“BDU strikes again! The joint live webinar we did this month was amazing. The Square 2 Marketing guests that joined Brynne in her 45-minute presentation were gushing that they got a crucial introduction to the power of LinkedIn. Brynne’s presentation style was similar to that of a buddy who was patiently explaining LInkedIn to you. We’ve already had several requests to invite BDU to do another next year. Don’t even think about – ask BDU to help you with your sales efforts!” Eric Keiles, Partner, Square 2 Marketing
“I started working with Lisa in March of 2011. After seven months, our organization will exceed its aggressive 2011 revenue goals. In seven quick months, Lisa has helped us double our revenue. She has taught our organization to be more purposeful in our daily activities. Not only is Lisa a tremendous resource in sales development, but she has helped us become more efficient in our operations. Building off of our 2011 success, Lisa and I are developing our 2012 business plan. I am extremely enthusiastic about the direction and path for my company. I strongly recommend Lisa and her organization.” October 7, 2011 Scott Harrison,
““I took Brynne’s class about Leveraging LinkedIn for Business Development. An amazing presentation with many techniques that you can use immediately. I started implementing some of the techniques right in the classroom and ended up closing a significant piece of business! I would highly recommend Business Development University to anyone that wants to gain strategies that generate leads and sales. I will definitely take another class.”” October 12, 2011 Bill Selers,
“We hired BDU to assist us in developing sales skills for our newly formed sales team as well as our customer service organization. Our organization is very complicated and I am happy to say that the BDU staff was able to break our company down into individual training modules that hit on the areas where we needed the most help. I look forward to our continued relationship with Brynne and BDU.” Jim S. Thomas ASTM International
“I’ve met many consultants who profess to be experts in leveraging social media to increase sales. Brynne was the first one who delivered what she said she would. Her in-depth knowledge of LinkedIn, and how to use it effectively to build business relationships has already paid dividends in two weeks. I can’t wait to see how her strategies pay off at the end of the year!” August 11, 2011 Meridith Rohrbaugh,
“Brynne is an excellent teacher and coach. Her course on LinkedIn is outstanding and necessary for anyone who wants to use this social media tool effectively. I highly recommend her.” Eugene N. Cipriani, Esq. Private Law Practitioner, Transportation Consultant
“Lisa is a wonderful resource for non-selling professionals who need to engage in business development. She completely gets it! Earlier this year, Lisa assisted me in developing and refining my business plans for my practice, including in a new area, and in reviewing my business development practices to better focus and align them with my plans and make the best use of the time I have available for business development. I have worked with a number of other coaches in the past, and Lisa is head and shoulders above the rest – she is able to truly understand your practice and your goals and assist you in developing an approach that is strategic and purposeful, yet consistent with your style and needs. I have highly recommended Lisa to others and look forward to continuing to do so.” – Nicole Galli
“I recently worked with Brynne who our firm hired to ramp up our use of social networking particularly LinkedIn. Brynne was professional, articulate, easy to talk to, creative and made the information presented, most importantly, extremely useful in my day to day activities.” Robert Sobel, Senior Vice President, Cook, Hall & Hyde Inc.
“I have been so impressed with Lisa’s approach to business development and her successful track record. She gets it…. it’s not about selling – it’s about building relationships and maximizing what you give and what you receive from your network. Her customized model is extremely flexible and she’s an absolute pleasure to work with. ROI for executives, managers and producers.” Jim Devine,
“Having experienced other forms of sales training throughout my career, I find Lisa’s training distinctive and totally rousing. Lisa has taught me skills to work smarter, not harder. After attending Lisa’s BDU workshop Lisa showed me new techniques that are easy to incorporate into my existing skills. I am confident I will easily succeed and surpass my goals.” Debbie Hancock,
“Brynne conducted a Linkedin seminar to USI Affinity yesterday.Brynne did an excellent job showing the sales team how to use Linkedin as an effective business tool. The entire sales team learned something new that will will help USI producers grow their pipelines and close new business. I highly recommend Brynne for sales training and coaching.” Mary Pat Kessler
“The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce recently hired Brynne to help us leverage our amazing membership benefits to attract and retain new members. The results have been fantastic! Brynne has clearly done her research; when she presented customized solutions they fit exactly into the Chamber Business Development model. We are having fun while learning with Brynne and can already attribute some new member connections to her coaching. Anyone looking to grow their business by working smarter – not harder! – should contact Brynne immediately.” Kate Bay, 
“Thank you for your uplifting and thoughtful presentation. It was inspiring and gave us all hope for the 2011 sales year!” – Pat O’Hara
“Lisa…it was definitely worth my time to attend your presentation to MCCC’s Women Owned Business Networking group. You were enthusiastic, entertaining genuine, authentic and enlightening. I have been to many sales training courses during my career…So some of what I heard was a refresher, and some was refreshing and new.” -Peggy Gallagher
“Lisa and Brynne trained me while at my previous company, in an Inside Sales role. Their training really helped me to take my performance up a notch–especially in the areas of social media marketing, and closing for appointments. With their sales techniques (simple and honest in their approach), I found closing to be much easier, and my results improved dramatically. Further, utilizing LinkedIn and Twitter, I suddenly found a whole new area of prospects open to me, and it was much easier than just cold calling! I recently moved to a new company, where I will now be in charge of Outside Sales. While I’m sure the road ahead is not easy, I feel Lisa’s training really helped me move forward with my career development, as well as massively improving my sales results. I highly recommend Lisa.” Kyle Hutchin,
“Brynne has worked with my sales team at IBM as a LinkedIn trainer and coach. Her instruction was very helpful for my team unlock the power of Linkedin as a marketing and business prospecting tool. Brynne was very knowledgeable regarding the product and gave real world advice on how to utilize LinkedIn to gain a competitive advantage.” Randy Riley, Software Sales Manager, IBM
“Wow!!! I Love working with Brynne. She is Awesome. We have now worked togetehr for over a year. Not only is she fun to work with but more importantly she is producing results. Last year she helped us win our largest engagements and a number of other engagements.
