ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
'What a time to be in sales'
People say this various times in many different ways – excited, exasperated, worried, pessimistic, optimistic, happy, sad, confused – the whole range of human emotions.
This is an exciting time to be in sales, if you are selling B2B complex solutions. It's a time when you can bring huge value to your customers; it's a time to thrive. But you need to know how, as it is a time unlike any before. The rules have changed and as a sales professional you can have a hand in redefining how the game is played.
Challenges salespeople face are:
· 'Busy Busy Busy' – being ineffective; it results in wasted opportunities, is tiring and stressful and means the focus is on the wrong activities to deliver results
· 'Olde Worlde' – being old-fashioned; when salespeople are self-centred rather than customer-focused, too technical in their approach or use bad techniques better suited to a bygone era of selling
· 'Muddled Mindset' – being misaligned; it can happen at organisation, management and individual level and the confusion leads to frustration and wasted effort.
By using a more collaborative approach salespeople can make a difference and sales can become a force for good and fight against the negative image it can often be associated with.
The Sales Today podcast explores how sales professionals can adapt and futureproof themselves by using the best practice shared by host Fred Copestake and the guests of the show.
What a time to be in sales!
Host Fred Copestake is Founder of Brindis, a sales training consultancy, and bestselling author of 'Selling Through Partnering Skills' and 'Hybrid Selling'.
Connect with Fred on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
www.linktr.ee/fredcopestake
People say this various times in many different ways – excited, exasperated, worried, pessimistic, optimistic, happy, sad, confused – the whole range of human emotions.
This is an exciting time to be in sales, if you are selling B2B complex solutions. It's a time when you can bring huge value to your customers; it's a time to thrive. But you need to know how, as it is a time unlike any before. The rules have changed and as a sales professional you can have a hand in redefining how the game is played.
Challenges salespeople face are:
· 'Busy Busy Busy' – being ineffective; it results in wasted opportunities, is tiring and stressful and means the focus is on the wrong activities to deliver results
· 'Olde Worlde' – being old-fashioned; when salespeople are self-centred rather than customer-focused, too technical in their approach or use bad techniques better suited to a bygone era of selling
· 'Muddled Mindset' – being misaligned; it can happen at organisation, management and individual level and the confusion leads to frustration and wasted effort.
By using a more collaborative approach salespeople can make a difference and sales can become a force for good and fight against the negative image it can often be associated with.
The Sales Today podcast explores how sales professionals can adapt and futureproof themselves by using the best practice shared by host Fred Copestake and the guests of the show.
What a time to be in sales!
Host Fred Copestake is Founder of Brindis, a sales training consultancy, and bestselling author of 'Selling Through Partnering Skills' and 'Hybrid Selling'.
Connect with Fred on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
www.linktr.ee/fredcopestake
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
31 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United Kingdom
315 episodes
since May 9, 2021
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Being great at selling doesn't automatically mean you'll be great at leading salespeople.
In this episode, Fred is joined by Kelly Riggs, founder of The Business LockerRoom and author of The Five Power Moves, to explore why the transition from top salesperson to sales manager can be so difficult…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Sales coaching works. The problem is getting enough of it, at the right time.
In this episode of Sales Today, Fred is joined by returning guest Kevin Beales, founder of My Sales Coach, to explore how AI could help solve that problem without trying to replace the human coach.
They discuss the d…
What really makes someone great at sales?
In this episode, Fred is joined by Nigel Gracie to explore the three elements he believes sit behind sales performance: mindset, skillset and toolset and why mindset needs to come first.
They discuss why self-awareness and emotional intelligence matter…
What really stops salespeople from making the call, asking the question or starting the conversation?
In this episode, Fred talks with Christer B. Jansson about sales call reluctance and why it goes much deeper than simply not wanting to pick up the phone.
They explore the thoughts and behavio…
Manufacturing and engineering businesses do brilliant work.
But are they always brilliant at explaining why customers should choose them?
In this episode, Fred is joined by Andrea Wilson, MD of Support UK Manufacturing and founder of ManufacturingUK.org, to explore how manufacturers can commun…
What if salespeople understood what procurement teams are actually trained to do?
In this episode, Fred is joined by returning guest Mark Schenkius, procurement expert and author of The Other Side of Sales and The Art of Spending Money Wisely, to look at sales from the buyer's side of the table.…
What if discovery started before the first sales meeting?
In this episode of the Sales Today podcast, Fred Copestake is joined by David Kreiger, founder and president of SalesRoads, to explore why many salespeople are getting prospecting wrong and how a discovery-led approach can completely chan…
Why should a customer choose you over your competitors?
If the answer is "because we're innovative, experienced and provide great service"… there's a good chance your competitors are saying exactly the same thing.
In this episode of the Sales Today podcast, Fred Copestake is joined by John Rav…
Why do perfectly confident people suddenly become nervous when they pick up the phone to sell?
In this episode of the Sales Today podcast, Fred Copestake is joined by sales trainer and coach Anna Bates to explore how to make telephone selling simpler, more natural and far less intimidating.
An…
Why complex sales are won by great investigators, not great presenters.
Most salespeople think they've found a champion.
In reality, they've found a friendly contact.
In this episode, Fred Copestake is joined by Tom Stearns, go-to-market consultant and co-author of the bestselling book Grap…
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