The Sales Evangelist

If you’ve been hiding behind your product or service all this time then it’s time to come out of that shell if you truly want to grow as a seller or entrepreneur. Today, I’m bringing in Matt “Handshakin” Holmes as we talk about how you can utilize personal relationships to help you in your sales […] The post TSE 341: The Power of In Person Networking appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is another excerpt from our mastermind group over at TSE Hustlers League where we talked about soft selling, a selling strategy where the whole concept is that you’re leading your prospects with value and you’re not trying to force them. As what Jeffrey Gitomer said, people love to buy but they don’t want […] The post TSE 340: TSE Hustler’s League-“Soft Selling” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode on Sales from the Street is about being bold and confident. Oftentimes, behind a prospect’s objection is an underlying core problem that you need to dig deeper into. And oftentimes, you don’t necessarily have to lower your price and undervalue what you offer just so you can get the prospect to buy. When […] The post TSE 339: Sales From The Street-“Being Bold & Confident” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Are you hiring for the right reasons? Or are you just getting people on your team for the sake of filling in the numbers? Hiring is not a joke, not to your company and certainly not to the candidate. You’re basically investing your time, effort, and money as you go through this process so do […] The post TSE 338: What You Must Know When Hiring Your Next Sales Rep appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As a salesperson, you need to understand your numbers and the gauges of what you’re doing, how you’re doing it, and how you can improve. Today, I’m giving you 7 metrics you can look at to improve yourself as a seller. You have to compete against yourself and make sure you’re better than you were […] The post TSE 337: 7 Key Sales Metrics You Should Track appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

If you think guest blogging has nothing to do with helping you grow your sales, well, don’t overlook it. Today, we have Cody Lister on the show as he shares a whole ton of blogging and content promotion techniques and strategies you can implement to help you grow your business or increase your sales specifically […] The post TSE 336: Selling Online Is Easier Than You Think appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, I’ve pulled out yet another snippet from one of our training sessions over at TSE Hustler’s League so that you too might be able to benefit from these. In this clip, we talk about overcoming the fear of rejection and the concept of upselling, which are two essential factors in any salesperson’s success. Here are […] The post TSE 335: TSE Hustler’s League-“Rejection and Upselling” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we discuss the idea behind account-based selling. I’m bringing in Brandon Redlinger who’s giving us insights into the challenge they had with account-based selling, what they did to overcome that, and the results they’re seeing right now. Brandon is part of the team at PersistIQ, an outbound sales platform that helps salespeople become more […] The post TSE 334: Sales From The Street-“Account Based Selling” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Did you know that leaders spend 80% of their time in communication either written or verbal? Unfortunately, communication is a very important area in selling that is becoming a lost art. Barney Kramer is on the show today to share with us insightful tips to help improve your communication as a seller. Barney Kramer has […] The post TSE 333: Practical Tips To Improve Your Communication as a Seller appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

What do you do if your prospect is only willing to communicate with you through email? No phone, no in-person meeting. Now you’re preparing a proposal when you haven’t fully understood any of their core challenges. While this may not be the best situation, there are always ways to go about this stuff. First, this […] The post TSE 332: They Only Want To Communicate Via Email appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Oftentimes, it can be quite difficult to discover the core challenges of prospects because these could be covered by superficial reasons that the real problem remains unknown to you. Failing to unearth their core challenges would mean failing to build trust with your customers and this equates to poor closes and poor sales. So how […] The post TSE 331: How To Discover The Core Challenges When Meeting with Prospects appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In today’s episode, I’m giving you a snippet out of one of our training in TSE Hustler’s League where we discuss the idea about focusing and making sure we’re maximizing our efforts while selling. Too many times, salespeople get distracted from the real things they need to focus more on. In this snippet, one of […] The post TSE 330: TSE Hustler’s League-“Salesperson Time Management” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