I’ve been so impressed by Brynne and her team – we now have her provide sales training classes when e bring in new employees and have her work with internal and external appointment setters right from Day 1. She has provided helping in having us really listen to clients and enabled us to have a clear selling process. No more second guessing how often I should call, nor rapidly putting together a proposal without being clear on the client’s goals. These are just a few of the many benefits I am getting in working with Brynne. Thanks Brynne. You are most excellent!” David Wagstaff,
“Thank you to Brynne for initiating my adventures with Linked In! Since her class- I have connected with two of my target companies. Brynne is not only a professional – but also a strong communicator with significant patience! Thanks again and I look forward to more online sessions. Paul Szklarski, MBA, FACHE, Sales, DocuVault Delaware Valley
“Lisa is a superb sales coach. She has helped us at JanBara & Associates create a cohesive sales plan and helped us look at how best to execute it. She has been there for our questions and has advised us in how to approach potential clients. We love her enthusiasm, her can-do attitude and that she firmly prods us to increase our sales expertise. It is our pleasure to recommend Lisa. She is a sales expert and an outstanding sales coach.” Barbara Taylor,
“Having experienced a great deal of sales training throughout my sales career, I find Brynne’s training unique and totally inspiring. Even successful reps can find themselves trapped using a stale approach. Brynne has taught me skills to work smarter, not harder. As one of the top sales reps in our department, Brynne has given me some new techniques that are easy to incorporate into my existing skills. With Brynne’s help we reviewed my sales goals & by using this new approach, I am confident I will easily surpass my year end goal.” Deborah Paredes,
“Brynne Tillman is the LinkedIn Lady. If you want to start using LinkedIn as a lead generating machine, you need to take one of Brynne’s trainings on how to rock you social media networking on LinkedIn to take your business the next level.” November 7, 2010 Melinda Emerson, Owner, Quintessence Multimedia
“I always enjoy your newsletters when I receive them. The tidbits are great and this month Lisa – you really made me sit in my office and ponder where my line in the sand is! Thanks. Especially since I am starting the wonderful task of developing my 2011 business plan.” Dana Zamrik, Financial Advisor Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
“Lisa has presented for us on several occasions, and every time she brings down the house with her passion, her knowledge, and her energy. Anyone who would tap into her sales coaching expertise would find it well-worth their time and investment.” September 2, 2010 Brian Wiggins, Philadelphia Business Journal
“As the CEO of Business Development University, Lisa Peskin prepares business owners to become more precise in their efforts to increase sales. She and her colleagues provide business owners with effective methods to reach prospects, to learn how to confront resistance or rejection, and to get the word out about their services. I recommend Lisa and her associates if you need to improve your sales.” August 2, 2010 Stephanie Watkins, President of StefAnn Consulting
“Lisa did an outstanding job for me. She helped me develop all of our training curriculum and assisted me in all of the company training sessions. She is very competent, enthusiastic, and is able to grab an audience. I would recommend her for any training need you may have.” – Tom Anderson
“Brynne is the most dynamic networker you will find anywhere. She has a unique ability to connect with others and match them with strateigc business partners. She is selfless in her desire to help others and driven to enable them to grow their business and reach greater levels of success. These strengths, along with her LinkedIn knowledge base, will undoubtedly bring a company results. I would highly recommend hiring Brynne and Business Development University.” March 16, 2010 Linda Frangipane
“As a professional sales executive for OneCommunications I am always seeking new tools and resources to pursue and retain business. LinkedIn as a social media resource was something I visited and used infrequently. My colleagues had similar experiences and we did not see or understand its full potential. That all changed the day we decided to have Business Development University host a LinkedIn workshop at our office. Roy Hudec from BDU came to our office to present LinkedIn to our sales team. It was in a word, Amazing! He was intuitive, interesting, and great story teller. He introduced important facts, great tips and added his own experiences to make it easier to implement a strategy and navigate the system. If you are in sales and not using LinkedIn as a prospecting / networking tool I can connect you with Roy. Everyone in my office was able to enhance their working knowledge of LinkedIn and walk away with a few new ideas and facts. Now we have a better understanding how important LinkedIn is as a prospecting tool for sales professionals… Tsvi Marder
