Sales Success Stories

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 at the top of the account management role.

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 Claire.

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 direct Sales of Foodservice Facilities in virtually the entire states of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Tennessee, and was awarded the Rookie of the Year award in his first year at the company. Tune in, as George and Mike share tips and strategies for becoming a top-tier salesperson by knowing your strengths and playing to them, but also by doing what's right for the customer to ensure your years of success.

Build Rapport, Build Success!Build rapport with prospective customers and mentors to lay the foundations for your success! Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned on the show available at: top1.fm/8 Jacquelyn Nicholson is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at Percolate, an international company that works with over 800 brands, across 70 countries. From her beginnings in the pharmaceutical and bio-tech industry, Jacquelyn has grown in her sales career to become one of the top sellers in her company, and was also one of the members who started the San Francisco office. In this episode, Jacquelyn talks about how building rapport with others is a cornerstone of her sales ideology, and the importance of mentorship and coaching. Tune in to also find out more about how journaling can help you in your career!

Using Creativity and Resourcefulness to Get What You Want. There are more ways than one to get what you want! Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned on the show available at: top1.fm/7 Angela Kirkland is the number one sales development representative at SalesLoft. As the team lead for mid-market sales development representatives, she manages her team to help them hit their quotas and achieve their goals. Since leaving her previous position as a recruiter, Angela has progressed very quickly through the ranks in SalesLoft, to get where she is today. In today's episode, Angela talks about being resourceful and creative to get what you want, and shares some tips on making sure meetings actually happen!

Creating Value through Seeking to Serve Prioritize your clients' needs to make yourself an indispensable resource to them. Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned on the show available at: top1.fm/6 DeJuan Brown is one of the top account executives at Bloomberg BNA, with over 15 years of experience in the industry. In his last two years at BNA, he has achieved results of over 212% and 218% of quota, and has never missed an annual sales quota in his entire career. DeJuan shares some of his differentiating tactics that have allowed him to enjoy continued success over the years, and challenges you to ask yourself how you are creating value for your clients.

Tips and Tricks to Becoming the Best Sales Development Representative Persistence is key, but so is building relationships. Full show notes complete with links to items mentioned on the show available at: top1.fm/5 Jennifer Linker is the top Business Development Associate at Vision Critical, a cloud-based customer engagement platform that allows companies to get customer feedback and insights in real-time. Jen's sales career started at a young age, and she has risen to the top of the SDR leaderboard in just a few months. Jen shares some of her tips and tricks to making it to the top, but also reminds us of the value of focusing on your clients as people, too.