Inside Inside Sales

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What’s the one thing you aren’t doing that you know you need to do? What’s the one thing that frightens you so much that you create excuses to avoid having to do? We all have some task that intimidates and frightens us, that one responsibility that we really ought to be doing, but we just can’t bring ourselves to face it.

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl speaks with the dynamic, influential, and all-around legendary Shari Levitin about courage. Darryl and Shari go in-depth on the topic of courage, sharing stories, and tips of how simply changing your mindset can help you to improve your fearlessness. Learn how to overcome your fears through the power of courage on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Shari Levitin is an energetic, wickedly funny sales guru, who helps sales teams bridge the gap between beating quota and selling with an authentic heartfelt approach. As the founder of the Shari Levitin Group, Shari has helped create over 1 billion dollars in increased revenue for companies in over 40 countries. Shari is the bestselling author of Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know, (now translated in 4 languages), a contributor to Forbes, CEO Magazine, Quotable, Inc Magazine, and Huffington Post.

Shari has been recognized as one of the:

• Top 38 Most Dynamic Women in Sales in 2019 by Sales Hacker
• Top Ten Voices in Sales for LinkedIn 2018 Top 20 global sales experts appearing in the documentary film "The Story of Sales.” (Salesforce)
• 5 Most Influential Women in Sales (Sales Hacker)
• Top 35 sales authors for her book, Heart and Sell (Vengreso)
• Number one Thought Leader of 2019 for Girls Club
• Top 50 Keynote Speakers (Top Sales World) Best Businesses in 2019 in Park City, Utah

Additionally, Shari is a guest lecturer at Harvard Extension Programs, an Advisory Board member of Vengreso, the largest digital transformation company, an advisory board member of the prestigious Sundance Institute and was chosen as the first adjunct professor at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business to teach a course in sales.

Shari, her husband, and son live in Park City, Utah. When she’s not creating killer content and presenting at sales kickoffs, Shari enjoys skiing, rock climbing, reading, and standing on her head.

INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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Are you following up with your prospects? Do you ignore your cadence, or disregard contacting certain potential prospects? In a sales world where it takes 8 – 12 touches to receive one reply, follow-ups are one of the biggest issues in sales today. To put it plainly, if you aren’t following up, you are opening the door to your competition.

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl speaks with rockstar global speaker, Meridith Elliott Powell. Darryl and Meridith discuss 5 practical strategies to help you get on top of your follow up game. They offer tips such as finding a cadence that both works for you and your prospects, as well as the importance of being patient. Darryl and Meridith also talk about the value add that following up provides for new prospects and existing clients alike. The sale happens in the follow-up, learn how to improve your own follow-up routine on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to watch by Currency Fair, and Top 41 Motivational Sales Speakers, Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and business strategist. With a background in corporate sales and leadership, her career expands over several industries including banking, healthcare, and finance. Meridith worked her way up from an entry-level position to earn her seat at the C-Suite table. Meridith is a Certified Speaking Professional ©, a designation held by less than twelve percent of professional speakers. She has a cutting-edge message, rooted in real-life examples and real-world knowledge. She is the author of six books, including her latest Cut Through The Excuses & Send Sales Through The Roof, and Who Comes Next? 

Leadership Succession Made Easy. Meridith helps her clients learn the strategies they need to turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage.

INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales.  

   
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How are you when it comes to lead generation? Is that something you think should be left to marketers? Are you putting it off because you don’t trust your own writing skills, or is finding suitable content your stumbling block?

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl is joined by respected speaker and President of the INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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They say that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s not always true, especially when it applies to the skillsets used for sales. Techniques that once had great success not too long ago may not work today. So how does your chest of sales tools look? Is there anything in there that may need some sharpening, or even throwing away?

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl is joined by renowned Sales Leader and owner of Engage Selling Solutions, Colleen Francis. Darryl and Colleen go over some great steps to help turn your cold calls warm, as well as offer up tips on using your social selling platform to deliver value to your community. They also discuss strategies such as winning over the staff below the C-Suite, and exactly who you should be targeting for referrals. Get some great tool-sharpening advice on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Colleen is driven by a passion for sales - and results. A successful sales leader for over 20 years, she understands the particular challenges of selling in today's crowded, confusing market, and that business leaders can no longer rely on approaches to sales based on techniques from decades ago—or even last year. 

Colleen works with business and sales leaders to synergize the sales DNA of the organization to seize market opportunities. Whether designing a strategy to target a new market or working with a team to improve its productivity, Colleen's results have attracted clients such as Merck, Abbott, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank, Dow, Adecco, Trend Micro, NCR, Chevron, and hundreds of other global organizations.

