Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons, founder of the Industrial Network Group and Total Industrial Sales, is our main host on Real Sales Talk. Chris holds a MBA in International Business from Gardner-Webb University and undergraduate degree in Business Economics from Wofford College. His background includes working in different sales & marketing roles from Account Manager, National Sales Manager, and Vice President of Sales for several different industrial based companies.
He has also started and sold several companies over his 25 year career.
In 2015, Chris saw a need within the Industrial marketplace to help sales professionals build strong relationships, improve their sales skills, and increase their knowledge of projects and opportunities. He contacted several key industrial sales professionals and created the first ING chapter in Spartanburg, SC. Over the past 5 years, he has worked diligently to create processes that will help industrial sales professionals be successful.
Mark Hunter of TheSalesHunter.com was our visitor on a recent Real Sales Talk.
Mark’s journey in sales included multiple sales and leadership roles with three Fortune 500 companies. Those experiences provided the foundation for him to create the name “The Sales Hunter” more than 20 years ago. That is when he began his lifestyle of consulting, speaking and writing about sales.
Today, he is humbled by the many faces he meets as he travels the globe. “My resumé says I specialize in business development, guiding organizations to find and retain high-quality prospects; however, it really boils down to relationships,” he says. “I consider it an honor to connect with people each and every day.”
Sally Love
Sally Love is a high performance coach and consultant in the industrial manufacturing market. She is also the host of Beyond the Turning Point podcast. She is highly skilled at engaging audiences as a speaker, facilitator and moderator. Sally is known for her infectious enthusiasm, heartfelt passion and down-to-earth approach for bringing out the best in people so that they can create the life they want for themselves and their family.
Mike Pierce (Antarctic Mike)
Mike Pierce, better known as Antarctic Mike, works with organizations that want to find, engage and keep the best performing people.
Mike’s background professionally started in the recruiting business in 1997, working specifically to show managers and leaders exactly how to identify and recruit the best people. He now speaks across the US and Canada to executive teams, organizations, associations and sales teams about how to lead people so they are fully engaged in what they do.
Mike is an avid fan of polar expedition history and is an endurance athlete. In 2006, Mike became one of 9 people to run the first ever Antarctic Ice Marathon and a year later became the first American to run the Antarctic 100k, a grueling 62 miles on an ice shelf 600 miles from the South Pole.
His flagship program, Leading at 90 Below Zero, connects the drivers and principles of Antarctic expedition history stories to the real world of finding, engaging and keeping great people in today’s business world.
Mike has a BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and resides in Encinitas, California with his wife Angela.
Daniel Allison is a true sales professional with over 20 years selling experience in a variety of industries. His career started door to door and has continually progressed to selling to owners and other decision makers. Daniel is a dynamic relationship builder and is also the Coordinator for one of the largest ING Chapters in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
In his spare time, Daniel also produces his own podcast called the Average Dude. This podcast is growing in popularity and demonstrates Daniel's ability to answer intriguing questions and decipher information that is pertinent to his listeners.
If you have participated on Real Sales Talk, you have heard him contribute as a participant and as a guest host. No matter what Daniel does he always goes the extra mile!
