The Sales Evangelist

Looking for an exciting, highly effective tool you can use for your next sales conversation? Then you surely need to listen to this episode. Marc Levine is the Founder of Improv My Sales, a training and coaching company focused on salespeople where he works with individuals and companies to help them utilize the power of […] The post TSE 621: How to Empower Customers to Make Faster Decisions Through Improv Comedy appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As what others would say, me included, “The riches are in the niches!” Today’s snippet from one of our sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League is about how you can create a proper buyer persona, things you should look for, questions you should be asking yourself, and things you need to keep track of to […] The post TSE 620: TSE Hustler’s League: “Creating A Proper Buyer Persona” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Scared of putting your price on your website? Some entrepreneurs I know are afraid of putting their coaching prices on their website. I had a fair share of that fear too because I thought I was going to push people away or they won’t want to talk to me anymore. Your time is valuable. As […] The post TSE 619: Sales From The Street-“Should I Share My Price?” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

It wasn’t a smooth path for Melissa Krivachek. Seven years back, she was broke and homeless. And she knew something had to change. Fast-forward to now, she has been nominated for Forbes 30 Under 30, on the cover of Evolution Magazine as a Top 40 Player Under 40, and she was awarded the 1% of […] The post TSE 618: Making Millions In Your Living Room appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Whether you’re selling life insurance or a car or plumbing service, you’re in an area where there’s a lot of competition and you’re trying to standout. But how can you best stand out within the industry you’re in? Creativity is key. In one of the early episodes of How I Built This Podcast by NPR, […] The post TSE 617: There’re Too MANY of Us Here! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Sometimes we think we know what our customers think, feel, or want that sometimes when things don’t go down our way, we end up forcing ourselves on them. Remember, people love to buy, not to be sold. Today’s guest is Kathy Chiang and she shares with us some insights into understanding the voice of customers […] The post TSE 616: Understanding the Voice of the Customer In Your Data appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

The way most businesses are set up is that the company or seller pushes something on the buyer. And that’s not cool. Totally not cool! By doing this, your prospects will feel they’re being tricked into something. You don’t want people to feel like that. You have to build trust with your prospects. Today’s snippet […] The post TSE 615: TSE Hustler’s League -“Sell The Way Your Prospects Buy” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As an entrepreneur and seller, prospecting is one of the fundamental things you need to master. Today, I’m sharing some effective ways I’ve seen to get to that decision maker. This is something you’re going to have to do as a seller. These are strategies I’ve seen that work and that you can tweak and […] The post TSE 614: Sales From The Street -“Reaching VITO” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s guest is Joe Carlen, Co-Founder of Value Guards, LLC and practitioner of business valuations, patent valuations, and marketing assessments. He is consulting for hundreds of entrepreneurs and companies over the past 15 years including Westinghouse and Unicom Technology. Joe is also the author of the book A Brief History of Entrepreneurship and today he […] The post TSE 613: Five Mistakes Entrepreneurs Have Made Since the Beginning of Time appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Coaching problems? Basically, it all comes down to the situation the seller is in at a particular time. They may be having a tough time with cold calling or closing the deal. In each of those situations, tailor your sales coaching towards the benefit of the individual. Account Executives versus SDR’s First, it’s important to differentiate […] The post TSE 612: Four Fundamental Areas You Should Start Coaching Reps In appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Mind the gap! I’m not talking about London tubes here but today’s guest, Tibor Shanto, is going to teach us this concept of how you can help your buyers understand where they are and where they want to go as well as how you can fill that gap with your product or service. Tibor Shanto […] The post TSE 611: What Is The “GAP” & How Can I Find It In My Prospects Business? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Oftentimes, many sellers overlook the importance of pre-call planning and you can’t just wing this part of the process. Today, we’re pulling another snippet from one of our sessions over at the TSE Hustler’s League. Last week, we spoke about issues causing bad close rates. Today, we dig into the fundamental topic of pre-call planning. […] The post TSE 610: TSE Hustler’s League-“Pre-Call Planning” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