Colleen is an award-winning writer and consultant, bestselling author, and member of the Speaking Hall of Fame. She is recognized as one of the foremost thought leaders on the future of selling by leading publications worldwide, including being named a LinkedIn Top Voice for Sales.

INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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It’s time to talk about the quality of your sales calls. Are they coming across as too scripted, bordering on becoming robotic? Do you find yourself intimidated when calling C-Suite execs? Or does fear of using the phone cause you to stumble, or even worse, stop you from picking it up at all?

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl is joined by Larry Levine, one of the world’s most sought-after Career Development and Leadership Coaches today. Together they tackle the daunting task of making sales calls sound more human. Darryl and Larry offer up valuable tips such as ways to improve your personal branding and techniques to get over your fear of using the phone. They also share how you can enhance your conversational skills as well as gain equal business stature with your wish list executive prospects. Learn how to find your own unique voice and use it, on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's guest:

Larry Levine is the best-selling author of Selling from the Heart and the co-host of the Selling from the Heart Podcast. With 30 years of in-the-field sales experience within the B2B technology space, he knows what it takes to be a successful sales professional.

Larry has successfully sold to customers ranging from up-and-down the street accounts to Fortune 500 companies. In the fall of 2013, Larry became a corporate major account rep for a Japanese OEM in downtown Los Angeles, California, one of the most competitive markets in the United States. He walked into a zero base opportunity with no current customers. By using the strategies explained in Selling from the Heart, he booked over $1.3 million in new sales in 2014, leaving behind over a $1.6-million pipeline for the next rep to develop.

INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  

VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

 
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How are you when it comes to using cadences? Do you focus more on email over the phone? If you use the phone, do you even bother to leave a voicemail? When it comes to reaching your prospects, are you confident that you are using all of the channels available to you?

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl concludes his epic series with the 4 founders of the OutBound Conference as he welcomes the unmistakable Jeb Blount to the show. Darryl and Jeb go over the importance of using cadences as a part of your sequence and offer up advice that can drastically improve your success rate. They discuss tips such as taking advantage of personalizing emails, creating a wish list of dream accounts, as well as answering some of the questions and criticisms regarding using the phone in the age of email. Learn how to streamline and optimize your cadences on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Jeb Blount is the bestselling author of nine books and among the world’s most respected thought leaders on sales, leadership, and customer experience. He transforms organizations by optimizing talent, leveraging training to cultivate a high-performance sales culture, developing leadership and coaching skills, and applying more effective organizational design. 

Jeb is an in-demand speaker and spends more than 250 days each year crisscrossing the globe, delivering keynote speeches, workshops, and training programs to high-performing sales teams and leaders. Meeting planners rave about Jeb’s ability to keep audiences engaged and on the edge of their seats.

His approach to human relationships in the workplace is straightforward, passionate, and entertaining. He equips business leaders with the human relationship tools they need to leverage a diverse workforce to accelerate performance and effect real, lasting change. Leadership. Sales. Customer Experience. It’s all human. When your people master interpersonal skills, you gain a powerful competitive advantage that transforms your entire organization. 

Through his global training organizations, including Sales Gravy, Channel EQ, and Innovate Knowledge, Jeb advises many of the world’s leading organizations and their executives on the impact of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills on customer-facing activities, and delivers training to thousands of participants in both public and private forums. 

INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CRO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

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When it comes to prospecting, the simplest misstep can lead to disaster. Which channels should you use? Should you focus solely on email or on cold calls? How many times should you contact someone before they become annoyed? At which stage should you make your pitch? If you don’t already have solid answers to these questions, that’s OK. We do.

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl speaks with another founder of the incredibly popular OutBound Conference, international speaker and bestselling author Anthony Iannarino. Darryl and Anthony discuss the 5 enormous mistakes you need to avoid when prospecting, such as ways to offer content before even thinking about going into your pitch. They also share the right formula for outreach and offer ways to be persistent without being annoying. Don’t take a run at it and hope for the best, learn some solid prospecting tips on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Anthony Iannarino is a highly respected international speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and sales leader specializing in the complex business-to-business (B2B) sale. He is also a founder and managing partner of two closely-held, family-owned businesses in the staffing industry, leading both entities in strategic planning while growing sales. Anthony is best known for his work at The Sales Blog, which has helped him gain recognition as a top thought leader in sales strategy.

