Steven Bachert wants you to do something that, at first blush, may surprise you: he wants you to stop “handling” objections.
Steven Bachert is an accomplished executive and leader in the software industry with a 20-year track record of executive sales and operations management success. He has driven large and smaller/start-up organizations to superior performance. His [...]
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Episode 17 – Steven Bachert: Stop “Handling” Objections
Episode 15 – Colleen Stanley on Building High Performance Sales Teams
When Brad was in the hospital with his wife while she was giving birth to their second daughter, Jerry had the chance to chat with Colleen Stanley about how to build a high performance sales team.
Colleen Stanley is president of SalesLeadership, Inc. She is a monthly columnist for national Business Journals, co-author of ‘Motivational Selling‘ and [...]
Episode 14 – Karl Goldfield on Selling for Startups
Karl Goldfield is a whiz at helping startup companies generate revenue, and in this episode he shares valuable tips for salespeople working for startup companies and the people who manage them.
Karl is the Sales Evangelist, a startup sales mentor and the host of Sales Evangelist TV. He also writes a blog and is a regular [...]
Episode 13 – Christian Maurer on Training in a Sales 2.0 World
How should we be training sales people in the new era of sales, Sales 2.0? What are the initiatives and topics we should focus on? That was the topic of discussion for Christian Maurer, the Ultimate Sales Executive Resource.
Christian is an independent consultant, trainer and coach with a proven track record of helping to increase the productivity [...]
Episode 10 – Brad and Jerry Discuss the importance of Self-Education
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So, you’re company doesn’t provide enough training? They won’t send you to seminars? Won’t reimburse you for books and audio programs? Well, while that is unfortunate (sales managers, what are you thinking?!), we’re not going to let you off the hook!
In this early episode (we’ve been saving it for a special occassion) we [...]
Episode 9 – Kim Williams on Building Relationships
No matter what you sell, the core competency every sales person needs is the ability to build relationships. Whether you’ve got five minutes or five months, your capacity to build rapport with your prospects is critical, and that was the topic of our discussion with Kim Williams, Vice President of Sales at Pike’s Home Maintenance.
Kim [...]
Episode 5 – Customer Engagement with Skip Anderson
In this episode, we had a chance to speak with Skip Anderson, the founder of Selling to Consumers Sales Training, a retail sales training and management consulting company. Skip is also the founder of The Sales Bloggers Union, a group of sales leaders and experts committed to sharing sales knowledge and information via industry-leading blogs. [...]
Welcome to the Sales Management 2.0 Podcast!
Welcome to the Sales Management 2.0 Podcast series. In this first episode, Brad Trnavsky, president of Sales Management 2.0, and Jerry Kennedy, owner of Inside Out Business Solutions discuss the motivation behind creating this podcast series: the mutual desire to create a new level of respect for the selling profession by elevating the skills, ethics [...]
