Stories of Selling Human Stories of Selling Human Passion is the Truest Sense of Enthusiasm in Sales - Bryan Elsesser, Senior SDR Director, Aircall - Sell By Being Human

Episode 29

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16th Dec 2020

Passion is the Truest Sense of Enthusiasm in Sales - Bryan Elsesser, Senior SDR Director, Aircall

Summary:

I knew I wanted to have Bryan Elsesser on as soon as someone told me, you gotta interview this guy. He's a former opera singer turned salesperson. If that isn't a more unique profile for a salesperson, I don't know what is. This is certainly a road that few people travel so I needed to talk to Bryan about how that happened.

Bryan also happens to be a father of 3, a volunteer firefighter, real estate enthusiast, and sales leader.

We spoke alot about what themes connect those roles. We also dove into ways you can practice thinking about what concerns people and letting that be our guide in sales. Bryan will show you how to be open to new situations and also how to ask questions to allow you to break down walls that may exist between yourself and others.

Key Takeaways by Time!

  • 3:31 - Enthusiasm can be inauthentic, passion can't
  • 8:25 - Brian's first cold call story and how it relates to his days as an opera singer
  • 17:40 - Exercise on writing out concerns, Top 5 industry concerns, top 5 personal concerns
  • 28:40 - When people put a wall up, there's a reason for it. How to address it.

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Sell By Being Human
We all want to be heard, seen, and understood. This podcast shares stories of how all humans sell just by being great humans.
I believe that all people want to be heard, seen, and understood. But how do we get people to hear, see, and understand us effectively? Salespeople train themselves on techniques to do this but there are people doing it well without the word sales showing up anywhere in their job title or job description. This podcast is designed to help us hone our human skills, understand subtle similarities between non-sales people and salespeople, and show how we can learn from both groups the next time we need to create change and sell by being human.

You will learn from people throughout all walks of life. Nurses, coaches, janitors, event planners, HR executives, and architects. Just to name a few. We'll contrast them with trained sales people to show similarities and differences. There's an art to human connection and sales. We all do it differently and we can all learn from our every day human interactions.

Please contact me and let me know who you see in your life selling by being human! I want to shine a light on them.

alex.smith@docebo.com
215-622-6670
@asmith202
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcsmith/

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