In each business, Anthony is focused on helping professionals reach their full potential. In 2007, while growing the sales force of his second staffing firm, he discovered a knack for coaching and realized that he could make enduring contributions to a company’s sales culture. He began blogging about complex selling processes and gravitated toward B2B companies facing challenges in sales force management and performance. His transition to professional speaking, consulting, and workshop facilitation led to the development of a trademarked methodology that has proven instrumental in helping sales organizations achieve revenue goals.

Throughout his career, Anthony has helped people in a wide variety of industries and markets think through and overcome their biggest business challenges. His greatest strength is in getting others to build consensus around what must change, and identify the resources within themselves that will drive positive results. Be it through the delivery of staffing solutions or sales strategies, Anthony is a trust builder who focuses on leading transformational conversations, those that create and sustain relationships of value. He is a natural mentor who brings the business acumen, situational knowledge, and experience to each engagement, and lays a solid foundation for future growth. 

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INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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How are you at prospecting? Do you have an idea of who you want to target? Do you rely too heavily on inbound or outbound leads? Are you struggling with which criteria to use for your ideal customer profile?

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, we continue our series with the founders of the wildly successful OutBound Conference as Darryl speaks with the one and only Mark “The Sales” Hunter. Darryl and Mark discuss ways to help you determine how to find your perfect prospect. They go over the importance of your messaging as well as the medium you are using. Darryl and Mark also go over how impactful it is to have a separate cadence for different targets, as well as advice on using your ICP to better understand your prospect’s pains. 

Learn how to grow your list of prospects on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Darryl's Guest:

Mark Hunter, known as, “The Sales Hunter,” is globally recognized for his expertise in sales leadership. He specializes in business development and guiding organizations to find and retain high-quality prospects without discounting their fee. His ability to inspire sales teams to create self-motivating and integrity-driven cultures, makes Mark Hunter a highly sought-after keynote speaker, consultant, and coach. Mark has taken his vision for sales leadership to more than 25 countries and 5 continents where he leads and consults with companies ranging from small startups to global giants.

Whether you engage Mark at a conference, reading one of his books, or a coaching call, you will immediately notice his high energy and authentic approach. Mark’s number one focus is relationships. He considers it an honor and privilege to connect with the people he is in a relationship with each day. It is this passion that has set him apart as a thought leader in the sales and leadership space.

When Mark is not traversing the globe, he makes his home in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife Ann Marie, whose support and love he would be lost without. He spends his spare time visiting his grandchildren and is never too busy for daily calls with his children. 

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INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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Do you struggle with using a script? Does it cause you to stumble? Do you find that they’re too robotic, or are only for new reps? If you aren’t using a script you risk losing a solid connection with your prospects.

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl is joined by the legendary Victor Antonio, one of the most elite keynote speakers on sales and motivation today. Darryl and Victor discuss the intricacy of scripts, and how using them can cause you to avoid mental hiccups in your messaging that can cause you to lose deals. They also offer fantastic tips such as using intonations and inflections so your script doesn’t sound robotic. 

Learn how to embrace using a script on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

About Victor Antonio:

A poor upbringing from one of the roughest areas of Chicago didn't stop Victor from earning a B.S. Electrical Engineering, an MBA and building a 20-year career as a top sales executive and becoming President of Global Sales and Marketing for a $420M company.

He's the author of 14 books on sales and motivation and recently launched the Sales Velocity Academy, a learning platform with 500+ videos.  Most recently he published "Sales Ex Machina: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World of Selling" and his newest book, "Upselling is the New Prospecting" is due out later this year.

His podcast and YouTube channel (Sales Influence) gets over 100,000 downloads a month and has almost 200,000 subscribers, respectively.  He is also the host of "Life or Debt"; a reality TV show on the Paramount Network where he helps families achieve financial stability.

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INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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How much do you value being liked? For a lot of people, the need to be liked is huge! Unfortunately for people in sales, this can lead to fears that can sabotage yourself and negatively impact your results. It can cause your voice to tremble, or even worse, stop you from picking up the phone altogether.

In this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales, Darryl speaks with Bernadette McClelland, an inimitable speaker, and award-winning author. Darryl and Bernadette discuss the psychology of how to best approach your role in sales and offer up thoughtful insights into the underlying challenges that come with constantly seeking approval. They also talk about ensuring that planning doesn’t become an excuse for procrastination, as well as avoiding the pitfall of comparing yourself to others.  Learn how to overcome your need to be liked, on this episode of INSIDE Inside Sales!

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INSIDE Inside Sales is hosted by Darryl Praill, CMO of VanillaSoft which is a program on the Funnel Radio Channel.  VanillaSoft is the sponsor for INSIDE Inside Sales. 

   
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