“In December, 2009 I went to Brynne’s LinkedIn class. There were about 20+ people in attendance. I was a complete novice and her class gave me all the information and courage I needed to jump right in. Brynne’s instruction was clear and her manner encouraged questions and individual exploration. Because of Brynne’s style, the class had good discussion and we learned how to set up and navigate through LinkedIn. Importantly, within one month, I got my first client through LinkedIn. Isn’t that amazing!! I know that Byrnne’s instruction about social networking and her advice about how to create a powerful profile were instrumental to my getting this new business. Thank you, Brynne. You are my LinkedIn guru!” March 8, 2010
Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , Good Value - Barbara Taylor
“I am a new user to Linkedin and was looking for someone to help me understand the capabilities of Linkedin. Brynne’s class by far exceeded my expectations. Brynne’s knowledge of Linkedin is excellent and she has followed up with me and provided some great ideas of how to put this information to use. I feel I can now use Brynne as a great resource to help me grow my business.” March 4, 2010
Top qualities: Expert , High Integrity , Creative - Douglas Stuart Clark
Hired Brynne as a Sales Coach in 2009
“Brynne’s LinkedIn class was SO good today that I created my first group on LinkedIn right after the class! Her ideas were so on par and creative that I had so many ideas going through my head afterward. I can’t wait to talk to her again about using LinkedIn apps to improve my pipeline results! Thanks, Brynne!” December 17, 2009
Top qualities: Great Results , Personable , Expert - Alice Niles
hired Brynne as a LinkedIn Trainer in 2009
“Lisa provided the best sales training I have ever experienced in my +20 years of sales. I would highly recommend her to anyone!” – Gretchen Tuomi Swanson
“I’ve had the pleasure of attending multiple sales training seminars lead by Lisa Peskin. She is an incredible motivator, sales coach and business consultant. Lisa has a wonderful ability of building relationships with her class during her training events, while being very skilled and extraordinary talented at the subject at hand. Lisa has tremendous energy and shares her various selling experiences to make her training an A+ experience to all. “Hit the reset button” is an example of a sales philosophy I will always carry with me through my selling career! I would highly recommend Lisa as a sales coach and trainer.” – Sean Bookstaver
“Lisa was hired multiple times over a three year period to provide sales training expertise. She is a seasoned trainer with significant personal experience in sales and sales management. Lisa’s enthusiasm and energy enlivened every class she facilitated. I look forward to working with Lisa again in the future.” -Paul Visokey
“I had the pleasure of attending one of Lisa Peskin’s Sales Training sessions as well as seeing the positive results her sessions had with my sales staff. I was extremely impressed by her passion, enthusiasm and subject matter knowledge. Lisa is a true professional and would be an tremendous asset to any company.” -Bob Hagerty
“Lisa has been instrumental in achieving success with Sales Training at Interbay Funding. She has led both the introductory sessions as well as the advanced sales training for both the inside & outside sales teams. Lisa is far and away the best sales trainer that I have had the opportunity to work with. Her direct sales background and expertise in converting text and theory to practical application in the field was a key factor to achieving the sales results experienced with Interbay’s outside sales force. Lisa is the consummate professional; she has a high degree of integrity and has a passion for seeing her clients succeed. I highly recommend Lisa and would welcome the opportunity to work with her at any time in the future.” – Scott Barrie
“I had the pleasure of meeting Lisa Peskin while attending sales training early in my Interbay career. Her training sessions were dynamic, interactive and right on target to provide the sales training necessary for outside sales reps. Lisa also provided advanced training to my district sales reps which took them to a whole other level when working on their client relationships. Lisa always did an excellent job of reaching out to management prior to all training sessions so that all were on the same page for the training agenda. Her personality and disposition are just perfect for a training role and she uses many real life examples and scenarios from her prior sales positions. Lisa would be a tremendous asset to any company that wants well trained employees.” – Chuck Barone
“Lisa is the kind of talented sales trainer that every successful sales person must experience at least once in their professional development. Lisa, is a first class, professional, meticulous sales trainer and leaves nothing to chance during her trainings. In addition, her engaging style is always warm and friendly. This enables her to help open the minds of those she is training. Finally, I would recommend Lisa to anyone who also values integrity and honor. She is simply a great find!” – Rick Ross.
