Jennifer Zhou is the top Senior Account Executive at Attentive, a personalized text messaging platform built for innovative e-commerce brands. Attentive is the most comprehensive text message marketing solution, driving 18.5% of total online revenue for businesses by creating thoughtful SMS experiences. Jenn is an accomplished and knowledgeable sales professional who knows how to be effective and intentional in everything she does.

Lori Richardson is the founder of Women Sales Pros and a B2B sales and revenue growth strategist at her own firm, Score More Sales. Lori is also the host of the Conversations with Women in Sales Podcast, a show that features women in sales who are doing incredible work and their male counterparts who have become allies. Each episode features topics such as leadership, career management, overcoming adversity, sales and marketing alignment, content creation, and more.

This is the Sales Success Stories Podcast and I'm your host, Scott Ingram. I really appreciate you listening to this show, but listening is such a passive activity so I want to challenge you to get a little more involved in the Sales Success Community and to do something to improve yourself. So today I'm going to issue that challenge.

Chris Horton is the top Key Account Executive at Workstream, a text recruiting and hiring tool for local businesses, especially restaurants. Chris is also the first rep in Workstream’s history to close more than one million dollars, and he did it in just six months! His keys to success include turning ideas into action, bringing a vision of a bright future, and doing big things to change the world. Chris is a passionate sales professional who truly looks to provide meaningful and lasting value to his customers.

In today’s bonus episode, Scott sits down with Chief Revenue Officer at Proposify, Conor Cox. Conor joins the show for a deep dive into the impact that proposal software can have on the closing side of the business. Scott and Conor discuss best practices to help you win a higher percentage of your deals and what Proposify is doing to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. Conor talks in detail about the importance of having visibility and control over your proposals and speaks to how he structures his team at Proposify to put them in a position to be successful. Finally, Scott and Conor talk about the impact Proposify is having on management and how that is impacting their customers.

Patrick Joyce is a true one-percenter and he’s also the first sales hire Scott has officially made in his journey towards building his very own world-class sales organization. Patrick has been a lifelong seller with a diverse background including graduate-level mathematics, secondary education, insurance, and SaaS. He’s consulted over 100 startups and has a reputation for his unique ability to craft relevant, multichannel messaging that delivers results. Patrick has worked to successfully coach clients on breaking into new business ranging from SMB to Fortune 100 markets. Now, he’s joined Sales Success Media to help Scott build something incredible and lasting!

In this week's bonus episode, I've got the audio from the most recent All Things Sales Success webinar series sessions with Tim Clarke of UNCrushed for you. Stay tuned at the end to learn more about the connection between UNCrushed and this year's Sales Success Summit. Here's my conversation with Tim:

Rachel Shi is currently the Senior Manager of Partnerships at Vidyard, after leaving her previous company as their number one Account Executive. Vidyard is the video platform for Marketing and Sales Video hosting, enablement, and analytics that help their clients connect with more buyers, close more deals, and optimize their content for real results. Rachel is a driven, curious and quick on her feet sales and partnerships professional with a heart for creativity and a mind for business. Her experience driving business impact for startups to Fortune 500 companies is underscored by over ten years in design thinking. Currently, Rachel is building and scaling strategic partnerships for Vidyard’s ecosystem while growing her own sales consultancy business.

In today's bonus episode, I wanted to share with you Nina Butler's virtual presentation at last year's Sales Success Summit where she talked about The ABP's of Gifting in Sales.

Alyce has been an incredible sponsor of ours all year long, and rather than telling you about Alyce this time. I'd really like for you to experience what it's like to get a gift from Alyce. If you're in the US or Canada, all you have to do is write a short review of this podcast either on Apple Podcasts or if you're not using an Apple Device then on Podchaser. Take a screenshot of that review and email it to me at [email protected] and we'll set you up with the gift of your choice worth up to $50 from Alyce.

I'll remind you again, but in the meantime, here's Nina to talk about gifting in sales:

Derek Sentner is the VP of Sales & Business Development at Driver Studios, an award-winning media and entertainment company focused on the development, production, distribution, marketing, and licensing of entertainment content. Derek is a highly motivated and entrepreneurial sales leader who is focused on driving revenue and building businesses. Employing a conversational sales style and a consultative sales philosophy, Derek has been able to achieve incredible results at Driver Studios and is consistently a top performer.