Make It Happen Mondays - B2B Sales Talk with John Barrows

On this week’s episode we’re talking with Dr. Howard Dover of The University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Dover is one of few professors leading the charge in creating sales education programs for students. He talks with us about why sales is historically the least educated profession, why it’s disrespected and not appreciated by many professional circles in today’s business world, how the processes in sales are ever evolving, and how it’s taught in the best programs.

On this week’s episode, we’re talking to Proposify’s CEO, Kyle Racki. Kyle is going to give us some steps from The State of Proposals 2020 Report so we know what it is about proposals that make people sign them. He’s also going to talk about some hot topics like RFPs, images and proposals, making it easy to buy from you, and the top performing proposal practices in business today.

Logan Lyles joins us on the podcast this week to talk about all things media and how podcasts and other forms of content can be revenue generating machines as long as they're correctly created and leveraged appropriately by sales reps. Logan shares how reps can use content engagement as a catalyst for new conversations.

Sarah Brazier joins us on the podcast this week to discuss how she's coped with her transition from SDR to AE. Sarah's crushed her targets as an SDR and made the leap that most SDRs want to make, but it's very difficult to adapt to a totally different role. Here's how she's doing it...

David Bloom, CEO of LevelJump joins us on the podcast this week to discuss how world class sales enablement really works. There are tons of buzzwords in the sales enablement world right now, David sheds light on how to break through the noise and to focus on activities that impact your bottom line. 

Jason Bay is one of the first guests on the podcast to come back for a second episode... and this time he and John are covering how you can overcome cold call reluctance. One of the biggest factors that determine your success on cold calls is the mentality and confidence you begin the call with. This is a great episode if you want to up your cold calling game!

This week on the podcast, we talk to one of the very best in the account based marketing world. Daniel Frohnen from Sendoso joins us to explain what "ABM" is, how it works and where people go wrong with it. This was a great episode...

Our friend Ashley Welch joins us on the podcast this week to take a deep dive into how design thinking could and should be applied to your sales process. Ashley takes us behind the scenes on what design thinking really is and how you can apply it, even if it's difficult at first. 

This week, Colin Nanka from Salesforce joins us on the podcast. Colin has lived an amazing life and had some incredible experiences that have taught him the power of mental resilience. He's taken lessons from these experiences and has applied them to his sales career. Here's how you can too...

Deal management. How important is it to you? If you ask Frank Dale, it's more important now than ever. Join is joined by a good friend, Frank Dale on the podcast this week to discuss his journey in sales tech and why deal management is his focus right now.