Sales Success Stories

John Hinkson — Car Salesman Extraordinaire It's all about service Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/26 This episode was sponsored by ViewedIt by Vidyard. Get the free chrome extension today: http://top1.fm/v John Hinkson is the top car salesman at Dan Cummins Chevrolet, a car dealership based in a small town in Kentucky with just under 10,000 residents. The amazing thing is that the dealership sold over 9,500 cars last year, and John personally sold over 40 cars every month (the national average is 12), despite only having started three years ago. Tune in to this episode to hear the incredible story of John’s success, and how he achieved it simply by putting people first, and focusing on serving their needs as best as he could. John’s story is an inspiration — if he could achieve such stellar results in just three years, so can you!

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Trong Nguyen — Personal Agendas Trump Business Agendas The power of building personal relationships Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/25 This episode was sponsored by ViewedIt by Vidyard. Get the free chrome extension today: http://top1.fm/v Trong Nguyen has spent most of his sales career in complex Enterprise Sales, and recently wrote a book called "Winning the Cloud: Sales Stories and Advice from My Days at Microsoft." Trong has an incredible track record, and a wealth of experience in handling complex deals in very complex, multi-level organizations. He was Global Account Manager (GAM) at Dell, where he was named GAM of the Year in 2006, before moving to Microsoft, where he worked on game-changing, multi-million-dollar deals in financial services and healthcare. In this episode, Trong shares some insights into the world of managing complex sales, and how building personal relationships has allowed him to create success for hi

David Weiss — The Science of Sales There is a methodology that will bring you success Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/24 This episode was sponsored by ViewedIt by Vidyard. Get the free chrome extension today: http://top1.fm/v David Weiss was the #1 seller in his division last year at 220% of plan in the Talent Acquisition Solutions Division, as a part of the Global Enterprise Sales team at ADP. He is the subject matter expert who speaks with executives about the talent acquisition marketplace and how ADP’s solutions can impact them. By adopting a very scientific approach to sales, David has managed to work his way to #1. His method is teachable, learnable, and anyone can do it — he guarantees a definite improvement in your results if you follow in his footsteps. Tune in to learn more about David’s sales methodology and process, and take yourself to the top too!  

Abhishek Kohli — Sales In India It’s not just about selling to one person. Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/23 This episode was sponsored by ViewedIt by Vidyard. Get the free chrome extension today: http://top1.fm/v Abhishek Kohli is an Account Manager at Clarivate Analytics, which was until recently, the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters. He is based in New Delhi, India, where he is selling to government agencies and institutions in the North and Central part of India. In this episode, he shares his experiences dealing with government bodies and bureaucracies in one of the toughest, most challenging markets, India, and how he overcomes the obstacles he is faced with on a daily basis. Tune in to find out more!  

Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/22 This episode was sponsored by ViewedIt from Vidyard. Get the free chrome extension today: http://top1.fm/v Florin Tatulea - Effective SDR Prospecting Tips to Get More Meetings Data Wins: Don’t rely on others, do your own tests to see what works for you! Florin Tatulea is the Number One Business Development Representative (BDR) at Loopio, a company that helps clients manage RFIs, RFPs, and Security Questionnaires. Florin started off at Loopio as the first salesperson in the company, and has now grown to the point where he recently made the transition to the role of an account executive. In this episode, Florin shares his secret to success — that data always wins, and why you should always do your own A/B testing to find out what works for you. Tune in to find out more!  

You don’t need cold calls if you sell on social. Allen Schlesinger is the Premium Sales Manager for the Austin Spurs. He has been the #1 seller in all of the NBA Development League (NBA G League) for the last four years consecutively. Allen started off with no experience in sales, and has risen to become one of the top sellers in his industry — and he hasn’t made a cold call in five years! Allen uses social selling on avenues such as LinkedIn and email to get clients, and is a living example of the fact that persistence pays. Tune in to this episode to find out how you can turn to social selling to ramp up your sales and become a top seller too! Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/21  

Barry Womack — Leverage Your Resources Know the resources you have, and use them! Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/20 Barry Womack was the Annual Top Performer in his regional sales manager role at Cvent, a meeting and event technology platform, where he focuses on enterprise solutions and achieved 208% of his annual quota. His role includes working with existing clients to expand and grow those partnerships, and bringing on new logos and creating new revenue for the company. Tune in to learn more about leveraging resources, and making the most of what you have by being prepared.

Christina Izokovic — Be Better Than Yourself When you’re #1, push to be better than yourself. Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/19 Christina Izokovic is the Number 1 Pharmaceutical Sales Rep, and Rep of the Year, for Avion Pharmaceuticals. She works in one of the toughest territories, that has a reputation for being a closed territory. By really diving deep and making a big impact, Christina has grown her numbers month after month, in all core brands, and every single product. She has received a couple of promotions within the last year and is now a District Sales Trainer, and is a part of the Marketing Board as well. Tune in to hear how Christina’s tips on being better than #1, and how to make an impact even with the toughest clients.  

Robbie Siegel — Relationships, Routines, Challenges, Changes It’s all comes back to increasing selling time! Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/18 Robbie Siegel works in the medical device space with Medline Industries, a manufacturer and distributor of medical products in Las Vegas. He was named the corporate account sales rep of the year, one of about 150, and one of only two reps in the company who sold over $6 million last year. In this episode, Robbie joins Scott to talk about building relationships and routines, tackling challenges, and making changes. Tune in to find out what you can do to increase your selling time, and become a star like Robbie!

