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.

I would love for you to try something different today. And who knows? This might be something that could greatly impact your business (if it hasn’t yet). The tool that I’m talking about is Sigstr, which is a new way to capitalize on employee emails or marketing channels. Gracing today’s show is Dan Hanrahan, the […] The post TSE 291: How to Use Your Email Signature to Generate More Business appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Is content still king? We’re going to talk about this and more on the show today as we bring in Eric Siu as he talks about the power of content marketing. Eric Siu owns a digital marketing agency called Single Grain which he established in 2009 where they help companies from venture-backed startups to Fortune […] The post TSE 290: How Content Marketing Can Increase Your Sales Leads appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we have Jonathan Rivera on the show as we drill into the power of having a lead generation system in place. Jonathan left his 9-year career as an electrician realizing that it’s not what he wanted to do. So he jumped into the real estate world where he made some gains and losses but […] The post TSE 289: Sales From The Street: “Prospecting Systems” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Don’t underestimate the power of podcast because it changes the game in the way we see sales traditionally. It’s a game changer because YOU become the authority. Today, we have James Carbary on the show where he demonstrates 6 crucial elements that can help you create 52 new relationships with your ideal B2B clients in […] The post TSE 288: How to Guarantee 52 New Relationships with Your Ideal B2B Prospects (Every Single Year) appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Why is prospecting such a huge struggle among many salespeople? Today, I’m going to teach you a process that’s going to help you become a prospecting machine. Prospecting is a vital part of the whole sales process since it’s a means to get people into your pipeline. However, only a small portion of time is […] The post TSE 287: Make Prospecting a Habit By Doing Your 10×10! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Getting that first appointment with executives is definitely a tough nut to crack. So many salespeople end up not doing it at all out of fear of failure or they do it and they do it all wrong. Our awesome guest today, Ben Favier, is here to share with us some secrets in landing sales […] The post TSE 286: How To Obtain Sales Appointments With Executives appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One of the most common mistakes salespeople make on LinkedIn is they use it as their resume. Another big mistake is they use it to somewhat “cold call” people, sending generic connection requests immediately without initially following the right process. That’s why I invited Dennis Brown on the show today to show how you can […] The post TSE 285: LinkedIn Strategies For Success appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One of the key traits of a successful salesperson is being flexible, which means you’re able to pivot as needed to suit your customer’s needs… not yours. This means being able to read your prospects and be willing to change under whatever circumstance. Flexible individuals are the ones who excel most at selling. Here’s a […] The post TSE 284: Sales From The Street- “Be Flexible and Nimble” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

We know it’s important to create great content, but what is the point of creating great content if no one can see it? Well, that problem is solved with a great tool called “Meet Edgar”. Today I have the opportunity of speaking with the founder, Laura Roeder. Laura began her entrepreneurial journey at the age of 22, […] The post TSE 283: Meet My Friend Edgar appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

As a sales representative one of your key roles is to sell. I know that sounds very obvious, but I promise there is a point to all of this. I just want to make sure you all understand the premise and outcome of this episode, which simply put is to improve your selling. The problems […] The post TSE 282: Your 100 Most Ideal Customers appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

If you’re thinking about scaling your business or you want to target a market full of buyers, well, you’ve got to think about developing a buyer persona first. Hmmm.. Do you have one? Or do you even need to have one? We hear a lot of people talk about buyer personas, avatars, and whatnot. But […] The post TSE 281: The Power Of A Buyer Persona appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we talk about commitments with your customers, prospects, and people you’re in the business of moving and helping them to change. Here’s an undebatable fact: Several salespeople are afraid of following up with their prospects and clients or they have deals that never go forward. It turns out that there was never any clear […] The post TSE 280: Sales From The Street- “You Have To Get A Commitment” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we’re going to teach you how to master the art of selling and what better way to talk about this stuff than to speak with the master seller himself, Tom Hopkins. Tom is a trainer and motivator where he has sold 365 homes in one year. Unbelievable? Yep! Unbelievably TRUE. This in fact opened […] The post TSE 279: The Art and Science of Sales appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, we’re talking about emails and how you can utilize emails to generate money, specifically, how to use simple daily emails to double your sales. That’s why I invited Joshua Belanger on the show today to talk about this exactly. Joshua started his business OptionSIZZLE in 2008 where he teaches self-directed, struggling investors how to […] The post TSE 278: How To Use Simple Daily Emails To Double Your Sales appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today’s guest is Juan Cano, a member of TSE Hustlers League and founder of Lose It With Juan, a beachbody fitness and nutrition coaching program that combines fitness and nutrition along with personal attention from your personal coach in order to take you from where you are to where you want to be. So I […] The post TSE 277: Sales From The Street-” I Was Doing It Wrong” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

I just had a bad experience this week and I want to share it with you because I want to emphasize the value of giving your customers what they need and treating your customers well. You see, I had to rent an SUV since I was going up to Orlando, Florida and needed an extra […] The post TSE 276: The Little Things Matter The Most With Customer Service appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

People + Passion = SALES. This is what you’re going to learn about today as we bring in Kati Whitledge. Kati is the owner of an upscale boutique salon in Madison, Wisconsin called Be Inspired Salon. They opened in 2010 with 2 employees which has now scaled up to 22 members. She further created […] The post TSE 275: People+Passion=Sales appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Sales has a bad rap among many people, that’s a fact, even in the MBA world. And what many MBA folks probably don’t know is that they can actually build a solid career in sales. That’s why I’m bringing Dalan Rohrer on the show today to talk about the article he’s written on LinkedIn about […] The post TSE 274: Sales From The Street-“Sales Is Amazing” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Today, I will share with you a very effective sales enablement tool with Gmail to help you speed up the amount of emails you send. This way, you will be able to work more effectively and focus on the more important things. Work smarter, not harder. What is Sales Enablement? It means utilizing technology, means, […] The post TSE 273: Sales Enablement “Gmail Email Templates” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Here on Sales From the Street, we’re digging into the brains of sales managers, people who have led sales teams, to learn more about the challenges they faced along with some strategies implemented to overcome them. Joseph Storer is an entrepreneur and awesome sales professional. He has worked with a ton of multinational companies. Currently, […] The post TSE 271: Sales From The Street-“The Foundation” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.