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BizSprints Podcast - BizSprints

Michael McMillanbizsprints.com
The weekly Sales and Marketing show to help you scale your business to the next level.
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Episodes

My Sales Story

I'm sharing my path into sales to inspire other. You don't have to become a statistic. Sales was my ticket to success.

Jan 14, 2017

Practice Makes Perfect

I break down the steps you can take to create a high performing sales team on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.

Jan 07, 2017

Kicking The New Year Off Right

Today I want to talk about how you and your team can take advantage of all that fresh, new-year energy. By walking you through our five-step process for new clients, I'll give you several actionable tasks that will set you up for effective quota-setting and goal-reaching.

Dec 31, 2016

What is a VP of Sales or CSO

I talk about how great VPs of Sales should function within their department and within the company as a whole, and I touch on the super-important management aspects of the job, too. A company that's serious about having a robust sales team shouldn't shirk the importance of finding a stellar VP of Sales, and this episode will tell you what you need to know to do it!

Dec 24, 2016

Persistence

Sales isn't an easy business to be in, as you all are well aware. It takes some serious positivity and persistence to pick yourself up after being rejected by a potential client or missing a sales goal. In my experience, your state of mind and the actions you take are far more important than a situation in itself.

Dec 17, 2016

Sales By The Numbers

In this interview, Ana and I talk about how meeting her sales quotas gives her both a sense of accomplishment and an accurate snapshot of her daily progress. She also touches on how her numbers help her structure her day so it's most productive, and how they can provide a valuable check-in when she's not meeting them. We also discuss the role of management in working with salespeople that are meeting their numbers and continually improving, not just harping on those that are falling short.

Dec 10, 2016

How to Set Up Your Pipeline the Right Way

On this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on the ways to provide a high-level overview of your sales processes that will allow you to manage the health of your sales organization and understand where any deal is at any point in its lifecycle – the pipeline. We cover what the pipeline actually is, why it’s so important, and the management’s role in making sure the pipeline is properly executed Join us to discover why it is an absolute must for commission salespeople to keep their sales pipe...

Dec 03, 2016

The Pivot

On this episode, I share some of my own personal pivots that I’ve been through and give you some tips that will help you execute these changes the right way. Join us to discover what you can do in order to ensure stability as you’re working through the pivot, how to finance it, and most importantly, how to not get lost in the work and emerge more successful more successful after the changes are implemented.

Nov 26, 2016

Conducting a Successful Needs Analysis

On this episode of BizSprints, I share the tips and tricks that our sales team and I utilize to help ensure that not only we’re collecting the needs of our clients, but we’re also confirming that they are the real needs of their organization that are going to impact and drive their business forward. Tune in to discover how you can craft a proposal specific to your clients’/prospects’ needs, build the expectations, and show that you understand EXACTLY what they need to have done.

Nov 19, 2016

Building Your Network and Pipelines

From setting up your workweek and prioritizing your meetings to the art of never eating alone and getting the most out of networking events, you’ll learn everything you need to know to build your network and pipelines. So get your earbuds in and get ready to take some notes because you won’t want to miss these tips!

Nov 13, 201633 min

A Coach In Your Corner

The importance of a coach and mentor to achieve your long term goals

Jun 06, 201629 min

Success By Design

Learn how to design your way to success rather than ending up there on accident or ever.

May 23, 201633 min

Rock It Like My 4 Year Old

How to take your sales career to the next level, or be able to make sales your life long career

May 09, 201633 min

Does A Work-Life Balance Exist

How to build a culture that ensures your employees always feel they have that ultimate work-life balance goal

Mar 20, 201628 min

Yes I Turned on my Mic This Time

Businesses must fail to ultimately be successful. This episode is all about how we embrace that fact and use it to become better business people.

Feb 28, 201632 min

Marketing 101 via Deadpool

Some facts about business intelligence, back to marketing basics from Deadpool, and who should be sitting at your sales table.

Feb 21, 201632 min

Ego Driven Girl Scouts Set-up For Success in Sales

From hiring criteria for a sales person to a chat about kids learning about sales and business early in life. This episode jumps right into some interesting topics around sales and business.

Feb 16, 201629 min
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