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Startup Selling: Talking Sales with Scott Sambucci

Over the past twenty years, I’ve led three Silicon Valley startups to their first customers and revenue, and sold everything from financial data, enterprise software, and vaporware to cabinet doors, amusement park daily programs, and “would you like fries with that…?” My customers have included the largest financial institutions in the world, top US Universities, cabinet door makers and people that eat at Applebees and go to amusement parks... I’ve learned a lot, and made a few, ahem, well… a lot, of mistakes. Here in The Sales Podcast with Scott Sambucci, I share the lessons learned from my past two decades of selling. In each episode, I discuss a specific topic in selling and sales strategy like how to find new prospective customers, how to manage leads, how to run an effective sales meeting, uncovering customer needs, and developing pricing strategies. Episodes are a mix of guest interviews, observations from the field, and sales techniques that I’m using every single day. And people that care about such things, I’ve written two books, been a TEDx Speaker, been featured on CNBC, The Financial Times and NPR. Oh… I’m also a husband, a dad, and a three-time Ironman triathlete. Build your sales process so that you can have the company you imagine. The Sales Podcast with Scott Sambucci will help you get there.
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Dec 21, 2015

This SalesCast is brought to you by, well, SalesQualia. Check out the Startup Selling Program, a 90-day program focused on finding customers, growing revenue and building your sales process.

In this episode, Scott and Robert discuss the process to qualify and pursue potential sales leads, as well as tips to help you position yourself at a conference. Key areas we cover are:

  • Quickly identifying and pursuing a potential sales lead, and what lessons you might learn when you’re contacting leads.
  • You need to be willing to be patient because will speed up your process and you’ll earn the trust from a prospective lead.
  • How to really quickly convey the unique value proposition that a prospect’s company offers versus other companies who might do the same thing.
  • What to do with the people that you weren’t able to touch base with at a conference, and the one thing you fail to do at a conference.

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Podcast Notes

02:56 – How to quickly identify whether you want to pursue a person as potential sales lead.

05:55 - Lessons when you’re out calling people on the phone or email.

06:25 – Taking leadership in the conversations.

07:16 – The types of selling approaches to use.

09:18 – The number one tip of the day.

10:38 – Qualify your lead or your conversation first.

12:35 – Learning how to position yourself.

15:25 – What you should be doing for value proposition.

20:00 – How long to generally wait before trying to create more contact with potential leads.

23:45 – What to do with the people that you weren’t able to touch base with at a conference.

27:15 – One thing you notice you’re not doing at a conference.

 

Resources mentioned or related to this podcast

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