Rooted In Revenue

Karen and Susan cover where the typos are and how it can affect your credibility and make it more difficult for your sales team to build confidence with prospects. Listen to the full episode to get examples, details and an action list.
Susan's List of task reminders to keep it current.
Karen's secret tool to help you find the typos fast.
Check your own site for links to internal PDF files, videos on a YouTube channel, too - those change over time, especially since people are converting personal channels to business channels.

This lively visit with real estate agent, Kristina Smallhorn applies to all businesses who need and receive reviews. The video version linked in the bottom will have some how to tips, too. 
Business reviews are not just for B2C and brick and mortar. ALL businesses need reviews in the right places where their potential clients go when considering them as as solution. This, along with what their colleagues and friends recommend play the biggest role in decision making before they even contact you.

 
Susan welcomes back author and impact training expert, Amy Franko, as a follow up to the book launch episode for The Modern Seller. Update on her book, wildly successful launch propelled her into the number one position for Kindle downloads in the category of Sales Techniques. We've continued to follow her tips, posts, appearances and the topic of The Why and the How came up. Her blog post titled, "What Distinguishes a Standout Seller?" led to this interview. There is not one answer, but Amy helps you determine the questions to have ready in order to guide the meeting, the presentation and ultimately - THE SALE.
Be sure to sign up for her newsletters, guides and more. Definitely worth adding to your weekly research list for those AHA moments.
AmyFranko.com - you will find her book, The Modern Seller there as well.

 
Take a breath. Really, take a deep breath before you pick up the phone. While you're at it raise your arms, lower your shoulders, sit up straight, smile then make that call, walk into the meeting, take the stage. Speech patterns and bad habits can tune your audience out, even an audience of one, before you get further than your introduction. This will cost you revenue and waste everyone's time.
Take tips from voice and dialect coach, Susan E. Finch. This show should have been a video - it was so much fun and packed with applicable tips to keep you from being annoying. The biggest culprits?  Women! Women 17 - 35 and this voice fry issue where they sound like they are swallowing their words. Next, the gutteral hiccup - that punch that only belongs in the Cockney community in London.

Hey CMOs, CEOs how do you have your SDRs embrace an external group of SDRs to train your existing team on how to secure that first meeting and take it to conversion? 
Our guest is Whitney Marshall, Co-Founder of Qualified Meetings. Their goal is to operate as an extension of your sales team – our only goal is to convert highly qualified opportunities that meet both of our standards. 
Why wouldn't you invest in a proven process and full-service program that will predictably grow your pipeline, while simultaneously providing data intelligence, resulting in an improved go-to-market strategy based on real data and conversations? Or do you think hand your reps a call list, sitting them in the corner telling them to dial their little hearts out and close deals is enough training?

 
Teresa Huber and Susan Finch talk about the importance of an ADA compliant website. When most marketing departments think of disabilities and ADA compliance, they think about blind people, those in wheelchairs and more obvious issues. Don't forget about those with dyslexia, those who are color blind, hearing disabled. You may not realize how much of your buyer personas include people with a variety of disabilities. Why would you want to exclude them from viewing your site, doing research on your site and ultimately paying for your product or service? Join us for some interesting facts and example, as well as tools to do a quick assessment of your existing sites.
Visit her website - you will learn VERY interesting facts immediately on the home page. 
Tools for quick assessments so you can initially know, "... just how bad is it?"
webaim.orgachecker.ca

Author, Barbara Weaver Smith joins Susan Dec. 6 for this episode (listen live on this site at the right). Her first book, Whale Hunting, exposed us to how to succeed in landing larger accounts. Whale Hunting provides your B2B company with a clear, step-based model for successfully finding, landing, and harvesting whale-size accounts–the kinds of accounts that transform your business. It can mean the difference between merely surviving and thriving spectacularly. But you have to be smart and you have to be prepared!
In this episode we go to the next level: Whale Hunting for Global Accounts.
Some of the tips covered help you get in the mindset and secure your partners and team to handle this global accounts.
A big tip is that perhaps you've heard of the US Department of Commerce, but you may not know what they do or can do for you and your business. This is a VERY helpful partnership. The episode gives you specifics of how they help businesses small and large secure global accounts. You can go to their (somewhat dry) site here >
Changing your thinking of your business and your clients is the most critical piece. They are ready to be global or already are. You need to make sure you fit into that picture to enjoy a bigger version of your current status with them as a supplier. Be the solutions for ALL locations, all divisions. 
Expanding your team will most likely be necessary. BUT your clients may have more in place to assist you than you realize. 
Time to make some new partners, as well. EVERYONE can grow and be more successful with your new mindset, including your clients. AND you will build strong loyalty from them.
Listen in and take notes.

