Cierra Steiner 4+ years in SaaS sales. 1 year in brand management, CPG, and retail sales for well known brands like Hormel, ZenDesk, HubSpot.
2019 Presidentโs Club Winner, achieved #3 rep in global revenue @ Zendesk
Dog lover, amateur comedian, cheese curd enthusiast, world traveler, & sales mental health advocate.
Quotes I try to live by every day:
๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Jillian Michaels
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - Andrew Murphy
๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐... ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ - F. Scott Fitzgerald
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๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ - Hamlet
- Fell into sales - went to school for Business Admin because she had no clue what she wanted to do. Speciality in sales and marketing, didnโt see many entry level marketing positions
- Liked being creative mixing art and math- thought maybe Marketing would be a career
- Spent time as a BDR, was pretty introverted, didnโt take a lot of risks growing up, so sales was really scary for her!
- Cold calling people was her worst nightmare, she doesnโt even like answering her own phone
- Got outside of her comfort zone in uncomfortable situations that helped her grow, wins and losses, while learning to deal with rejection
Getting into sales broke her out of her shell
- Spent time trying to be a type of seller that Iโm naturally not
Understand how to be yourself and make your own personality work for you in a sales process
- The negotiation process has always been a struggle for her being, from the midwest, quiet, introverted.
How do I come into my own in sales and be who I am? And not pretend to be who someone else is
- Sales is a grind, you have wins, you have losses. Feel great and feel horrible. Itโs an emotional rollercoaster on a daily basis
My biggest enemy is my own mind. My biggest thing holding me back from being successful is myself
- Bad month you can get down such a rabbit hole of not believing in yourself and it affects how you are on calls, on demos and drags down your own progress
Mindset, self confidence are the keys to success
- Bounce back, reasoning with yourself as to what can happen
Remind myself that my only job today is to help somebody and do the best I can!
Go into this day and take my best attitude and effort to make sure I am doing my best to help somebody
Not focus on the number, but focus on doing your best work everyday
- Then look at HOW you do your job.
- First 3 years at ZenDesk did well, didnโt have much adversity, life is easy
- Then all of the sudden hit a tough quarter and realize what might have worked in the past might not work in the future
Be willing to change, take a step back and adjust
Ask for feedback even if youโve been there a long time
- Be honest and see if a manager can help listen to calls, give you new insight and have humility
- Quote to live by:
โThereโs nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it soโ - Shakespeare
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- your interpretation is what will affect you
- Somebody could come into your life with your circumstances and thinking you have the best life ever while you donโt
- Traits of top performers- not an expert, just working at improving on these everyday
- Consistency in your process in what youโre doing day after day
- Confidence in themselves!
People that are consistent and continue to put the effort in even when they arenโt seeing results are the ones that win
- Do they trust you, do they like talking to you?
- Being confident even when you donโt know
Gotta feel good about yourself before you can help others
This year thinking about ME, how am I feeling today? What can I do to change that? What can I be proud of myself for? What are the things that I need to work on?
- Donโt focus on just what Iโm bad at
- Itโs a confidence thing
- Check yourself before you wreck yourself
In a bad place take a pause and step back to get yourself back to a good place
- Getting better at prospecting
- Leadership
- Know yourself
- Control Yourself
- Know Others
- Do Something for others
- Traditional sales culture, smile and dial pretend that everything is fine
Taboo subject in sales is mental health, does that make me look weak? What will my employer think?
It affects how you do your job
- Appreciate managers, coworkers, companies to ask how someone is doing, care and take action based upon that
- Care about you beyond a just the number that you brought in and see you as a full human
- Be at a good company that understands the human aspect of things
- Sales Mentor program - working with a solutions engineer- talking about mental health, building good habits for yourself and working on myself
Building a morning routine; going on a walk every morning, listening to a podcast, let the sun hit your face.
Colleen Hayes - Presenz
Take some time for myself, take a midday break and after work find a way to decompress
Change your hours to help you be your best self
Hate losing
Success= happiness, feel good about what youโve done. Used to be how much $$ am I making, my car, materialistic things
Was VERY achiever driven in the past and now realizing there is more to life. Am I happy? Do I like what I do everyday? Do I love the people Iโm around?
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