So you live in the USA and you think the new GDPR regulations do not impact you? You could not be more wrong! If you’re questioning whether GDPR will effect you, it takes one simple question to know the answer, Does your company or do any of your clients collect…
Ryan Dohrn

5 Steps to Close More On the First Sales Call
It’s a wonderful feeling, isn’t it, that heady, addictive moment when you close a deal! In every ad sales training workshop, I teach, I loudly proclaim, after 28 years and thousands of sales, that feeling just never goes away. For me, it is just as fresh today as it was…
The Case for Sales Categories vs Sales Territories
In my ad sales training and coaching, I am asked about categories vs. territories all the time. My collegue Lou DeLone wrote his views on this topic and I thought I would share his insights with you here in our monthly ad sales training blog. The Case for Sales…
Overcoming The Most Common Media Sales Objections
Let me begin this month’s ad sales training post with a question: Is there any part of the selling process that scares you? Cold-calling maybe? The close? Or perhaps it’s the part where your prospective client hurls a metaphoric wrench in your up-to-now perfect presentation by raising an objection. An…
Closing Techniques of Media Sales Superstars
Media salespeople love to talk, which is fine - as long as they also know how to listen! And they don’t just talk to their clients, they also talk to their peers, and it is during these peer-to-peer conversations that sales legends are born. Highly successful media sales people become…
Turning “I have no budget” Into A Closed Deal!
“I have no budget,” or, “My budget is allocated for the year,” are the most common objections I hear as a media sales professional. Unlike the vast majority of ad sales coaches out there, I actually sell media every day. What I share is what I do! If you don’t…
7 Ways to Boost Your Fall Ad Sales Numbers
For most ad sales professionals, the autumn season signals the beginning of the end of your ad sales year. Even if your fiscal year does not follow the calendar year, when you add the holiday season and new year celebrations into the mix, you have a double whammy that often…
MACPA, 2019, Ad Sales Training
Ad sales training information from the MAPCA 2019 conference. 50 Revenue Ideas eBook, Click here to download. 10 Proven Sales Strategies, Click here to download. Selling Digital Like a Boss, Click here to download PDF. 60 Media Sales Ideas in 60 Minutes, Click here to download PDF. Motivating Your Ad…
Nebraska Press Assoc 2018, Ad Sales Training
Ad sales training information from the Nebraska Press 2018 conference in Lincoln, NE. 50 Revenue Ideas eBook, Click here to download. 10 Proven Sales Strategies, Click here to download. Prospecting Tips For Success, PDF download from Dropbox. Selling Traditional Media To Haters, Click here to download PDF from Dropbpx. Selling…
Inland Press, 2018, Ad Sales Training
Ad sales training information from Ryan Dohrn at the Inland Press 2018 Chicago conference. 60 Sales Ideas in 60 Minutes, Click here to download PDF. 50 Revenue Ideas eBook, Click here to download. 10 Proven Sales Strategies, Click here to download.