What if your warm leads are not warm enough? Just because your leads are smiling back at you doesn’t mean you had them at first glance. You’ve got to make sure you’re able to nurture your leads in every step of the buying process. This is where I bring on a sales professional or an […] The post TSE 609: Sales From The Street-“Cold Warm Leads” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As we’re celebrating Independence Day, it’s just right to discuss how you can gain financial freedom by solving the blocks that shift our thinking from entry-level job status to understanding opportunities that breed financial success. A ton of great stuff today and you definitely don’t want to miss this! Today’s guest is Nick Ruiz. He […] The post TSE 608: Declaring Freedom From Mediocrity & Forging A Successful Mindset appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Not having any luck with your hiring process? Today, I’m sharing my thoughts and insights into some hiring strategies that may help your business big time as well as what you can do as a sales rep to successfully get through the hiring process. To Hire or Not to Hire Many entrepreneurs tend to scale […] The post TSE 607: How Humble Should I Be At My New Sales Job? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Still playing it safe? Afraid to take that leap? Our guest today is Felena Hanson and she shares with us how she got inspired to start her business and she teaches us how you can essentially shift that mindset from playing it safe to taking the leap. Felena Hanson is an entrepreneur, a marketing maven, […] The post TSE 606: How To Shift Your Mindset From Playing It Safe To Taking The Leap appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode, we’ll give you a sweet taste of the first session of the TSE Hustler’s League this semester. If you still want to join, go ahead and apply. This is a group coaching experience where we also bring on some expert guests and members share insights and bounce ideas off each other. Top 3 […] The post TSE 605: TSE Hustler’s League-“Three Reasons Why Your Deals Are Not Closing” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Are you making sure you’re casting your net to your target? Otherwise, you may just be wasting your time doing all things that you could have delegated to others. Today’s guest is Jason Avery. He has been part of the contracting world and he has helped many contractors to become effective in their business amidst […] The post 604: Sales From The Street-“Time Is Money” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Part of sales is knowing how to read your customers well and understanding what they’re thinking so you would know how to handle the situation and in order for the sales to progress. Today’s guest is Jonathan Furman who has extensive experience in the sales industry. He is the founder and CEO of Furman Transformation, […] The post TSE 603: How Can I Better READ My Customers? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Do you think sales is purely a numbers game? You’ve probably heard of sales teams or have been part of a sales team where they relate sales purely to the activities you do. But does the x number of activities automatically equate with sales? Personally, I disagree that it’s purely just a numbers game. I […] The post TSE 602: Is Sales A Numbers Game? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Still struggling with hitting your goals? Sure, you may have devised a great plan but you may be lacking in effective and efficient execution. Hmmm…I smell commitment issues. Our guest today, Thor Conklin, is going to share with us powerful insights into how you can concretely start accomplishing your goals… for real. Thor has been […] The post TSE 601: Effective & Efficient Execution of Goals and Outcomes appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In celebration of our 600th episode, we’re doing a Q&A session where I’m answering some questions posted on our Facebook group, The Sales Evangelizers, and I’m sharing with you a lot of great stuff about sales, about this podcast, and about me. Q: What did you know now that didn’t know then and thought you […] The post TSE 600: Our 600th Episode Q & A appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Need help with your cold emails? Today, I’m going to talk about some of the things I’ve seen that can help you to be effective with cold emails. Less than 10% of targeted emails are opened so if you’re sending 100 emails, less than 10 of them are going to get open. Executives get many […] The post 599: Sales From The Street-“Cold Emails & Curiosity” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s guest is a true hustler Sten Morgan who went from having $40 in his account to making a six-figure salary through hustle and hard work. As a result, he created a success story in order to forge a path for other sellers. He has also written a book, 7 Mindsets of Success which will […] The post TSE 598: The Seven Mindsets of Success! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Yesterday, I posted a quote on our Facebook group, The Sales Evangelizers, that says “It’s better to be told no than to not ask at all.” So today, I want to tackle a common problem for many sellers who find it hard to ask so they end up not asking even if they knew that […] The post TSE 597: Don’t Talk Yourself Out of It appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Do you have millennials in your sales team? How about Baby Boomers or the GenX people? Many sales organizations consist of multiple generations in their team and even within the buyer-seller process. Sadly, conflicts can arise from this eventually affecting your close rates at the end of the day. Today’s guest is David Szen and […] The post TSE 596: The Multigenerational Sales Team appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s snippet of the TSE Hustler’s League is taken from our very first semester where we talk about prospecting, social media, and how you can increase your opportunities. Please be reminded that our new 12-week semester is coming up super soon where we will focus on increasing your win rate and selling the way your […] The post TSE 595: TSE Hustler’s League – “Plan Prospecting” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, Grant Wise shares with us some wise insights into how you can improve your real estate skills. Wait up! Before you even say real estate is not your stuff, the principles you will learn today are definitely applicable to your industry. Regardless of what industry you’re in, sales principles are pretty much the same […] The post TSE 594: Sales From The Street- “Conventional Methods Don’t Work” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Sometimes we don’t like to hear the word “no” and this episode is going to change the way you look at it. Oftentimes, it takes multiple approaches before your prospects finally say yes. and that’s what our guest today, Andrea Waltz, is going to teach us. Andrea is the co-author of the book Go For […] The post TSE 593: Just Go For No! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Life is a big ole sales process. No matter what stage of life we’re at, being a student or a kid, we all have to persuade individuals and do some kind of persuasion in our life. Today, we talk about the power of persuasion and how you can increase that factor and become more effective […] The post TSE 592: Is Rapport Building a Waste of Time? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

