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It's time to get off the bench and into the LinkedIn game, and this week's guest is here to help. 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by the one, the only, the amazing Sam McKenna, LinkedIn lighthouse and founder of #samsales Consulting. Join them as they tackle dark social 101 including why to establish personal brand independent to your company, the metrics that don't matter, how to locate and tap your shareable content deposits (even if you think you don't have any), and engaging with a target on LinkedIn (even if they don't post). 

🔗 LINKS

Find Sam on LinkedIn or at the #samsales Consulting website.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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The more you have, the more you need, and salespeople today have a lot. But stripped of every tool in your arsenal, what would you actually need to sell? And would you have what it takes to succeed? 

Join Darryl and long-time friend Greg Meehan, Senior Sales Strategy Consultant at Skaled Consulting. They get to the root of what you actually "need" to be a success in sales, why entitlement is a barrier to high-performance, how to decimate every excuse in the book, and just how important hair is to your standing as a seasoned sales sage. 

🔗 LINKS

Find Greg on LinkedIn, or at Skaled.com.

Find How to Make Appointments By Telephone by Allan Pease here.

Find The Transparency Sale by Todd Caponi here. 

Those episodes were #193 with Thibaut Souyris, and #190 with Victor Vatus. 

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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In the next 36 minutes you're going to learn a little about a lot. 

Ollie Whitfield (Demand Generation Team Lead @ VanillaSoft) joins Darryl this week, and he's here to magic Autoklose's Growth Month events into the podcast version of a lunchable. In between banter, Darryl and Ollie break down the top takeaways from the 47 sessions across six key topics: prospecting, sales skills, brand, acquisitions, bootstrapping, and leadership. 

🔗 LINKS

Find Ollie on LinkedIn, Twitter, or at the VanillaSoft website.

Grab the 47 Growth Month sessions on the Autoklose website here. 

Those names again: Josh Braun, Belal Batrawy, Sam McKenna, Jason Bay, Richard Vanderblom, Daniel Disney, Vivica von Rosen, Tyler Lessard, and Ryan O'Hara.

Find that Brand Archetypes blog here.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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You're amazing, your product is amazing, and you deeply understand your customers' challenges. But when you don't get in front of potential buyers to show them that, how many do you think slide right past your pipeline? 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by Thibaut Souyris, CEO & Founder at SalesLabs. They break down why you need to go all-in on messaging, exactly how to find your sweet spot (step by step), why we don't do this when it seems so straightforward, and how a closed mind will freeze your development.

🔗 LINKS

Find Thibaut on LinkedIn, on Twitter, or at the Sales Labs website. His podcast is called The B2B Sales Podcast.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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Your breath is shallow. Hand shaking and head spinning, your click dial as the cold sweat beads on your forehead. That's right...you're cold calling. 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by the phonejacker®, Callum Beecroft, to find out how to remove the fear and milk every last lead from your cold calling efforts. You'll hear them talk about using sales math to set the right targets, having the right conversations to build momentum, how to use frameworks in your cold call, what cold calling and the gym have in common, and why you shouldn't be so dang hard on yourself.

🔗 LINKS

Find Callum on LinkedIn or at the phonejacker® website. Email him at [email protected].

That book Darryl mentioned is called Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There find it on Amazon here.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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So you missed your number. It happens to most of us in revenue at least once (sometimes often). So stop feeling like Robinson Crusoe, take a deep breath, and let's figure out how you're going to rebound right. 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by Ashleigh Early, Host and CEO of The Other Side of Sales. They take a look at the process of hitting your number from beginning to end, including: understanding the achievability of your quota, anatomizing your miss, rebounding right (and signs you should be rebounding elsewhere), plus the reliable, immediate remedies you should be reaching for.

🔗 LINKS

Find Ashleigh on LinkedIn or on Twitter. Her podcast is called The Other Side of Sales.

Find that Jason Lemkin on Hard Miss vs. Soft Miss here.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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In a crowded marketplace you need to be memorable. But when everyone's using omni-channel prospecting, a strong personal brand, and social selling, what's your point of difference? 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by Victor Vatus, Founder of Sell Me This Pen for a homage to doing what no one else is doing. They discuss the power of adopting a guerrilla mindset in everything from how you sell, who you sell to, and who you sell for. They also remind you why creativity is leagues more important than a big budget when it comes to standing out. 

🔗 LINKS

Find Victor on LinkedIn or at the Sell Me This Pen website.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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Evangelism, dark social, demand generation. They're on-trend marketing terms, but what do they really mean, and why should salespeople care?

In this episode Darryl is joined by the delightful Jen Allen, Chief Evangelist at Challenger Inc. Drawing from their bulky sales experience, Jen and Darryl explore just what evangelism is, what influence it's having in selling environments, exactly how salespeople can use it to flavour your MO, the importance of persistence, and why your sights should be set higher than lead generation. 

🔗 LINKS

Find Jen on LinkedIn. Her podcast is Winning the Challenger Sale, and she's evangelical about Challenger Inc. 

That BombBomb article Jen mentioned is here.

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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Knowing what your customer values most should be a bright guiding star on their journey through your pipeline, but assuming they value what you value is a common error that can lead you in entirely the wrong direction. 

In this episode, Darryl is joined by Pricing Expert, Speaker and Author Mark Stiving, and they're here to flip your thinking on pricing on its head. Darryl and Mark to signpost three buyer journeys that demonstrate just how fluid price sensitivity is, illustrate how those journeys shift the perspective of price, and outline what your activities should be regardless of the customer's journey (or your own perspective). They'll also remind you that you are not normal. 

🔗 LINKS

Find Mark on LinkedIn, at the Impact Pricing website, or at his website. 

His latest book is called Selling Value: How to Win More Deals at Higher Prices and you'll find it on Amazon here. His other books are Impact Pricing and Win Keep Grow.

You can see the Value Journey Map here. 

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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Does you work week feel like 40 hours of sprinting in place? You might need to add something extra to get the needle moving on work that matters–proactivity.
 

In the episode Darryl is joined by JM Wilkie, the VP of Operations, Principal Growth Consultant, and the secret sauce at Scott Leese Consulting. This episode is packed wisdom on focusing your energy for maximum impact, keeping yourself on track, why there's no reason to try to do everything yourself, and even how to bring your customers along with you. 

You may never set yourself up for failure again. 

🔗 LINKS

Find JM on LinkedIn, or at Scott Leese Consulting. That book is called Disney U. 

Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn.

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Are you in sales, but you're not using a sales engagement tool? Then you're probably losing out on revenue because you are not engaging with prospects at the right time, with the right cadence, and with enough persistency. You need VanillaSoft.

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