Pete Williams, an entrepreneur, advisor, marketer, and author of the new book, Cadence: A Tale of Fast Business Growth, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS Pete’s core business in Australia is telecommunications. As he studied what did work to drive growth for his business and what did not, he discovered key profit drivers. Pete developed a methodology …

Scott Ingram, Account Director at Relationship One and the host of Sales Success Stories, Inspired Marketing, and Daily Sales Tips Podcasts, joins me again on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS New sales professionals expect that companies will invest in their development. Andy and Scott enjoyed extended onboarding when starting in sales, years ago. Scott encourages sales reps to own …

Doug Holt, Coach, Mentor, Growth Hacker, Lifestyle Engineer, Mastermind Group Leader, Transformational Coach, and Marketing Expert, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS Doug is a digital nomad. Doug has always been an entrepreneur. He runs six businesses, including business coaching companies, marketing agencies, and a fitness trade journal. His health suffered from all the stress. While he …

Paul Cherry, author of the new book, The Ultimate Sales Pro: What the Best Salespeople Do Differently, joins me again on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS The book is for salespeople to develop and accelerate their growth. It looks at over 1,000 interviews and observations of sales professionals in major industries. Be in charge of your development. Reps need …

Tiffani Bova, Growth & Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and author of Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS In Tiffani’s role as a sales leader, so many people asked for growth advice that she started looking for patterns in high-performing companies; then she wrote …

Darryl Praill, Chief Marketing Officer of VanillaSoft, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS Getting Sales and Marketing to work together to generate revenue more effectively will be a trend in 2019. Is there sales and marketing alignment, or is it a turf war? Darryl suggests that marketers should make some cold calls. Darryl has been a sales …

Skip Miller, founder and President of M3 Learning and author of ProActive Selling and Selling Above and Below the Line, joins me again on this episode of #Accelerate! KEY TAKEAWAYS In the 1890s, NCR revolutionized industrial selling in the U.S. Industries have revolutionized manufacturing but manufacturing selling is stuck in the same old way. Skip talks about Silicon Valley. Skip …

Matt Suggs, EVP of Sales at Mediafly, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate!   KEY TAKEAWAYS B2B buyer behavior is changing as a result of access to information online and at trade shows. Matt suggests sales reps must assess what misinformation a buyer may have prior to digging into product features. In the technology space, the pace of innovation …

Anthony Iannarino, bestselling author of The Only Sales Guide You’ll Ever Need, and The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the Ten Commitments that Drive sales, and now, Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition, joins me again on this episode of #Accelerate!   KEY TAKEAWAYS Anthony has a stack of books to read. Learn every day. Col. John …

Dan Pink, author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing and five other Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling books, joins me on this episode of #Accelerate!   KEY TAKEAWAYS Timing is a science. Make timing decisions based on evidence, data, and facts — not on intuition. Dan lays out the aspects of timing and what research …