My longtime friend, Ralph Barsi, spoke with our team.  Though you missed out on an incredible talk, I asked Ralph if I could share his subsequent email as a public blog.  He agreed. The rest speaks for itself.  Every single young sales professional needs to read the below and follow Ralph.  Enjoy. Hello Vorsight, We covered a lot in an …

I was at a sales leader networking event tonight.  During happy hour everyone was shocked when I said that I love cold calling.  Their shock surprised me.  I know it’s not a popular activity but you had to think some of these people would at least have some fond memories of cold calling.  All I got was strange looks and …

I was sitting in the airport over hearing the conversation of a guy who was clearly a sales engineer (aka solutions consultant, solutions architect, solutions engineer). Judging by what he said it was a pre-sales call where he handled the finer points of the proposed solution to the prospective customer.  He navigated through how the solution would work in their …

Coaching is the thing every sales leader wants their managers doing more of.  Yet it is the thing that consistently falls through the cracks?  Why?  Because building and maintaining a coaching program is hard.  Sales managers themselves say they aren’t very good at coaching. Why do sales managers admit that they underperform on coaching?  Because in order to develop a …

4 months ago I found myself in the same position, having transitioned into a leadership role in Sales Development at Teem. I’m stoked about it because of how much pain we solve with room management in the digital workplace. (Sign up for a trial here, it’s free!) Sales Development is a very new initiative here, with me being the 1st …

It was one of those moments of clarity. A profound ‘Ah-hah’ that smacks me on the head. This past week, I was at SalesLloft Rainmaker 2017.  What an AMAZING event. What they do to help the modern seller effectively engage the today’s buyer is transformative. If only I had these tools when I was coming up through the ranks many …

Just like OxiClean, there are 101 ways that customers use ExecVision. We observed and we listened. We documented here for your benefit. How else can you leverage your conversation assets? Comment below.

SPIN Selling – This is a classic just like Catcher in the Rye.  You need to know it. The Joshua Principle – A coming of age story that teaches the effort of selling. The Challenger Sale – A modern classic that’s referenced more often than any other. Conversations That Win the Complex Sale – Corporate Visions takes us deep inside …

Let’s face it. People like to talk. In fact, neuroscience tells us that most people spend 60% of conversations talking about themselves. We’re wired to do so. Recent research shows that when we talk about ourselves, blood flow increases to three major parts of the brain associated with reward. This uptick in neural activity makes us feel good when talking …

This is a simple tip borrowed from video editing that can be applied to dramatically reduce the time for sales reps and managers to efficiently review call recordings. When making movies, Hollywood uses a black and white slate marker to put a visual and audio ‘bookmark’ at the beginning of shooting a new scene. In post-production editors can look for …