SALES with ASLAN

This week on #sALESwithASLAN, I am joined by a small business owner David Piacitelli  of https://toplinegrowth.com/, an outbound sales company. Dave offers great perspective on the difference between his company is handling the crisis vs an in house selling group. We discuss how all his manufacturing clients, from all markets, are dealing with the subject of selling during the pandemic. Most importantly, we look optimistically at how we can best use this time as sellers to build and enhance our other-centered® relationship with our prospects and clients. #salestips #salescoaching #salesreps

Dr. Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in the United States has been in the news constantly for the past month.  His role is to help America flatten the curve on the spread of the Coronavirus and to do that, he must convince US citizens of the proper course of action. To do that, he must open up our collective #receptivity. As #salesreps, we also must focus on our customers’ whiteboard (what is important to them) in order to open their receptivity. This week on #sALESwithASLAN, I am joined by The Sales Strategist John Ferguson who recently wrote this article: Dr. Fauci and Driving Receptivity which you can find on Linkedin. We can learn a lot here and enjoy the beer. #salestips

The world has changed for #salesmanagers as well. This week on #sALESwithASLAN, we help those who help those who sell for a living. ASLAN founders Tom Stanfill and Tab Norris join me to discuss everything from helping #salesreps find that motivation while still focusing on the development of the rep. #salestips #salesmanager #salescoaching

The world has changed in the past few weeks and #salesreps who are used to “pressing the flesh” with their customers are now forced to sell remotely. ASLAN founders Tom Stanfill and Tab Norris join me on #sALESwithASLAN to discuss everything from motivation to tactical #salestips #salesmanager #salescoaching

This week on #sALESwithASLAN, we turn our attention from the #salesreps to the #salesmanager. ASLAN Co-Founder Tab Norris joins me to discuss the one of the three phases of coaching Align. In this episode, both coaches and reps can hear some helpful ways to structure the most productive time together and to ensure each session has the maximum benefit to the reps development. This 6 step process will not only make you a better coach but it will enhance the partnership between rep and manager.  #salescoaching

The Coronavirus is already causing business disruption. Sales Conferences are being cancelled or postponed. Customers are changing their spending patterns. As sales reps and sales managers think about how they need to help their customers though this challenging time, ASLAN CEO Tom Stanfill says, “There is always a way to win. There are those who see some things as a barrier and others who see opportunity.” The truth is that the coronavirus is on everyone’s mind. Don’t ignore it! Use some of the tips on this episode of #sALESwithASLAN to prepare and reach out to your customers to help them think through all the options that they have within the context of your partnership. Use this “opportunity” to show your customers you are here to help them navigate challenges. Its about doing the right thing. #MotiveIsTransparent #salestips #salescoaching #salestraining

Not necessarily. Tension in the buyer-seller relationship is definitely bad but there is a kind of tension that can be healthy. This week on #sALESwithASLAN, our President Marc Lamson and I unpack the two main types of tension that exist with our clients. This topic actually comes from a client of ASLAN’s and because they also recommended our Ale choices today, we send a proud shout out to Utah and our podcast loyalists out there. Enjoy the topic and enjoy the beer. #salestips #salescoaching

Ep. 44 – You Hate Process But It Will Save You

This week on #sALESwithASLAN we talk process, sales process. As a selling free spirit, you might think I got this, I don’t need not stinking process. Well you do and we discuss why and the consequences of what happens if you don’t follow a roadmap to solving your customers problems. We address what is it and what’s the purpose of a sales process as well as what most people miss and finally how we can convince our customers that we are indeed the expert and that it is in their best interest to guide the engagement. Our CEO and C-co-founder Tom Stanfill joins our president Marc Lamson and me to uncover the nuance of this important topic. Enjoy the beer. #salestips #salestraining

On #sALESwithASLAN we talk a lot about truly being other-centered® not just trying to fake it. Well this week, I am joined by a true disciple of this philosophy, Matt Caldwell. Matt and I have known one another for nearly 20 years since we collaborated at APC in the early 2000s. Matt was exposed to ASLAN early in his career and has carried the foundations through a selling journey that has included transactional, complex and even executive relationship selling. Matt tells stories of how has applied these core principles in each of those stops along the way. IT is always great to hear how our content is helping real life sales reps in the real world. Enjoy the conversation and enjoy the beer. #salestips #othercentered

This week on #sALESwithASLAN, we take a look at some of the best and worst emails we get from sales people. By laughing and crying and exploring what we see, we hope to give you some ideas for improving your own #prospecting email approach. This can be such a useful tool for you to hunt and find new business but when done poorly, it can really backfire. You too could wind up on a podcast 😉 Enjoy the episode with our President Marc Lamson and enjoy the beer.