ Tiffani has some fantastic digital marketing strategies, to help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 38#038 24 Hours to start a company! 🕛🕟 🕔 - Kieren O'Connor
Kieren talks us through his battle through dyslexia/anxiety etc. His 4 pillar process to grow a business. Why you should look for opportunity not the money (title idea too) Listen to Kieren give his best digital marketing strategies, to help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 37#037 Building A Brand Around YOUR Industry 🏹 - Kevin Dorsey
Kevin is the VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. Kevin shares the key places he's worked at and lessons learnt, why you need to really niche down, how to build an epic personal brand in your industry. Kevin has much to pass on that can help with your digital marketing strategies, skyrocketing YOUR sales and business!
Ep 36#036 Develop Yourself THEN Your Business - Mark Metry
Mark helps us think about our own personal development & how that can influence all aspects of our business 🏋️♂️🏋️♂️🏋️♂️ Mark shares how he overcame years of anxiety and started his business and his hugely successful podcast, Humans 2.0. We talk about why you should develop yourself as well as your business. We touch on how to tell great stories that sell. Mark explains how he managed to get hugely successful guests on his podcast such as Gary Vaynerchuck, Neil Patel, Seth Godin. Plus Mark shares some awesome LinkedIn hacks and top digital marketing strategies to skyrocket your business and sales! He's the best selling author of - 'Screw being shy' Mark has fantastic advice on personal growth that carries through to all aspects of business practice, to help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 35#035: How to Sell Into Enterprise 🚅 - Rob Jeppsen
Rob takes a look at how best to sell into enterprise 🚅 🚅 🚅 Rob shares his story, how he learnt enteprise selling fast, how to move from transactional selling into the enteprise, Rob explains how to 'dollarize' deals, how to understand and visualize where clients are at and where they want to get to (which helps when you get to your solution and negotiation too) and he walks us through his selling process. Rob also talks about helping your existing clients grow which in-tern generates you new sales. And why you should create 'digital experiences' and his top digital marketing strategies to boost your business + sales! Rob is very encouraging, with great energy and advice for your digital marketing strategies, skyrocketing YOUR sales and business!
Ep 34#034: Start Better Conversations & Sell More 🦜- Ryan Reisert
Start better conversations with your clients to sell more! 🦜🦜🦜 Ryan is sales director for 'Connect and Sell', he's an SaaS Startup Junkie & Cold Calling Enthusiast! He tells us why there's nothing more powerful than a conversation, on his mission to LevelUp the perception and profession of sales. Listen to Ryan today and his advice will help inform your digital marketing strategies, skyrocketing YOUR sales and business!
Ep 33#033: How Podcasting Can Build Your Business 🧱 - James Carbary
James is the founder of Sweet Fish Media, he shares how he built up a highly successful business from running podcast interviews with his ideal clients. Co-Host of the top 100 podcast, B2B Growth, James' podcast has been downloaded more than 3.5 million times! He's also a contributor for Business Insider, Entrepreneur.com, & the Huffington Post. He has a Best-selling book - 'Content-Based Networking' James has much to pass on and inform your digital marketing strategies, helping you to skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 32#032: Increasing Revenue From Your Existing Customers 💸 - Meridith Elliott Powell
Selling more to customers you already have! Meridith shares her energy & experience with us on this episode. Meridith is an award-winning author, global keynote speaker and business strategist - voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to Watch by 'Currency Fair'. Meridith is a Certified Speaking Professional and is passionate about helping her clients learn the sales and leadership strategies they need to succeed, no matter the marketplace conditions. Meridith's advice for your digital marketing strategies will help you skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 31#031: Businesses don't suck, people do! 😵- Jeremy McGilvrey
Jeremy McGilvrey is a Harvard-educated No. 1 bestselling author & he's been featured in virtually every major publication across the globe! Jeremy explains his fascinating journey, from being in finance to going to jail, right up to starting is own highly successful digital marketing / click funnels business. He tells us why you need to have a clear vision on what success is and then explains the ways he was able to bring his imagination of success for business and life into reality. Jeremy has some fantastic advice for digital marketing strategies that will help you skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 30#030: Educate First And Sell Second - Russ Macumber
