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During this episode I had the honor of having one of my listeners and great friend, Shem Carlson on the show. Shem is an Account Manager for Hibu formerly “Yellowbook”. He is currently finding great success selling media advertising for small businesses. Now, back in episode 6 Shem asked a question on how to deal with […] The post TSE 081: Case Study “How To Deal with People Who Are Too Nice To Say No!” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

During this episode I had the honor of interviewing Joseph Michael, founder of Learn Scrivener, an online training course to master the use of the scrivener writing software. Joseph is an inspirational thought leader in the areas of online entrepreneurship, life efficiency and business coaching. Throughout our conversation for this episode Joseph and I chat about […] The post TSE 080: Identifying Your Ideal Customer’s Challenges & Speaking Their Language appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

So, several years ago my wife introduced me to a TV show on TLC (Opps, I said HGTV on the episode instead of TLC) called Hoarders. I am sure you have seen it or heard of it before. The people on the show all have mental or emotional challenges that prevent them from letting go […] The post TSE 079: Is Opportunity Hoarding Killing Your Closing Rate? appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In this episode I interview Marcus Sheridan, aka “The Sales Lion”. Marcus helps businesses embrace the power of content and inbound marketing through his personal experiences. Him and his team offer content marketing consulting & workshops, HubSpot consulting, speaking opportunities and blogging services. He is passionate about selling and the power that comes to an organization and sales professional when they […] The post TSE 078: Why Sales Professionals Need Inbound Marketing and Transparency More Than Ever Before! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

During this episode I answer questions that are often brought up by sellers in regards how to handle the situation when your customer is trying to bring up pricing too soon. I feel that one of the important things to establish with the prospect is that you are not going to enter a price war […] The post TSE #077: How To Handle Pricing Questions Early In The Sales Process appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Have you ever wondered if door to door sales is worth it, much less even profitable? Well, my friend Paul Shakuri can certainly prove that it is. In this episode I had the pleasure of bringing Paul on the podcast to chat with us about the door to door sales industry and how he found […] The post TSE 076: How Paul Shakuri Earned Six Figures Doing Door to Door Sales! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Okay, so tell me if this has ever happened to you before. You are working with a prospect and for some reason they have to put the project on hold for six months. Whether there is some litigation reasoning, lack of sufficient budget or whatever (insert your own reason here). Whatever the reason is they […] The post TSE 075: How To Stay Top Of Mind With Prospects Without Being Annoying! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Are you sick and tired of your mediocre sales performance and are looking for a game change? Well, I guess thats why you listen to The Sales Evangelist podcast and today we have the prefect person who can help you “change the game”. I introduce to you Mr. John Condry. John is a creator, innovator […] The post TSE 074: A Sales Professional’s Guide to Game Changing Performance! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

We have all experienced this before right? You go on a sales call with a business partner, a sales engineer or even your manager (that’s a whole other episode in it self). But you are also in the sales meeting with someone else in a team selling situation and you didn’t do much preparation prior to […] The post TSE 073: 3 Important Things To Remember When Team Selling! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In this episode I interview Amar Sheth who is a Principal at Sales for Life. Amar has over a decade of digital marketing experience and currently educates sales professionals like you and me how to effectively use social media to generate leads. There are many sales professionals who have a LinkedIn and Twitter account, but […] The post TSE 072: Social Selling Practices That Will Drive Results For You Today! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Why You Need to Embrace Silence as a Sales Person Have you ever experienced a situation like this? There you are sitting across the table from a prospect who you have been working with for several meetings now. All the signs seem to be there that this will be a done deal and all you […] The post TSE 071: Why You Need to Embrace Silence as a Sales Professional appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Hustle, hustle, hustle…. Steli was born for the hustle and is the perfect person to have on the show to help us as sellers and entrepreneurs improve their hustler’s mindset. Steli is the founder and CEO of Close.io and ElasticSales. He is an expert when it comes to startups. He has assisted in more than […] The post TSE: 070 Learn How Hustling Can Help You Close More Deals Today! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Post by The Sales Evangelist. As a new seller, one of the biggest challenges that I faced was the fear of saying “no” to prospects or clients. Why? I thought if I said no to any questions that they ask, I would disappoint them and eventually turn them away. Have you ever felt the same […] The post TSE 069: Just Say Noooooo! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Jill Konrath is a best selling author of 2 award-winning books: SNAP Selling (#1 Amazon bestseller) and Selling to Big Companies, a Fortune magazine “must read.” Jill’s newest sales book, AGILE SELLING, was released earlier this year and was the target focus for this podcast interview. The main things that Jill does in her book is teaching salespeople how to succeed […] The post TSE 068: Learn How To Become An Agile Seller with Jill Konrath appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

In this episode my good friend Jay Quiles and I interviewed Mike McGee who is one of the co-founders of the of  Starter League and Starter School.  Mike and his co-founder started Starter Leagues as a solution to their “pain” they faced as they tried to develop a start up business. Without any coding or […] The post TSE 067: Uncovering Pain and Creating Revolutionary Solutions! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Have you ever found yourself getting nervous while presenting or even speaking with a prospect? So for your nervousness, do you begin to speak REALLY FAST? Well, you are not the only one. What if I told you it’s something many sellers were (are) guilty of at one time or another? As a new seller […] The post TSE 066: 3 Reasons Why New Sellers Speak So FAST! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

During this episode I had the great opportunity of interviewing Jeb Blount, Mr. Sales Gravy himself. Jeb founded SalesGravy.com in 2006 as a portal for all things sales. Over the next five years he and his dedicated team of sales professionals grew Sales Gravy into the most visited sales employment website on the planet. Thousands of employers connect with hundreds […] The post TSE 065: Learn Why Human Relationships Are At A Premium Today! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

Picture this, you are at a trade show or networking event and are having a really good conversation with a sales professional. You find out that her kids go to the same school as your kids and you were able to connect. Then out of curiosity you ask her, “Mary, tell me more about what you […] The post TSE 064: Don’t Let Your Prospects Do Mental Gymnastics! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

So I wanted to start something new on the show. We have many listeners who are applying the things that we are sharing and are finding success. On today’s episode we share Jason’s success story. Jason Tripp is a business-to-business sales professional working for Verizon Wireless. He has been working with them for about 15 […] The post TSE 063: Success Story-How Calendar Invite Helped Jason Tripp Gain More Clients! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

One of the big plagues for sellers is taking notes or updating accounts in their CRM (Customer Relations Management). Many of us love to visit with clients and prospects to learn their challenges, but when it comes to taking notes or writing a recap of what was discussed it is torture! I have heard my […] The post TSE 062: One Major Thing Most Salespeople Hate About Sales! appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.