SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Sales”

How to improve your sales of a product Anita Agrawal SIWIKE Podcast AA 004 Mentor Corner

Luki Danukarjanto — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0400

On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Anita have a conversation about sales of products.

Anita discusses her background in sales and developing her product company and finally settling in on jewelry.
She discusses

soft selling vs hard selling,
finding your market
building your network She also shares some of her SIWIKE (Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier) for product sales.

Timestamps
1:00 - Finding markets - Business on exporting
4:40 - Hard sell vs. Soft sell recap
7:30 - SWOT analysis
8:30 - Do your research
12:10 - 10 year process to find niche within jewelery industry
16:20 - Learn from: sales techniques and marketing techniques
16:30 - Find mentors
19:50 - Biggest thing in B2B: Credibility
22:00 - More tips for selling goods or finding a market
25:10 - Niche yourself
25:40 - 20% of your clients make up 80% of your sales

Connect with Anita at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaagrawal/

Watch the episode for more details!
Listen to the episode here https://siwike.fireside.fm/mentor-aa004

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entrepreneurship #sales #marketing #productmarketfit #siwikepodcast Special Guest: Anita Agrawal .

Finding the Win-Win and Journey to Marketing and Sales - Melissa Trinh MT-001 Student CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:00:00 -0400

In this episode, Melissa talks about her background, her experience as a kid, her journey to Canada, SIWIKE, etc.

TIMESTAMPS
00:21 Melissa's background
01:03 Melissa as a kid
02:32 Journey to Canada
04:23 Key influences
08:40 Recent learnings
10:33 Sales leadership program
11:23 SIWIKE
14:02 Future aspirations

Connect with Melissa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-trinh/

Watch the episode for more details!
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Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/lincolnalexanderthe2nd/ for the theme music

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sales #marketing #leadership #SIWIKE #podcast #immigrant Special Guest: Melissa Trinh.

Growing up on a Farm, to Business and Sales to President - Frank Abbruzzese FA-001 MENTOR CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Farm, Business, Sales to President: Frank Abbruzzese SIWIKE Podcast FA 001 Mentor Corner.

On this episode of the SIWIKE podcast, Luki and Frank discuss Business, Sales, growing up on a farm and becoming the president of his company. Frank is the CEO and President of AlphaKOR. AlphaKOR is a tech innovative company providing businesses with the latest products, services and IT support. (https://www.alphakor.com/).

We speak about:
01:18 - Frank as a kid, growing up at a farm in Windsor
03:18 - Being extremely shy, not social
05:22 - His decision to get a University degree in business
07:20 - Parents weren't necessarily supportive but understood
09:45 - Retail sales and computers
12:22 - Becoming the manager at Epson Canada
16:01 - Wanting to genuinely help others because he cared
17:07 - Sales as a transaction
21:40 - Spending time together with business partners outside of work
27:10 - Giving back
33:38 - His SIWIKE

Connect with Frank at https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankabbruzzese/
Or find out more at https://www.alphakor.com/

Listen to the episode for more details!
Watch the episode here https://youtu.be/nvv399aNokw

Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/lincolnalexanderthe2nd/ for the theme music

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sales #business #interview Special Guest: Frank Abbruzzese.

Questioning everything, telemarketing and sales - Mike Santeusanio MS-001 MENTOR CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:00:00 -0400

On this episode, I am joined by Mike Santeusanio. Mike is a corporate trainer and the founder of Train Your Minds. https://www.trainyourminds.com/
Train Your Minds is an organization that provides corporate workshops to help in managing your mind in the workplace.

He speaks about:
00:55 - Being a pain in the butt as a kid
01:37 - Always questioning everything
05:05 - Discovering telemarketing during the boom in the late 90s
06:48 - His experience in the military
13:38 - Getting the opportunity to leave the country
16:16 - Sales becoming a big part of his life
18:07 - Being very sad and depressed
20:11 - His first revelation
22:27 - Cultivating a more mindful presence
25:09 - His motto "Be happy, do good"
27:06 - Working and bettering himself
29:54 - His SIWIKE
31:12 - Work life balance
34:04 - Wishing he knew more about mindfulness

Connect with Mike at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-santeusanio-55220a17/
Or find out more at https://www.trainyourminds.com/

Listen to the episode for more details!
Watch the episode here https://youtu.be/M6NsLgAuNlE

Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/lincolnalexanderthe2nd/ for the theme music

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Gemology to computer science and English literature to aspiring writer - Dan Johnston DJ-001 MENTOR CORNER

Luki Danukarjanto — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400

Dan is an IT infrastructure support analyst at the CRA Canada Revenue Agency

He shares how he took interest in gemology to roles in high end jewelry sales.

From hating English in high school to joining a writing group while playing an online game and now in the process of writing a book of his own.

The start of his undergrad in computer science then ultimately switching to English literature.

Then being let go during COVID to finding role after role in copy writing, then QA, then IT infrastructure.

Listen to the episode for more details
Watch the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74yRoaKgtIY

Connect with him here
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielrjohnston/

Read more of his work here
https://focusinspired.com/blog

Special thanks to https://www.instagram.com/lincolnalexanderthe2nd/ for the theme music

Want more personalized career coaching or to connect with Luki:
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http://focusinspired.com
http://instagram.com/lukidanu Special Guest: Dan Johnston.