We’re basically in the middle of the year, how’re your sales going? Are you slowly finding yourself in a rut? Especially, if you’re not where you want to be at this point, this episode is going to help lift your spirit up. Allen Brouwer is going to talk to us about motivation and setting goals. […] The post TSE 591: Getting Your Motivational Level Up appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today I’m going through some questions concerning the TSE Hustler’s League that came in and I’m going to answer them here. Why did I create TSE Hustler’s League? I was working in a company that did not have any type of support. We didn’t have any training. Imagine the frustration of trying to make money […] The post TSE 590: TSE Hustler’s League-“Tell Me More About The Group” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Have you ever experiencing talking within someone and 5-10 minutes down the conversation, you actually don’t remember their name? Imagine this scenario with your client, asking what’s their name at the end of the presentation. How would this make them feel? Today, I’m going to share some strategies to make that personal connection to make […] The post TSE 589: Sales From The Street-“Remember Their Name” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Just because you can’t afford to go to conferences to network with people and generate leads doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. Did you know you can be leaving money on the table by not guest posting for backlinks? This is a perfect example of what I always preach – Do the opposite […] The post TSE 588: Stop Leaving Money On The Table With Guest Post Backlinks appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One of the things I commonly come across with many salespeople and entrepreneurs is that they want the sale without necessarily doing the work. Many entrepreneurs have the ability to produce a product or service they can deliver but the challenge is getting customers to say yes or getting people to buy from them. One […] The post TSE 587: How Many Customers Do You Have? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Onboarding new hires is a crucial process every company should have, big or small. But this is something a lot of salespeople struggle with, worse, several companies don’t have an onboarding process at all. Today’s guest is Jim Ninivaggi and he shares with us the importance of having an onboarding structure to ensure that your […] The post TSE 586: Structuring Sales Onboarding To Get New Sellers Ramped Up Faster appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is a throwback session of the TSE Hustler’s League that I did with Jimmy Burgess where we discussed different attitudes and things to help you generate a tsunami of leads. Jimmy is a real estate expert, a speaker, an author, and a coach. One of the principles Jimmy talked about is humility and […] The post TSE 585: TSE Hustler’s League-“Humility” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Saul Marquez used to sell toilet paper and today he shares a very inspiring story about how he went from doing that to making six figures in the medical sales industry and hopefully, you can glean some insights from it so you too can break into your dream career. Here are the highlights of my […] The post TSE 584:Sales From The Street-“6 Figure Medical Sales” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is jam packed with great insights into two of the essential aspects of sales: Prospecting and standing out. Today’s guest is John Brubaker, a nationally renowned Performance Consultant, speaker, and award-winning author. He has written six books on leadership performance including his latest book, Stadium Status. John shares his secrets to keeping a […] The post TSE 583: Stop Leaving Money on the Table appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Does ethical bribe still work? How does the concept of reciprocity help you in generating more sales? Believe it or not, there are some social triggers that actually cause people to buy from you whether they like you or not. And that’s part of human nature. All this and more in our episode today. The […] The post TSE 582: Reciprocity Still Works… Even at 7/11 appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

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.

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 The Sales Evangelist.

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.

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 The Sales Evangelist.

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 first on The Sales Evangelist.

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 on The Sales Evangelist.

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 first on The Sales Evangelist.

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 Evangelist.

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.

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.