Hello and welcome to the Sales Insights with Sarah podcast. In this episode, Sarah Downs talks about the terrifying prospect of sales for start-ups. Sales is something we need to be able to understand and do as founders.
In this podcast, Sarah will openly share the good, the bad, and the ugly of her entrepreneurial journey to date and also interview others to share their own sales insights.
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♦️KEY TAKEAWAYS:
How to free us more time for sales
Make time and priorities selling efforts as a business
We need to understand who the buyer is.
Be clear on what the value proposition is.
Focus and consistency is key.
♦️ EPISODE QUOTES
“When you are the founder, you are busy and you are stretched. You are wearing multiple hats"
"We need to understand our own capabilities"
"It is not until you start implementing a process that you will start to change them, make them stronger and better."
♦️ABOUT THE HOST:
Sarah Downs is a business owner, founding 2 x businesses in the last 5 years. She is an experienced sales and business development professional who understands the importance of building strong relationships and getting results, which has driven her successful career to date. Sarah has been involved with a number of Third Sector boards as an advisor and non-executive director.
Having previously worked in Trauma Orthopaedic Nursing, Sarah is no stranger to working under extreme pressure. It goes without saying that Sarah is passionate about people. She uses her experience to support CEO’s, MD’s, and Sales Professionals to achieve their business goals. Sarah has helped business owners to start-up, grow, and diversify their businesses in various sectors such as Technology, Oil & Gas, Offshore Renewables, Nuclear, and Professional Services.
Sarah openly documents the good, the bad, and the ugly of her entrepreneurial journey and is visible across a number of platforms.
♦️CONNECT WITH SARAH HERE https://linktr.ee/SarahDowns
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Sarah is on a mission to get Business Professionals around the world to share their Sales Insights. So how can you help us make a huge difference to the number of business and sales professionals we reach each month…..
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