There are days when we feel we really haven’t done anything for the day, didn’t get any prospect in, running around doing stuff, and working on paperwork, and on and on and on. Can you relate to this? Well, I’ve got a solution for you. It’s about learning how to theme your days. So today, […] The post TSE 329: Sales From The Street-“Theme Your Days” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is all about the idea cross-selling and upselling to your current customers and we have Kevin Karner on the show today to give us more insights into how this can be done effectively. Kevin works at Drift that offers live chat upgrades for new businesses where they take chats onto your website with […] The post TSE 328: Cross Selling and Upselling appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

A lot of people are having a difficult time closing deals and we tend to put so much emphasis on the close that we actually start to miss. You start to think ahead and that could mess you up. Now if you would relate that with playing football, you basically take off before you actually […] The post TSE 327: How To Close The Deal appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Wouldn’t you want to create a lifestyle where you get to earn passive income so you still have the ability to do other things? Today’s guest, Matt Miller, has done exactly just that and you too can learn how to make this happen in your life. Matt Miller is the owner and president of School […] The post TSE 326: Improving Your Personal Sales Hustle One Vending Machine at a Time appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

How are you using social media to grow your sales? Are you even using social media to sell? But is it appropriate to sell on social media in the first place? I’m bringing in Marty McDonald as he shares great, meaty insights into using social media as part of your sales process and how it’s […] The post TSE 325: How To Improve Your Social Media Sales Skills appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, I’m going to talk to you about sales coaching, specifically how sales managers.And here are the common questions I have come across. Should a sales manager sell? Or should he/she be a manager/coach? Should you hire your top rep to become your sales manager? Many companies hire a coach but what I noticed to […] The post TSE 324: Sales From The Street-“Coaching” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is another interesting one as we talk about selling Software as a Service (SaaS) to doctors and how this is very different than selling as a pharma representative. This might be another career that you might wish to consider and so I’m bringing in Justin Welsh to talk more about this – what […] The post TSE 323: How Selling SaaS To Doctors Is Totally Different Than Traditional SaaS Sales. appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

How would you handle a prospective client saying that the timing isn’t right for your product or service and that if they decide to take advantage of the opportunity at a later time, they will reach out to you? A lot of customers may dictate to salespeople when they’re going to buy and how they’re […] The post TSE 322: Timing Isn’t Right appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, you will learn about an interesting concept about eradicating commission as part of the business model. Say what? Okay, hold your horses now. Our guest today has a pretty interesting perspective on eradicating commissions that you might want to tune into, plus more! Justin Roff-Marsh is the Founder and President of Ballistix, a sales […] The post TSE 321: Embrace The Machine! Radically Improve Your Salesforce With This New Model appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In this episode, I’m sharing with you a piece of our training at TSE Hustler’s League, a group coaching session that I have every Wednesday night. We talked about following up, why it’s so important, and how to do it more effectively. TSE Hustler’s League is a one-hour group training with accountability as well as […] The post TSE 320: TSE Hustler’s League-“Why & How To Follow Up!” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we talk about the idea of partnership or getting the right people into a project. How am I going to get this deal? Shall I collaborate with somebody else? Should I split the commission? Should we get connected with them? The challenges of partnership, so to speak. Here are the highlights of today’s episode: […] The post TSE 319: Sales From The Street-“Collaborate” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

There are practical, basic stuff that we tend to forget when we get online. Today, we’re bringing in Bobbie Foedisch as we touch on this topic plus more social selling strategies, specifically leveraging your online presence on LinkedIn. Bobbie is the founding partner and chief social selling officer at All About Leverage, where they develop […] The post TSE 318: Leveraging LinkedIn For Networking With Bobbie Foedisch appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Many people are so afraid of getting rejected. Of course, who wants to be rejected? In this episode, you will learn how you can utilize a technique to be able to help you land more deals, close more opportunities, and grow towards more sales success. So listen in! Oftentimes, we fall into the category of […] The post TSE 317: Just Go Negative On Them appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