Russ Macumber, Strategy Director of Impressive Digital and General Manager of Impressive USA-with over 15 years of professional sales and marketing experience. Russ talks to Sam, sharing his story and some top business growth tips, together with his ultimate digital marketing strategies...along the way we even touch upon NBA & hiphop! Listen to Russ pass on his wisdom, along with has some top digital marketing tips & strategies to help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 29#029: WTF Is Account Based Marketing? 🤔 (& Does It Work!) - Alex Olley
Alex is a co-founder & head of revenue at Reachdesk, one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in Europe. Alex has spent the past 10 years working in tech and has helped companies scale from early stage startups into award winning businesses. His passion is helping sales and marketing teams think differently about how to break through the noise and create relationships that drive revenue. Alex also has some fantastic digital marketing tips & strategies to help skyrocket YOUR sales and business!
Ep 28#028: Lessons In Leadership - Costas Perkas
Costas Perkas is a Sales director for one of the world’s largest Conference organisers. On episode #28 of Sam's Business Growth, Costas generously shares with us what he's learnt about Leadership. Costas brings a wealth of experience in sales and leadership having developed and managed sales people, managers and directors, both in the UK and Singapore. As ex military officer he also shares invaluable experience in critical decision-making.
Ep 27#027: Why A Great Culture Grows Your Business - Mark Emond
How to nurture an environment that leads to success! Mark Emond is the founder and President of Demand Spring, a B2B Marketing Consultancy. Prior to this he was a technology marketing executive with IBM, Cognos and Corel. Mark explains why having a great company culture is so important. We'll also take a look at his highest highs and his lowest lows along the way.
Ep 26#026: How To Scale A Company FAST - Amir Reiter
Want to scale a company super fast? Amir Reiter is the CEO at CloudTask - A managed workforce provider for growing companies looking to increase their sales, customer retention and revenue. We learn Amir's fascinating story including selling his first company at the age of 30 and how he was able to take CloudTask from zero to two hundred full time employees and a HUGE 5 million dollars in revenue in just 4 years with no outside investment. He shares the strategies of how he was able to achieve serious growth for his business in such a short space of time. As always, Amir explains his top recommended marketing channels (that his company actively use) to skyrocket your business and sales!
Ep 25#025: How To Build A Lead Generation Machine - Shawn Finder
Want to turn your business into a lead generation machine? Shawn Finder is the Founder & CEO at AutoKlose - combining both sales engagement and list building all-in-one platform. Shawn shares his story from being one of North America's top tennis players to getting into the world of business and eventually setting up on his own. He clearly explains the strategies and secrets of how he has been able to scale his company since launching in 2017. Plus, Shawn details the top lead generation and digital marketing channels he has invested and how you can do the same to boost your sales and grow your business.
Ep 24#024: Why You Should STOP Learning And Start Earning - Alan Barratt
STOP learning and start earning! Alan Barratt is the Founder and CEO at Grenade - The UK’s largest supplement company and a globally recognised brand. After launching in 2010 with his wife Juliet with just £27 in the bank, Grenade has grown massively. The majority share was sold for a HUGE £72,000,000 to Lion Capital in 2017 and the company has continued to grow strongly. Alan shares the strategies that he took to be able to go from next no cash in the bank to building multi-million pound supplement company. He explains the traits needed to become a successful entrepreneur and why there comes a stage when you need to stop learning and start earning. We also learn the marketing strategies that Alan has invested into since day one that have enabled his company to skyrocket sales and growth in a very short space of time.
Ep 23#023: From Sports To Scaling Inside Sales Companies - Scott Leese
