David J.P. Fisher

Sales Manager

I work with our sales leadership to create best-in-class resources for our salespeople and customer-facing team members to leverage social media and social networking platforms.  My goal is to help them create more effective relationships through engagement and authentic conversations.  

To do that, I'm responsible for creating a strategic roadmap for our social selling program and then executing upon it.  That ranges from building and delivering training and coaching programs to helping to craft the assets our team needs to communicate the SAS story.

Principal Sales Enablement Program Manager - Global Social Selling Lead

Sr. Sales Enablement Program Manager - Global Social Selling Lead

RockStar Consulting

I started RockStar to support people with their personal and professional development.  I've worked with thousands of sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to develop foundational sales skills and digital acumen.  Currently my work focuses on helping sales and marketing leaders leverage digital tools and LinkedIn to improve their online presence and build more and stronger relationships with existing and potential customers.

I work principally as a lead consultant and trainer, helping to develop messaging and content while also delivering trainings and coaching to our clients.

I've written over 400 articles and 12 books, including the best-sellers Hyper-Connected Selling, Networking in the 21st Century on LinkedIn, and Networking in the 21st Century: Why Your Network Sucks and What to Do About It.

RockStar Consulting is a professional development consultancy focus on providing LinkedIn coaching and messaging support, social selling training, and fractional sales coaching/management services.  

We help people become RockStars in our home of Chicago and around the world.

President

The Sales Sherpa™ Path

I deliver keynotes and workshops for associations, conferences, financial service firms, sales teams, and entrepreneur groups around the country and world.  My work helps professionals walk the Sales Sherpa™ Path, a sales approach that focuses on the convergence of social selling, networking, and old-school sales skills.  The goal is to position yourself as a trusted resource even before your buyers become prospects.  

My most popular topics include:

Being the Sales Sherpa: Winning More Business by Leveraging Digital Influence and Creating Human Connection
Networking in the 21st Century: Finding Sales Success Through Connection
The Social Sales Leader: Engaging and Enabling Your Team on Social
Sales Skills 7.0: Creating Opportunities by Integrating the Online and Offline World

Keynote Speaker, Author, & Trainer

The Beer, Beats, & Business Podcast

A semi-regular podcast featuring interviews with entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and artists. All 7 seasons  are available on the major podcast apps.  I was the host on the microphone and also ran the production side.

Podcast Host and Producer

The C-Suite Network

C-Suite Network Advisors are select industry thought leaders who provide services for C-Suite executives and enterprise businesses. These business experts and thought leaders consist of a mix of consultants, speakers, authors, podcasters, TV contributors, trainers and coaches.

C-Suite Network Advisor

Ajax Workforce Marketing

Ajax was a branding agency that specialized in Workforce Marketing, and was the only official partner of LinkedIn for branding and training in North America.  My particular focus was internal and external training and development.  I developed training programs so that the employees of our client companies could make LinkedIn and social media an integral part of their daily business life (one that makes their jobs easier and more effective).

Focus Areas: LinkedIn training, social media strategy, sales, networking, business development, training programs, communication skills

Director of Training

Brinks Home Security

I managed the Chicago sales force for one of the most recognized brands in the world.  I interviewed and trained new hires as well as managed a team of sales reps (including three of the top 20 reps in the company).  I facilitated the communication between our sales team and all aspects of product delivery to make sure we delivered what we promised.

Focus Areas: sales management, training, recruiting, interviewing, territory management, sales, marketing, security systems

Cutco/Vector

As a district manager for Vector Marketing, I had the opportunity to run all aspects of a half a million dollar a year sales company.  From P&L budgeting to marketing, business planning to training, I did it all.  During my career there I trained and coached over 1,500 sales representatives, and spoke in front of groups from 5-500 over 20 hours every week.  It gave me the opportunity to hone my coaching and speaking skills on a massive scale.

Focus Areas: sales, training and development, marketing, entrepreneurship, business planning, recruiting, staff development, sales meetings

District Manager

I was one of the college kids selling Cutco knives in people's homes to help put myself through school.  I would eventually do thousands of presentations (strictly through referral) at kitchen tables around Chicagoland, selling almost a quarter of a million dollars in cutlery - becoming one of their top salespeople and eventually a National Top 10 scholarsip winner.   It was an amazing opportunity for a young professional, and I learned the value of a product you can stand behind, a solid sales presentation, and engaging with your customers with questions to find the needs you can solve.

Focus Areas: sales, lead generation, referrals, direct sales, customer service, cutlery

Field Sales Manager

The modern seller needs to effectively mix digital literacy and traditional human-to-human interaction to be successful.  I work with our sales leadership, marketing, and sales enablement teams to bring the best training, content, and assets available to our front line sales and customer-facing team members.

I want to help them build digital influence and create stronger personal connections that create results.  To be success with social selling, you need to be both "social" and "selling".

In all of my work, my goal is to teach professionals how to be Sales Sherpas™.   When they walk the Sales Sherpa Path they harness the power of relationships to uncover new opportunities and make existing business easier.

I have written 12 books including the best-sellers “Hyper-Connected Selling” and "Networking in the 21st Century".  I am also the host of "Beer, Beats, and Business", a podcast that shares my casual conversations with leaders in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

And if you were curious about my nickname, I played the drums in a band for many years.  Though I don't play as much anymore, everyone still uses the nickname I earned back then. So the next time we chat, feel free to call me D. Fish.

If you are looking to leverage LinkedIn, social networking, and traditional human-to-human interaction to win more business, reach out and connect.

Global Social Selling Lead - Sr. Sales Enablement Program Manager 

Virtual Coffee

Bringing to life a project that has been in my pocket for 5 years - VIRTUAL COFFEE.
The channel is a place to talk about social media, marketing, social selling, thought leadership, content creation and much more in a simple way.