You may be doing well with your sales right now but you can’t just stay at one level of your career. You always want to push yourself forward. And at certain points, you would have to upsell or cross-sell. Today, I’m bringing in the amazing Clay Clark as we talk about giving yourself a 20% […] The post TSE 316: Give Yourself A 20% Raise | The Art of the Cross Sell appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s show is golden as we talk about leveraging systems and processes to grow your business. I am bringing in Scott Beebe on the show today. Scott is the expert when it comes to processes, systems, and delegation. He serves heroic small business owners and liberates them from the chaos of working on the details […] The post TSE 315: Leveraging Systems And Processes To Grow Your Business appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Having trouble connecting with like-minded people? Or are you struggling with getting new prospects? We’ll talk about that today as we bring Kurtis Tucker on the show. Kurtis talks about having this exact challenge and how he finally overcame it. Learn from his experience and most importantly, try to apply these strategies to your own […] The post TSE 314: Sales From The Street-“Prospect Right” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we’re giving you a glimpse of what’s happening in our mastermind group, the TSE Hustler’s League. In this session, we focus on messaging, which is something a lot of seasoned salespeople and entrepreneurs are having a tough time with. In this part of the training, I emphasized the importance of messaging when you’re selling […] The post TSE 313: TSE Hustlers League Tip “Messaging” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we’re going to talk about how you can utilize stories in your selling situation to establish tons of value, credibility, and to help sell more. People love to buy, they hate to be sold. As what Jeffrey Gitomer says, “People love to buy. They hate to be sold.” Find a way to make your […] The post TSE 312: Stories Are A Great Way To Create Value appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One major weapon that every salesperson must keep loaded in their artillery is to have that competitive advantage in today’s noisy digital world. So I’m bringing Justin Christianson on the show today to share his expertise on this exact topic. He is an entrepreneur, consultant, and author. Justin has been in the digital marketing space […] The post TSE 311: How To Get And Keep Your Competitive Advantage In Today’s Nosey Digital World appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s episode is explosive since our guest today, Patrick Helmers, is a double-edged sword who brings a lot of value on the table. He is not only a master on the tech side but he also has mastered the sales process. Patrick used to be an engineer with a computer science background until he slowly […] The post TSE 310: Why Startups Need To Focus On Sales Before Marketing appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s guest is Ted Ryce, a health and fitness professional for the past 17 years in Miami Beach, Florida. He has worked with tons of celebrities, CEOs, multi-million dollar companies and personalities like Richard Branson and Robert Downey, Jr. He now has a podcast called Legendary Life Podcast, a health, fitness, and personal development podcast. […] The post TSE 309: Sales From The Street: “Sell Value” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, I took a snippet out of one of our training sessions from TSE Hustler’s League so you can take some things and apply them to your selling career and help you improve. The TSE Hustler’s League is a paid community gathering held each week to get a training focused on topics relevant to them. […] The post TSE 308: TSE Hustlers League Tip “The Most Important 10 Minutes” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we basically talk about how you can think on your feet when you’re cold calling. Or should you actually be doing that at all? Okay, so I’ve done this thing with Toastmasters called Table Topics, which is an impromptu 2-3 minute speech where you get to speak about a particular topic. And here are […] The post TSE 307: How To Think Under Pressure While Cold Calling appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we’re going to talk about the power of treating your customers right. Treat them the way they need to be treated and they could actually become evangelizers for you. I’m bringing in Jared Easley on the show today as he shares with us how he experienced terrible customer service and how he dealt with […] The post TSE 306: Treat Your Customers Right and They Will Evangelize For You appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Writing proposals is one of the many critical challenges that every salesperson may have to face. Even a significant amount of time has to be allotted solely in writing proposals to ensure you’re doing everything right. So we welcome back Curtis McHale here on the show today. He first guested on the show back in […] The post TSE 305: Learn How To Write Proposals That Convert appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

