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Clip: Allen Schlesinger on Sales Motivation: Being #1 and Getting Better Every Year

July 4, 2017 By Scott Ingram

Clip from Episode 21: Social Selling his way to the top of the NBA Development League – Allen Schlesinger of the Austin Spurs:

What’s motivating you in all of this? I want to stay on top, and obviously in sales as you know, the more you sell the more money you’ll make. I just want to keep getting better every year. I don’t want a year where even if I’m still #1. My revenue was a little bit less than the year before and so I could rest on my laurels and say ‘hey, I was number on this year.’ But instead of $500,000 I sold $450,000. To me that’s just unacceptable. So, just push. My wife is the same way, and so maybe that’s why we’re perfect for each other. We’re wired that way where we both get in early and we both want to be the best at what we do. Just to continue, and I want to see my name #1 on the leaderboard. The league releases the leaderboard rankings once a month. If they’re a day late I send them an email and am like, why haven’t you guys released the leaderboard rankings? They probably hate me for that, but I just need a little reminder every once in a while.

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More clips from Episode 21: Social Selling his way to the top of the NBA Development League – Allen Schlesinger of the Austin Spurs:

Sales Differentiators: Persistence, Hard Work and Building Relationships
“I haven’t made a cold call in over 5 years”
Allen Schlesinger is the NBA’s poster child for Social Selling
Social Selling Formula: 100-10-2
Allen’s half million dollar sales result and goal for next year
The Social Selling Process: Linkedin, Email, Coffee
Push yourself. Control what you can control: how hard you work
Sales Motivation – Being #1 and getting better every year
Cold calling is crazy
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