Introducing the Sales Tech Podcast

Episode Summary:

Welcome to the Sales Tech Podcast, the show that talks about sales technology, what’s working, what’s not and where the industry is going. In this episode, Scott Ingram joins the show to discuss his background as a quota carrying B2B sales professional with a passion for sharing great sales stories.

Scott is the founder of Sales Success Media, which recently added the Sales Tech Podcast to its repertoire. Thom and Scott talk about what inspired Scott to launch the Sales Tech Podcast and what he hopes that listeners take away from this show. Scott expounds on trends he’s noticed in sales technology, his passion for helping sales professionals become better versions of themselves and what excites him most about the future of this industry.

What We Covered:

00:37 – Thom introduces today’s guest, Scott Ingram who joins the show to discuss the inspiration to launch the Sales Tech Podcast

04:41 – Scott talks about his first podcast, Sales Success Stories, and the extraordinary reception it has received 

08:30 – The decision to enter the event space and organize the Sales Success Summit

09:45 – What Scott hopes listeners take away from the Sales Tech Podcast

11:23 – Scott expounds on the trends he’s noticed in sales tech and what audience he believes this podcast will attract

15:49 – Scott talks about how sales professionals can better utilize sales technology

19:24 – Scott provides advice to Thom on best practices for hosting this show

21:29 – Thom thanks Scott for joining the show and encourages listeners to join him in future episodes

Tweetables:

“I’ve also kept a list since shortly after I started Sales Success Stories of every active sales podcast I can find. That list today is three hundred podcasts strong. And it surprised me that there wasn’t a single show on that list focused on sales technology.” (03:55)

“I wanted to know as the marketplace changes dramatically – especially in this last year – what are the very best people who are at the top of their game right now, what are they doing.” (05:45)

“At the end of the day, for me, Sales Success Stories is such a selfish thing because I get to talk to the smartest people in sales who are driving the best results. And many of them have become my mentors and my friends. The impetus for the event was just to share that.” (08:42)

“The hope is that we bring actionable ideas, a look to the future, and some inspiration.” (10:07)

“To me, what’s so exciting about this is how irrelevant this conversation may be in two or three or four years because of that pace of innovation. And just staying on top of that and watching where it goes is the thing that excites me most about this show and these conversations.” (15:32)

“It’s actually smarter to ask dumb questions than it is to appear smart and not ask the question. Because you’re probably not the only one that’s wondering, ‘What does that mean exactly?’” (20:57)

Links Mentioned:

Scott Ingram on LinkedIn

Thom Singer on LinkedIn

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