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Victor Antonio

A Top Sales Keynote Speaker on How to Future-Proof Your Sales Strategy and Lead with AI
  • Former President of Global Sales and Marketing for a $420M company
  • Bestselling author of Over a Dozen Books on Sales including Future of Selling: The Rise of AI Agents
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$20,000 - $30,000
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5.0 | 2 Reviews
Victor Antonio
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Speaker Fee: $20,000 - $30,000
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Victor Antonio Speaker Biography

A poor upbringing from one of the roughest areas of Chicago didn’t stop Victor Antonio from earning a B.S. Electrical Engineering, an MBA and building a 20 year career as a top sales executive and becoming President of Global Sales and Marketing for a $420M company.

As Vice President of International Sales in a Fortune 500 $3B corporation at the time, he was selected from over 500 sales managers to join the President’s Advisory Council for excellence in sales and management.

Victor Antonio has shared the stage with top business speakers: Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Paul Otellini (CEO of Intel), and John May (CEO of FedEx Kinkos). He is the author of 13 books on sales and motivation and recently launched the SALES VELOCITY ACADEMY learning platform with 500+ videos.  Most recently published: “Sales Ex Machina: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World of Selling”.

Other books include: Why the Squirrel Kept Winning, Selling Ain’t Hard, Sales Influence, The Greatest Gift, Sales Psycho, Corporate Inferno, Tao of Selling, Winning Back the Business, Logic of Success, and Sales Models. 

International Experience: Europe, Asia, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Latin America, Middle East, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

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Speech Topics

KEYNOTES

Future of Selling: The Rise of AI Agents
Five years before the launch of ChatGPT, I published ‘Sales Ex Machina: How AI is Changing the World Selling’ which was a harbinger of things to come. Now, my new book, ‘Future of Selling’ focuses on the next progression, AI Agents!

Functions that were once the domain of salespeople will be transformed. The predictive power of these new algorithms is changing the way sales organizations function. The fact is virtually every stage of the traditional sales pipeline is now ripe for disruption as companies enthusiastically invest in AI Agents and Agentic applications that will sharply enhance critical sales functions and develop more efficient sales processes.

  • 8 Ways to Future proof your business: I’ll provide a framework to decide how to integrate AI into your business
  • AI implementation framework: Not just theory or buzzwords – real strategies to implement ASAP.
  • How AI is changing Sales: More efficient and smart than ever before – for those who know how to use it.

 

Reducing Buyer Resistance – Getting Clients To Switch
How do you get clients to buy or try your product? Getting clients to either try your product/service for the first time or, switch-over to a new one are two of the biggest challenges in today’s market. In this keynote, you’ll learn how to position a new product’s value and present a compelling reason for change. The key lies in going beyond price by increasing their confidence in having to change and reducing the fear of change itself. Takeaways:

  • How to identify the client’s unstated needs
  • Learn how to reduce their buying anxiety
  • Create and quantify the urgency for change
  • Help them overcome their ‘switch-over’ fear
  • Shape the path to change and reduce decision friction

Increase Your Sales Velocity – Selling to Today’s Informed Buyer
When it comes to a salesperson achieving or exceeding their revenue goal, almost 60% never do. The majority of salespeople struggle to hit their target sales because they simply do not have a day-to-day strategy to achieve their revenue goals! In this keynote, Victor Antonio will lay-out a clear sales blueprint that salespeople will be able to implement the very next day. Takeaways:

  • Five ways to increase your sales velocity
  • How to define and implement high-leverage activities
  • Build a consistent quarterly plan to hit your number
  • Create winning sales habit to keep your pipeline full
  • Increase the average order size and close rate

Sales Excellence Through Influence – It’s Not What You Sell, It’s How You Sell!
This sales motivation keynote is loaded with research and studies on how to influence the buying process and increase buyer satisfaction. Find out why outdated techniques don’t work anymore. Learn how to position your product by framing the context of the conversation. Find out how to reduce buyer resistance and gain their acceptance by employing simple to use strategies and tactic! Takeaways:

  • How to guide your client’s decision-making process
  • Create a REAL value proposition
  • Learn an effective sales process that connects
  • How to deliver insight that positions you as an authority
  • Discover how to keep and hold a buyer’s attention

No Touch Selling: Using Technology to Sell at a (Social) Distance
With “Social Distancing” currently the new normal, acclaimed sales expert and trainer Victor Antonio, has created an exclusive presentation to help you sell virtually. With numerous experts agreeing that social distancing may become a new reality, you need to get out ahead of the curve with techniques that will help you succeed in the new virtual selling landscape that will look decidedly different in the weeks and months to come. Victor will help attendees learn how to:

  • Effectively sell in this new “Social Distancing” environment
  • Set up an effective “Virtual Office”
  • Develop a “Virtual Selling” sales process
  • Utilize 7 Tips to use to engage a buyer via Video
  • Use Webinar tools to close deals and build your business
  • Create an interactive Video Proposal
  • Present pricing via Video
  • Read facial expressions
  • Closing tips over video

 

The Future of Sales
Artificial Intelligence is changing the world of selling! Functions that were once the domain of salespeople will be transformed or obliterated. The predictive power of these new algorithms is changing the way sales organizations function. The fact is virtually every stage of the traditional sales pipeline is now ripe for disruption as companies enthusiastically invest in AI applications that will sharply enhance critical sales functions and develop more efficient sales processes.

In this keynote, Victor reveals his 8 predictions for the future of selling and how A.I. will impact your organization.  He’ll also discuss an A.I. Framework that companies can use to begin the process of identifying and implementing A.I. solutions to help them reduce cost, increase revenue and/or expand market share.

 

SALES TRAINING WORKSHOPS

SALES MASTERY INTENSIVE

Level 1 – Fundamentals

Module 1: How to Sell Products or Services

Module 2: How Selling Has Changed

Module 3: Inside the Customer Brain

Module 4: The New Sales Conversations

Level 2 – Advance

Module 5: Developing a Sales Presence

Module 6: Closing the Credibility Gap

Module 7: Blocking Sales Objections

Module 8: Effective Sales Presentations

Level 3 – Mastery

Module 9: Business Metrics for Salespeople

Module 10: Pricing Strategies to Avoid Discounting

Module 11: Up-Selling and Cross-Selling

Module 12: Value-Centric Selling – Positioning Value

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Victor is always fun to be around and having him speak for our Book Club event was everything we expected and more.

Plexus Worldwide | February 14, 2024

We spent a lot of time searching for the right keynote speaker. When we met Victor, we knew almost immediately that he was the one! Victor asked great questions, worked directly with our sales leadership and met with a few members of our sales team. Victor’s hour long keynote kept over 550 sales associates engaged from beginning to end. Victor was clear with his strategies, tactics and reminders. His sales velocity formula combined with modest changes in the variables will certainly yield Powerful results! Overall, Victor was terrific and super easy to work with!

Alera Group | February 2, 2022
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“Victor took the personal skill sets of our sales team and crafted a sales presentation that took our closing rate from 20% to 75% in the first month.

Victor provides what I call a “game changer” to our business.”

Yepser.com

“Thank you so much for the seminar you presented…your presentation was educational and insightful. You were able to clearly communicate strategies and techniques that will help us be more effective in our delivery.

“I am confident that the implementation of your recommendations will result in an improvement in our closing ratio.”

Primerica Financial Services

“Your speech was AWESOME! You hit a Grand Slam! Your talk was very motivational and inspirational.”

Verizon

“Victor Antonio is a meeting planners dream! I’ve hired Victor 3 times and I’d do it again.”

NexStar

“The right amount of humor with the right amount of knowledge, makes for the perfect speaker.”

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