My guest is Heather Williams, the Vice President of Business Development at Strategic Dynamics, Inc. Heather helps organizations sell more effectively to their customers . She works with several healthcare companies but also works with other industries as well including finance. Heather works with senior level executives and HR to ensure organizations are hiring the right talent for all positions. Today we are discussing her book, “Selling to Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations.
To sell effectively in this new ecosystem today’s sellers must understand the role and function of hospital and alternate site personnel and their language. We call this Business Acumen. Sellers that understand the language and business of hospitals receive immediate credibility, which is a foundation for building communication and trust.
As hospitals migrate from a fee-for-service reimbursement methodology to payment for value, based upon patient outcomes; they are creating new business models and new relationships with insurers, physician practices, single and multi-specialty community clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers, specialized treatment service centers, specialty hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare entities.
Available on Amazon
Buying the book will keep you in the loop for updates and book 2 coming out in 2019.
In this episode we cover:
Who would find this book useful?
Anyone who is calling on Hospitals or Healthcare Organizations. This includes, sales personnel, marketing, operations (for equipment implementations) or product service personnel.
Sellers must understand the role and function of the hospital and their personnel (the jobs they perform) and then be able to speak their language.
Private citizens will also find this book useful if they want to increase their knowledge base about healthcare organizations and personnel. After all we all need healthcare and it helps to be more knowledgeable about our options, the different institutions and the people who deliver the care.
What is included in the book?
The book is broken up in 2 parts and then 4 Appendices
Hospital Business Acumen & Clinical Terms
Hospital Physician & Key Healthcare Personnel
The Appendices includes Acronyms & Medical Industry Abbreviations, Anatomical Orientation Terms, several Healthcare Agencies & Organizations, and lastly some common Prescription Terms
How do you use this with your clients?
We let them know this is available and a great resource for on-boarding new company personnel who do not have any healthcare experience or who may be required to call on personnel in a new department or entity that was not previously served.
For those that have experience, this is a great resource to keep on-hand as reference There may be a Healthcare acronym that you may not be aware that is in the book.

What have you learned about Buyer Enablement, beyond the evolution of Sales Enablement?
The sales people need to see how the buyers are responding to what they are doing.
What do buyers really want from salespeople? Well, we're not doing a very good job of getting them what they truly want.
If we're going to enable our salespeople, we need to ENABLE them to help the buyer. If they can't, we are failing at Sales Enablement.
The old sales training techniques no longer work. The role of the sales person has shifted over the past two years. Sales people are an information conduit to allow the buyer to preview what they may need. They almost become a concierge. It becomes a service role. Sales people have to evolve.
Do Sales & Marketing need to be aligned? You'll have to listen to find out. 
Susan's guests today are Orrin Broberg, CEO/President, Modus and Alice Heiman of Alice Heiman, LLC and co-founder of Tradeshow Makeover.
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About Modus:
Modus-built applications are intuitive because salespeople don’t have the time to be trained. Salespeople can customize their presentations and you can create strategies which govern the content users see. Your salespeople in France will only see collateral in French.
Modus Provides Companies a Complete Digital Transformation of their Sales Distribution Channel Strategy
Your remote salespeople worldwide don’t have the luxury of an online connection when meeting with clients. With our enterprise digital sales enablement platform, all the information salespeople need for the next sales call is immediately available on their tablet, phone, or laptop.
 

Today's guest is Amy Franko, author of The Modern Seller. (available on Kindle or hardcopy). Some of the points we cover in this interview include big points taken directly from her book. 
The big five skills that modern sellers need to become successful.
What it means to be agile in sales and why that’s critical.
How an entrepreneurial mindset can boost sales.
Why being “holistic” is an important trait.
How an energy routine can help build motivation and discipline.
The proven approach to take in creating your network.
What makes an ambassador unique.What characteristics make a great sales person?
How would you define modern selling? What's changed in the past 5, 10, 20 years?
What are some of the biggest trends influencing buyers in today's market?
What advice would you give to someone struggling to stay motivated in their sales role?
How can sales people continue to develop and keep sales strategies "modern?"
People are saying about the book:
“Amy has nailed it with The Modern Seller. This is exactly the mindset, skills, and agility sales professionals need to succeed and thrive in this fast-evolving selling environment. Our team is striving to make this transition right now. We see it as critical to our growth—and survival.”Pete McChrystal - President & CEO, Accent Technologies
“The Modern Seller is an insightful, must-read book. If you don’t know what a modern seller is and how to get there, you will be left in the dust. This book is a critical guide for paving the way to becoming a modern seller.”Andy Quintana - SVP Business Development, Partnerships & Alliances, Accent Technologies
“The Modern Seller is filled with actionable insights and practical strategies to set you apart from competitors, make you irresistible to today’s buyers and ultimately, drive more revenue. In short, YOU become the differentiator.”Jill Konrath - Author of More Sales Less Time & SNAP Selling

If things get in the way of closing sales, it affects revenue. Duh. This is the second half of our discussion about the book by Tom Williams and Tom Saine - a must read and MUST HIGHLIGHT, The Seller's Challenge: How Top Sellers Master 10 Deal Killing Obstacles (concerns) in B2B Sales. 
Points covered include:
Procurement (or Purchasing) can be a challenging obstacle for many sellers. How would you advise a seller to deal with Procurement?
I noticed that you use the term “concerns” in lieu of “objections”. Why was that?
You describe Gatekeepers in a novel way. Tell our listeners about that.
You have a chapter on managing price demands. What are 1-2 takeaways for our listeners in that chapter.
Will you be offering any training or keynotes on the topics in the book?
Are there any other tools available to be used in conjunction with the book?
Get the book on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/2LJ057j and in bookstores
Reach Tom Williams:
[email protected], LinkedInwww.strategicdynamicsfirm.com  
and Thomas Saine:
[email protected]

This is a two part interview about the book by Tom Willliams and Tom Saine - a must read and MUST HIGHLIGHT, The Seller's Challenge: How Top Sellers Master 10 Deal Killing Obstacles (concerns) in B2B Sales. 
In this first half I asked them about several chapters and key points of the book.
1. What was the genesis for the book? How did it evolve?2. What is stakeholder mapping and why is it important?3. You wrote an entire chapter on status quo. Why?4. What role in sales training should insight-selling play?5. For sellers that handle RFPs that chapter is a must read. What are 1-2 takeaways that are important for our readers to know?
Get the book on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/2LJ057j and in bookstores
Reach Tom Williams:
[email protected], LinkedInwww.strategicdynamicsfirm.com  
and Thomas Saine:
[email protected]
Our next episode will cover Gatekeepers and their changing role and value, Price Demands and Procurement.