Why? Because I want you to succeed in the digital space.
How? Through snackable content and short and to-the-point videos.

You can find me on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and of course, here on LinkedIn.

Need support to start your own journey? I would love to help. Just drop me a message.

Social Media Manager & Consultant | Founder & Host

Tricycle Europe

Combined with my Social Selling Coach role, I now also support Tricycle with marketing initiatives, from Case Studies, to Content Support and Engagement opportunities, Social Listening Webinar preparation and demand generation strategies implementation.

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I build relationships that matter and help people to understand that:
1. Positioning yourself and leveraging your personal brand is the first step to your digital strategy. Aligning this with a strong digital presence, by sharing valuable and engaging content and fostering the right network, will bring you closer to your business objectives.

2. Digital tools and social platforms are no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have for all companies and people. They help us to be more productive and visible, and with that achieve more and better results.

3. Knowing the tools is one of the first steps to digitally transforming you and your business. But the real change comes from building a strong personal and professional brand, building relationships based on trust, and creating values for your network along their journey.

I've been working on projects with companies like Microsoft, Accenture, Thoughtworks, RS, Fox-IT, SPS, Citrix, PMI, Remax, and many more!

At Tricycle, we build the foundation for technology companies to win in the social space.

Business and Marketing Consultant

I build relationships that matter and help people to understand that:
1. Positioning yourself and leveraging your personal brand is the first step to your digital strategy. Aligning this with a strong digital presence, by sharing valuable and engaging content and fostering the right network, will bring you closer to your business objectives.

2. Digital tools and social platforms are no longer a nice-to-have, but a must-have for all companies and people. They help us to be more productive and visible, and with that achieve more and better results.

3. Knowing the tools is one of the first steps to digitally transforming you and your business. But the real change comes from building a strong personal and professional brand, building relationships based on trust, and creating values for your network along their journey.

I've been working on projects with companies like Microsoft, Accenture, Thoughtworks, Skyguide, RS, SPS, Citrix, PMI, Remax, and many more!

At Tricycle, we build the foundation for technology companies to win in the social space.

Business Consultant | Social Selling Coach

Social Selling 2.0

Moderator Social Selling 2.0

Made2Web - Digital Marketing & Sales 🚀

I helped companies in their digital selling transformation and to increase their reach, sales, and thought leadership. 
This was done through hands-on social selling workshops and coaching programs, empowering our partners and clients to leverage their network and professional brands.
 
I also help them with their social media strategy, management, and analysis.

During the time I was at Made2Web I trained over 200 people.

I worked on projects with companies like Axians Portugal, VINCI Energies, Wingsys, Nexllence powered by GLINTT, Kulana, Agriloja and many more!

Digital Marketing Specialist | Social Selling

Turismo de Portugal

Digital Marketing invited trainer (Social Media, Influencer Marketing and Reputation Management).

I've been showing how companies and workers in the tourism industry can explore and use their online potential to empower their businesses and reach more clients.

Invited Trainer

SHIFT Management Consulting

My goal was to make SHIFT Consulting the first choice for organizations searching for cloud solutions as a way to leverage their business. This is possible through Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), User Experience (UX), and a clean and updated site promoting a better lead generation and qualification process.
I was also responsible for organizing and promoting SHIFTs events and social media management (LinkedIn).

Marketing Specialist

World Life Experience

I was challenged to write and distribute weekly press releases to global media institutions about the participant's journey and interactions with the NGOs. I also conducted an on-site SEO audit and was responsible for monitoring site and social media indicators (like visitors, followers, country of origin, sessions) as well as social media management (Facebook, Instagram e Twitter)

Marketing and Communications Specialist

Made2Web - Agência de Marketing Digital

During my time @ Made 2 Web I’ve learnt more about how we can leverage our client’s business through a fresher approach to marketing with inbound and content marketing and also to maximize traditional tools like SEO, SEM and e-mail marketing to guarantee a better outcome.

Marketing

FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

Led the organization and production of over 40 national and 3 international seminars for public and private sectors, mainly in the fields of economics, culture and law. I was also responsible for the fund-raising of these seminars, management of weekly email marketing campaigns and team management

Marketing & Events Coordinator

Outer.

During the time I was a business consultant @ Outer Shoes I was responsible for implementing 6 new stores in different Brazilian states, providing training for new stores employees and ensuring that the stores followed the franchisor's guideline. I also monitored 22 franchises, through monthly visits, based on sales and business indicators, defining business plans for each one of them, with the franchisees, focusing on sales increase.

Business Consultant

Getting to know new people and cultures is one of the things that really drives me. For me, the best way to grow is by building and fostering valuable relationships.

Throughout my professional journey, I got the chance to work in many industries and fields, such as retail, telecom, consulting, the consumer goods industry, and financing. But it was when I started to work with marketing that I understood the real value of engaging with people.

Marketing has evolved a lot along the way (and me too) and thankfully businesses are becoming more human every day. It's been quite a journey to participate in this transition and learn different ways to engage and connect with people.

Social selling blew my mind. If we want to be treated like humans when we buy, why not do this when we sell? No more forcing your message when you want to sell. Let’s start building relationships, adding value to our prospects, engaging with partners, and strengthening connections.

I’m Brazilian, fluent in Portuguese and English, and with intermediary knowledge of Spanish.

In 2017, I moved to Portugal to take my master's in Marketing Management, and I've been living here ever since.

In 2020 I started to train and coach sales teams and empower them to use social to increase their reach, brand awareness, and build thought leadership.

Curious to know more or would like to talk about marketing, social selling, content marketing, social media, and much more? Follow me here or send a connection request, I love to meet different people and points of view.

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