We all need to know how to write effectively, even in sales, now more especially because of the social selling opportunities brought to us by LinkedIn or other blog posts and sites. Therefore, it puts you to great advantage as a seller to be able to deliver your message effectively through copywriting. Today’s guest is […] The post TSE 304: Improve Your Copy, Improve Your Sales! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One defining trait among highly successful salespeople is their ability to think and act like entrepreneurs. I’m bringing in Lucas Barra today as we talk about why you need to think and act like an entrepreneur and how that can be done through some simple steps. Lucas runs a podcast and coaching service called DreamChasers […] The post TSE 303: Sales From The Street-“Think and Act Like an Entrepreneur” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

How do you handle it when there is a new decision maker in town? A decision maker can mess up your deal if you don’t do it right. And while some things can be out of your control, there are actually a lot of things you can do to prevent disaster from happening or speed […] The post TSE 302: A New Decision Maker In Town! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

A solid, performing salesforce is one of the most crucial elements in any organization. However, many salespeople tend to exhibit a strong resistance to change even when it’s called for. Change can cause a dramatic increase in your overall sales success but you have to make sure you did the right change. So I’m bringing […] The post TSE 301: 7 Steps To Sales Force Transformation appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

The concept of sales enablement is pretty much becoming a buzzword in the sales world today, but what is it exactly? Mr. Enablement here is going to give us great new insights into that. TK is the founder and CEO of ToutApp, a sales success platform where they offer a one stop shop for customers […] The post TSE 300: Is Sales Enablement Working For You? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s Sales from the Street episode is all about breaking that barrier of self-talk that prevents you from taking on major opportunities. It’s something a lot of us have faced at certain points in our career and which our guest today has also dealt with successfully. Hyrum now owns and runs a marketing company, Leads […] The post TSE 299: Sales From The Street-“Take Chances” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

It’s been 25 years since Joel Boggess sat behind his very first microphone doing traditional radio in the mid 90’s and television, until he eventually ended up in the podcasting world, where he has become the podcast expert that he is today. His show, the ReLaunch Show has turned into a flame thrower with over […] The post TSE 298: Go For The No! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Sometimes as sales professionals, we kind of just go off the cuff when we’re selling. We don’t know what the next steps are. We don’t actually know what we’re doing. And that’s usually because of the lack of effective planning and having a process in place. In sales, we just want to get from point […] The post TSE 297: Do You Know What You’re Doing? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As human beings, we are born to be communal. We are social. And it’s human nature that we want to be recognized. This is what we’re going to talk about today as husband-and-wife team Adam and Michelle Carey talk about the power of human connection – giving your customer that “human element.” It’s having that […] The post TSE 296: Don’t Be “That Guy” In Network Marketing appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Dan Streeter and Tim Brown, co-authors of Old School with New Tools: The Extra 5% That Takes You to the Top of Your Sales Game and Keeps You There. Dan is a former teacher and principal and a former VP of Sales & Marketing. Tim, on the other hand, has an extensive sales background. He […] The post TSE 295: Old School with New Tools appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Breaking down the barriers between you and your clients is a tough challenge you need to overcome because that’s how you get some deals to be closed. Today’s guest on Sales from the Street is Vidal Cisneros, speaker, author, and purpose-igniting coach. He is the man behind the Thriving Beyond Podcast. Vidal is also part […] The post TSE 294: Sales From The Street-“Be of Service” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Having an unstoppable mindset is an essential element as a seller. You need to perform well under pressure to stay motivated in times of difficulty. Today, we have a game changer on the show, Kelly Roach who shares with us a ton of information about her new book Unstoppable: 9 Principles for Unlimited Success in […] The post TSE 293: Building An Unstoppable Mindset appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Scared to talk about the money? Or do you feel awkward talking about it with a prospect? Today, I’m going to teach you some ways to help you get over that fear or awkward feeling whenever you talk about money with your prospective clients so you can earn the income that you deserve. Here are […] The post TSE 292: Don’t Be Afraid To Talk About Money appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.