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Matt Heinz on Sales: How & Why Field Salespeople Must Master Social Selling In The Modern Era
Matt Heinz on Sales: How & Why Field Salespeople Must Master Social Selling In The Modern Era Most salespeople treat social media like a megaphone. The ones who win treat it like an ear. President and founder of Heinz Marketing, award-winning author of Successful Social Selling and Sales for Startups, and one of the top 50 most influential people in sales lead management, Matt Heinz joined host Steve Benson on Outside Sales Talk to reframe how field salespeople should think about social media entirely. His message is clear: stop trying to sell on social, and start using it as the most powerful listening and relationship-building tool ever invented. Here are the biggest Matt Heinz sales insights…
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Brynne Tillman on Sales: How to Use LinkedIn to Attract Buyers and Build Win-Win Relationships
Brynne Tillman on Sales: How to Use LinkedIn to Attract Buyers and Build Win-Win Relationships Most salespeople are using LinkedIn the wrong way - and it's costing them conversations they don't even know they're missing. Brynne Tillman - the LinkedIn Whisperer, CEO of Social Sales Link, and author of the LinkedIn Sales Playbook - joined host Steve Benson on Outside Sales Talk to share a decade's worth of LinkedIn selling strategies that go far beyond posting content and hoping for the best. Brynne's philosophy is simple but powerful: social selling isn't about broadcasting - it's about showing up with empathy, being a genuine resource, and staying in front of the right people so that…
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Chris J Reed on Sales: Expert LinkedIn Tactics to Grow Your Pipeline & Build Your Brand
Chris J Reed on Sales: Expert LinkedIn Tactics to Grow Your Pipeline & Build Your Brand When Chris J "Mohawk" Reed joined Steve Benson on the Outside Sales Talk podcast, he brought a perspective most LinkedIn advice misses entirely: the platform isn't just a networking tool - it's a data-driven prospecting engine that most salespeople are barely using. As the most recommended LinkedIn marketing entrepreneur on the platform, a four-time international bestselling author, and founder of Black Marketing, Chris built his entire business through LinkedIn after moving to Singapore without knowing a single person. His tactics are specific, tool-level, and immediately actionable. Here are the biggest Chris J Reed sales insights from the interview, distilled…
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Mike Schultz on Sales: How to Use Insight Selling to Educate Buyers and Win More Deals
Mike Schultz on Sales: How to Use Insight Selling to Educate Buyers and Win More Deals Consultative selling used to be the gold standard... now it's just the entry fee. Mike Schultz - president of Rain Group, director of the Rain Group Center for Sales Research, and Wall Street Journal bestselling co-author of Insight Selling and Rainmaker Conversations - joined host Steve Benson on Outside Sales Talk to make a case that changes how you think about every sales conversation. Based on a study of 731 real B2B purchases comparing what winners did differently from second-place finishers, Mike's research reveals that understanding needs and crafting solutions is no longer enough to win - it's only…
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Melinda Emerson on Sales: How to Use Consultative Selling to Build Lasting Customer Partnerships
Melinda Emerson on Sales: How to Use Consultative Selling to Build Lasting Customer Partnerships Consider this: Most salespeople are so focused on the next deal that they're quietly destroying the ones they already have. Known as the Small Biz Lady and host of the SmallBizChat Podcast, Melinda Emerson joined host Steve Benson on Outside Sales Talk to share her philosophy on consultative selling. With 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and a client roster that includes Fortune 500 companies, Melinda makes a compelling case that the salespeople who win long-term aren't the sharpest closers - they're the ones who listen best, protect their customer relationships fiercely, and think two or three sales ahead. Here are…
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