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 

The BD School

- Responsible for writing educational business development content
- Conduct keyword research
- Write SEO-friendly blog posts
- Update website copy

Content Writer

The Buttonwood Tree

- Write articles in industries such as Private Equity, Bankruptcy, Venture Capital, Investment Banking, Central Banking.
- Read journalist content and correct for errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar
- Rewrite copy to make it easier for readers to understand
- Verify facts using standard reference sources
- Develop story and content ideas while being mindful of the audience
- Contribute and collaborate with upper management to better the company

Writing Intern

TeckLink

- Conduct market research
- Support the marketing team
- Complete day-to-day administrative tasks
- Write and proofread press releases
- Help to plan events, projects, and campaigns
- Conduct reports on research findings
- Create proposals and presentations
- Manage social media accounts
- Communicate with clients and maintain good relations
- Copywriting

Marketing Associate

No Extra Source

- Write articles related to health and lifestyle
- Regularly collaborate with the editorial team on content ideas
- Meet article deadlines
- Pitch content ideas to editorial team weekly

Society19

- Responsible for editing submitted articles by a team of over 10 writers
- Collaborated with freelance editors on content strategies and development
- Reduced delivery time and ensured growth of online presence
- Hired 3 new freelance writers

Editor

- Responsible for writing and editing articles on a wide range of topics: lifestyle, fashion, health, and fitness
- Conducted research and interviews to write articles for students 
- Pitched content ideas and wrote feature articles
- Conducted costumer research to identify customer groups' interests
- Collaborated with the editorial team on content strategies and social media promotions

Editorial Magazine Intern

Dreams and Palm Trees

- Responsible for web design and overall content
- Wrote articles on men's fashion, lifestyle, culture, and health
- Enhanced the follower ratio on a monthly basis
- Collaborated with freelance writers on content strategy and development

Editor In Chief

The Beaver Newspaper

- Submitted articles related to LSE students read by over 200 readers weekly 
- Collaborated with newspaper editors on web content ideas
- Responsible for conducting research and interviews related to issues and concerns pertaining to LSE students

Freelance Journalist

I am an experienced content strategist passionate about meaningful storytelling. A MSc graduate from the London School of Economics and Political Science, I am a content writer who is looking to grow further professionally. I always bring 100% to the work that I do and seek new challenges so that I can improve my craft every day. In my work, I aim at creating textual content through an original, open, and honest lens.

I am interested in helping brands build long-lasting value, develop strategies that elevate their online presence, and form successful relationships with their clientele through the written word. In my opinion, relatable and engaging content is the best tool to successfully establish a solid presence in today's media-saturated market.

My interests include reading, travel, foreign languages, writing, and social media management.

I speak the following languages: Albanian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (conversational), & French (conversational).

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