Scaling inside sales companies. Scott founded Scott Leese Consulting in 2016 - Focused on helping businesses scale from 0 to $25million dollars in annual recurring revenue. He is also the founder of the Surf and Sales conference and podcast and author of Amazon number 1 best-selling book: Addicted to the Process. Scott explains how he was never interested in getting into sales, he originally loves sports until something happened, causing him to take the strategic move into sales. We learn some of Scott's secrets on scaling inside sales companies, plus we also discuss the best way to generate referrals. Scott shares his ultimate digital marketing strategies to keep your pipeline full of quality leads, maximise sales and grow your business!
Ep 22#022: Why Entrepreneurs Should Stay In Their Lane - Shari Levitin
Why you should stay in your lane to be successful in business. Shari is the CEO at Levitin Group and an Advisory Board member of Vengreso, the largest digital transformation company. Shari has helped create over 1 billion dollars in increased revenue for companies in over 40 countries and she is the author of Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know. Shari shares her massively entertaining story from starting at a "foxy ladies summer resort job" up to starting her own highly successful sales/management training & acceleration company and the lessons learnt along the way. We go on to discuss why entrepreneurs need to stick to their lane to be successful and exactly what that means. As always, we learn the top digital marketing strategies Shari invests in and recommends for anyone that wants to dramatically increase their leads, sales and business growth!
Ep 21#021: STOP Treating Customers Like Victims - Mark Hunter
Why you need to stop treating customers like your next victim. Better known as "The Sales Hunter." Mark Hunter helps companies and salespeople find and retain better prospects they can close at full price. Mark has three best-selling books, High-Profit Prospecting, High-Profit Selling and finally his brand new book - A Mind for Sales. Learn why Mark got his first sales job (because he wanted to buy a car) and how he discovered that in order to succeed you need to stop treating customers like victims. Mark shares how he set-up his own company, the highs & lows and the digital marketing channels that have given him great success, sales and business growth and how you can do the same!
Ep 20#020: Improve Your Speaking And Sell More - Victor Antonio
Speak better and sell more. Victor Antonio is an international speaker and business consultant. He has shared the stage with: Zig Ziglar, Daymond John, Rudy Giuliani, Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel), and John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos). Plus he’s the author of 13 books on sales and motivation We learn Victor's story from being an engineer and getting into the sales world and how public speaking helped him in both business and sales. Plus Victor explains the digital marketing channel that has provided him with the most success and growth and how you can tap into it to skyrocket your biz & sales!
Ep 19#019: Why ALLBOUND Marketing Will Grow Your Business - Anthony Iannarino
Inbound Marketing? Outbound Marketing? Anthony Iannarino explains why ALLBOUND marketing is the clear winner. Anthony is a highly respected international speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and sales leader specialising in complex B2B sales. He is best known for his work at The Sales Blog, which has helped him gain recognition as a top thought leader in sales strategy. Anthony shares his story from being in a rock and roll band, getting into sales and then starting and building up three highly successful businesses. Anthony explains how an all-bound marketing strategy is the key to scaling your business in the fastest way possible!
Ep 18#018 - How To Hire The Best Sales People - David Walter
Want to learn how to hire the best in sales? David Walter' claim to fame came from setting a record 15 appointments a day, every day for 6 months through cold calling. He is also the author of the Amazon #1 best seller - The million dollar rebuttal. David talks us through some key events in his story and what he learnt in business whilst on the journey and guides you through the ultimate way to recruit and hire the very best sales people. Plus, we learn David's top recommended digital marketing tips and the strategies he recommends to skyrocket your business & sales!
Ep 17#017: How To Build An Unshakeable Network - Carson V. Heady
Carson V. Heady is a Best-Selling Author of the "Birth of a Salesman" series and consistently ranked as a Top 20 Sales Guru in the world. We learn Carson' story, how he became a top sales professional plus how he has built up a range of top performing sales teams. Carson goes on to share his exclusive business growth strategies, how to build an unshakeable network and the perfect way to follow-up with prospective customers. And as always, we learn the top digital marketing channels that Carson recommends and has had huge success with that you can implement to skyrocket your business and sales!