Eli Wilde — It’s Not Motivation, It’s Conditioning Your success boils down to your habits and conditioning Full show notes complete with shareable clips and links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/17 Eli Wilde is and has been the top seller for the Tony Robbins Organization for many years now. He started of with humble beginnings in Maryland, and during a particularly difficult phase of his life, he attended a Tony Robbins session, which changed his life. Since then, he has completely overhauled his life, and has achieved many successes. Tune in to hear Eli talk about how he got to, and has managed to stay at, the top all these years, and the role that conditioning and building habits has to do with ensuring your long term success.

Colin Specter — All About Attitude Positive results follow a positive attitude! Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/16 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Colin Specter is a Senior Account Executive at Namely, an All-in-One HR, payroll and benefits solution. He is the top seller, and has been for the last three years running, across multiple different roles and territories. Colin joins Scott to discuss the importance of having the right, positive attitude, and a strong belief in the product or service that you’re selling, in order to become a top seller. Tune in to find out some ways you can develop a positive attitude, so that you too can become a top seller like Colin!

Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/b1 Nudge.AI Chrome Extension Nudge Webinar Steve Woods is the co-founder and CTO of Nudge.AI, a platform that helps sales professionals build, maintain, and strengthen relationships with people in their network. Tune in to this special bonus episode to find out more about the value of Nudge to sales professionals, and to dig a little deeper into their backstory and vision.

Josh Mueller — Think Relationships, Not Transactions. Move beyond the idea of sales as transactions; build relationships and earn lifelong customers. Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/15 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Josh Mueller has been one of the top producers at Cutco Cutlery for the last eight years. Josh is the first seller on the show who isn’t in B2B sales, but has made it to the top of his game since he got into the industry, and has consistently remained at the top for the last few years. As founder and CEO of Vast Action, Inc, Josh also has experience helping professional salespeople master their sales process, install systems to build lifelong relationships with clients, and scale up their b

Kyle Gutzler — Double Your Sales in One Year! These 7 steps could help you double your sales! Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/14 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Kyle Gutzler is the Number 1 Senior Account Executive at PayScale, Inc., based out of Seattle, where he literally doubled his sales last year, and sold over $1 million. He broke company records by selling at 140% of his plan and was awarded the Senior Account Executive of the Year. He recently authored a LinkedIn post called "How I Doubled My Sales in One Year", which went viral. In today’s episode, listen in as Kyle shares the seven things he did to double his sales, and achieve amazing results.

Bill Pai — Listening, Learning and Laughing The three keys to fostering productive relationships. Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/13 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Bill Pai is the top director of strategic accounts at Cornerstone OnDemand. His role is to work with several of the largest strategic clients in his organization — typically organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees, based in multiple continents and operating in multiple languages. His responsibility is to maintain the client relationships and expand them as Cornerstone's offerings and the clients' needs evolve. Bill has been in all sales roles, and in today’s episode, he shares his insights into what it takes to get to and stay

Leveraging Video to Get More Sales Personalize your message through videos, and make those sales skyrocket! Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/12 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Reid Oliver is the top business development representative (BDR) at Vidyard, a company that focuses on the video marketing space. Reid works primarily in the large enterprise space, and has managed to reach the Number 1 position in his company by leveraging his expertise in the area of video marketing. Tune in for some great strategies that Reid has used to find out how you, too, can become a great salesperson!

Find Your Motivation, Drive Your Destiny Knowing what drives you will drive you to success Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/11 Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Debe Rapson is the No. 1 Director of Strategic Accounts at Demandbase. She has been with Demandbase for the past 7 years and has seen it through its growth from a small company with 18 employees to one of the top marketing firms in the B2B industry. With over 30 years of experience in the sales industry, Debe shares her experiences as a woman in a male-dominated industry and how she has managed to make it to the top. Tune in to learn some of the hard questions you should ask to find and continue on your career path!

Empathy Is the Key to Sales Success Empathy is the best way to build lasting relationships and ensure your own success. Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/10   Claire Philliskirk is a digital consultant at O2 (Telefonica UK), a telecommunications provider that has moved toward helping businesses along in their digital journey. Claire has never missed a sales target and was recently named the 2016 Best Woman in Technology Sales Europe at Women in Sales Awards. In this episode, Claire talks about the importance of empathy in building a relationship with a client to ensure long term success. Tune in to find out some other ways you can improve yourself to become a top seller like

Do What's Right for the Customer, and Create Your Path to Success Knowing your strengths is important, but when it comes to long-term success, do good by your customer, for years of success. Check out our sponsor and get a free account. Nudge is a modern sales platform that uses AI to find actionable insights on your prospects and customers - without all of the grunt work. Sign up for Nudge to start building real relationships with your buyers: http://top1.fm/Nudge Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned in the show available at: http://top1.fm/9 George Penyak and Mike Cochrane are both from Restaurant Technologies, a company in the foodservice industry that provides oil management solutions to both commercial kitchens and non-commercial organizations. George Penyak was the #1 Sales Executive for 3 years in a row, before moving into his current role as Regional Sales Manager for the Southern Atlantic Coast, where he lead his team to the #1 position in his very first year. Mike Cochrane handles