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John Livesay
Helping Sales Leaders Tell Stories to Win Sales; Author of The Sale Is in the Tale
Keynote sales speaker John Livesay, aka “The Pitch Whisperer,” helps sales forces connect with today’s crazy-busy, ultra-savvy buyers by becoming master storytellers with magnetic pitches. Whoever tells the best story gets the sale, and after John speaks, your people will know exactly how to craft irresistible stories.
Bio
John Livesay is a sales expert and keynote speaker on sales, marketing, negotiation and persuasion who helps salespeople become magnetic storytellers with the ability to make irresistible offers to their ideal clients.
John has captivated audiences in settings ranging from Gensler’s top management retreat to Coca-Cola’s CMO Summit. He is also the author of Better Selling Through Storytelling: The Essential Roadmap to Becoming a Revenue Rockstar and is the host of “The Successful Pitch” podcast, which is heard in over 60 countries. His new book The Sale is in the Tale comes out in 2022.
Fortune and INC have interviewed John and he has appeared on TV including being interviewed by Larry King as the expert on “How To Ask For What You Want And Get A Yes.” Audiences love him because they know he’s been in their shoes. During a 20-year career in media sales with Conde Nast, John worked across all 22 brands in their corporate division and was the recipient of salesperson of the year honors.
John currently lives in Austin with his King Charles Spaniel Pepe who welcomes him home after he returns from his keynote talks, reminding him of the importance of belly rubs.
Keynotes
Featured Keynote
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Tell Stories Win Sales
Today whoever tells the best story wins the sale. Salespeople struggle to win new business and get frustrated when they come in second place. They find their prospective buyers forget almost everything they said and the time to close the sale gets longer and longer. Enter John Livesay, aka The Pitch Whisperer who shows sales teams how to turn boring case studies into compelling case stories. They learn the exact steps to become black belts in storytelling. Once that happens they become irresistible and their revenue soars.
The stories get shared across divisions which breaks down silos and cause existing clients to buy more products and services. The storytelling skills impact the culture as the sales team learn to develop both their personal story of origin and the company’s cultural story which creates a new level of bonding and shared goals.
The salespeople will no longer feel like they are drowning in a sea of sameness because they will know how to tell stories that make them magnetic and memorable.
Takeaways:
Learn how to tug at heartstrings so people open their purse stringsGo from invisible to irresistible
Become Revenue Rockstars
Be a blackbelt in storytelling
Workshop Available after the keynote on identifying a road map of taking clients from invisible to irresistible, Also workshop on how to have a great elevator pitch
Topics
- Sales Trending
- Storytelling
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