Ep 16#016: Share Your Way To Success - Richard Smith
Richard Smith is Co-Founder and Head of Sales for Refract. He has 10+ years of sales experience working for and building high activity and scalable outbound software sales teams. Richard shares his story from being sales rep and the lessons he learnt right up to co-founding Refract. Plus, how Rich and his team have built up the company over the years and grown significantly. Richard goes onto explain the importance of sharing winning strategies with your team, proper coaching and how all of your organisation can succeed together in sales and business. Rich also provides some highly valuable digital marketing strategies he uses daily to generate inbound leads for both himself and his sales team.

Ep 15#015: Why Leaders Should Become OBSOLETE - Jeb Blount
Jeb Blount is the CEO at Sales Gravy. He’s a sales acceleration specialist and the author of eleven books including Fanatical Prospecting, Sales EQ, People Buy You, People Follow You, Objections, and his latest book INKED. Jeb shares how he went from burying dead animals on a farm building up his entrepreneurial skills, progressing to working in marketing and sales for a corporate co...moving on to eventually starting his own business - Sales Gravy. We learn how Jeb has MASSIVELY scaled his own company, why in leadership you need to be able to become obsolete and the off-line and online marketing channels Jeb recommends to boost sales and help your business really take off!

Ep 14#014: Why Sales Reps NEED To Be Marketing - Dale Dupree
Dale Dupree is more commonly known as The Copier Warrior and is the appointed Leader and Founder of The Sales Rebellion. In this episode we learn Dale's story from being an epic copier sales person right through to setting up his own sales training and development company and the highs and lows along the way. Dale talks us through his unique ways to reach out to decision makers, how to stand out from the crowd and generate meetings and sales. He goes on to explain why sales people should be doing marketing too in order to enhance their success. As always, we learn the key digital marketing and business growth secrets Dale recommends to skyrocket your biz and sales!

Ep 13#013: Everything Comes Down To Metrics - James Isilay
James Isilay is founder and CEO of Cognism (150 employees across offices in London, Macedonia, Croatia, New York , Vancouver and Singapore and over 450 clients). James and I discuss how he went from being a software engineer, then into trading and sales and moving on to starting Cognism. James has grown the company to $8 million in Annual Recurring Revenue since working full time on the business in 2016. We chat through James' awesome tips on how to hire the best sales people, how to scale a business, how to gain funding, how to effectively do both inbound and outbound marketing and why everything you do in business/sales comes down to metrics. Plus, we learn the top business growth & digital marketing strategies James recommends to skyrocket your biz and sales.

Ep 12How to Sell in CRISIS
A special 10 minute COVID-19 episode with Jason McElhone (CEO of remoteonline.com) We cover: 1. How Jason is bringing back similar techniques that helped during the 9/11 tragedy whilst on Wall Street. 2. Why you need to pick up the phone. 3. Top ways to generate sales through LinkedIn. 4. Why you need to play the long game. 5. Digital marketing strategies to look at now. 6. Plenty more, it's a jam packed 10 minutes.

Ep 11#012: How To WIN On LinkedIn - Jake Dunlap
Jake is the Founder & CEO at Skaled Consulting. A C-level sales leader and highly sought after industry thought leader, featured in Forbes, INC, The GaryVee Audio Experience and Huff Post. We learn Jake's story up to now, (Jake was the first VP of Sales at Glassdoor - which had a 1.2 billion dollar acquisition in May 2018). Plus he was the first sales leader at NoWait (acquired by Yelp - March 2017). Jake explains why you should never thank prospects for their time and how to NAIL the discovery call process (because it is at the heart of why sales deals don't get closed). We talk about why LinkedIn is so powerful right now and how you can take your business and sales to the next level with it. As always, we learn Jake's exclusive tips for scaling your business, skyrocketing sales and making best use of digital marketing.

Ep 10#011: Know Your Why - Niraj Kapur
Niraj is the founder of Everybody Works In Sales Ltd and an Amazon best-selling author. In this episode we learn Niraj' story of wanting to be a rock star, failing that route and then kicking off a successful career in sales. Niraj explains the lessons he learnt along the way up to writing his best selling novel 'Everybody Works In Sales' (over 6000 copies sold) and starting his own sales training business. Niraj explains why knowing your why is so important in the world of business your own life and sales. Plus, we learn Niraj' exclusive tips for growing your business, skyrocketing sales and making best use of digital marketing.

Ep 9#010: Building A Multi-Million Ecomm Biz (Starting In The Garage!) - Charles Walton
Charles is the founder of Kybotech, with 200+ employees in 3 different counties. Charles shares how he went from starting the business in his parents Garage as a hobby company armed with just a PC, a phone and website (that he built)...up to building a multi-million pound business with over 200 employees. We learn the many highs and lows of Charles journey and the lessons learnt along the way. Plus how Charles revolutionised his industry to get to where he is now. Charles lays-out how digital marketing (SEO and Pay Per Click Ads) had a HUGE role to play in the growth of his business. Plus he explains many other ways to grow your business, habits to follow, and strategies to maximise your sales and business success!

Ep 8#009: Using Emotional Control To Grow Your Business - Rob Moore
Rob Moore became a self-made multi-millionaire by the age of 30. Rob chats through with us (recorded live from his studio) his story from working in his dad's pub in his younger years, amounting HUGE debts and then leading on to co-founding his own successful businesses and becoming a self made multi millionaire. Rob shares tons of secrets throughout the show including the key elements of starting a new business, how to use emotional control effectively and the ninety second rule. Plus Rob openly explains the digital marketing strategies he actively uses to boost his sales and grow his business each and every day.

Ep 7#008: Keep Going Until People Take You Seriously - Will Barron
Will Barron is the host of The Salesman Podcast - The world’s most downloaded B2B sales and selling podcast (800,000 downloads a month). Will talks us through his epic story from being a medical device salesman and getting to the top of that sector... Leading on to how his passion for creating content and entrepreneurship led him to kick-off his podcast (using a different alias - tune in to see how) initially as a side-hustle and then moving into a full time business and then developing his own sales training and learning platform - salesman.org Will provides great ways to grow your utilise via digital marketing including free strategies via funnels, email marketing, social media, YouTube and also paid ads. Throughout Will shares a whole bunch of golden nuggets and takeaways you can utilise to increase your sales and grow your business!

Ep 6#007: Why Prospects LIE To You - The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer
Benjamin Dennehy is The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer. In this episode Benjamin and I chat through how he went from wanting to be a lawyer to falling into recruitment, narrowly avoiding getting fired and then moving into the sales world. We learn Benjamin's story up to setting his own business and how he became The UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer! Benjamin explains why prospects often lie to you along with techniques to avoid this and get to the truth. Plus we learn Benjamin's most successful strategies to grow your business, boost sales and make the best use of digital marketing.

Ep 5#006: How To Move From Sales To Marketing - Darryl Praill
Darryl Praill is the Chief Marketing Officer at VannilaSoft and an award-winning marketer. In this episode we talk about how Darryl started out as a door to door salesman, then decided sales was not for him and moved into the mysterious and magical world of marketing! Darryl shares how he ran his own marketing business for several years and the highs and lows that followed, plus his top secrets for people planning on starting a business or who want to grow their business. We then move onto the controversial way Darryl landed his Chief Marketing Officer role at Vanillasoft by challenging his future boss to be. Throughout Darryl deep dives into ways you can grow your business and the digital marketing strategies that have provided him and Vanillasoft with the most success and how you can utilise them to effectively grow your business.

Ep 4#005: From The Pub To Global Social Success - Harry Hugo
Harry is the Co-Founder at The Goat Agency - A leading global company specialising in social media and influencer marketing. We chat through how Harry went from his passion of loving football and wanting to be a sports journalist and setting up his first business at the young age of 16 - a football fan site network with 60 websites and over 500 global writers... Leading up to co-founding The Goat Agency and building a team of 120 staff at the age of 25. Harry gives us a refreshing, no BS overview of life as an entrepreneur along with the hard times and the rewards of being a founder of a multi-million dollar company. Harry also shares some practical digital marketing tips his own company actively follow that you can implement from today to grow your business and boost sales!

Ep 3#004: Cold Calling WILL DIE Within 5 Years - Jason McElhone
Jason McElhone has made over 1 Million Cold Calls Since 1992. He is the Founder of RemoteSales & RemoteOnline and has generated over $250 Million dollars worth of business. We discuss the many highs and low's of Jason's life in and outside of business. Including when he went bankrupt in 2007 and worked as a forklift driver...up to building a successful business focused on helping people that enjoy working remotely. Jason explains how he believes that cold calling as we know it will DIE in 5 years and what he thinks will replace it and be the most effective ways to target your ideal customers and generate a consistent flow of customers to grow your business.

Ep 2#003: From Zero To Sports Biz Hero - Nilesh Pandit
Nilesh Pandit has two successful sporting businesses each turning over north of £1million. An entrepreneur since 23 years old. Multiple business owner and grafter. Lost it all and came back at age 26 with a new vision and greater clarity. We chat through how Nilesh went from hating a 9-5 job and took his passion for football into building two successful sporting businesses. Nilesh provides valuable tips and insights on the lessons he has learnt over the years and how he grew his business. Plus we talk about the digital marketing channels that Nilesh gets the best results from and recommends. His motto is "failure breeds success".