Kurt Shaver

CA, US
America's Social Selling Expert Shows Salespeople How to Increase Their Revenue Through Modern Selling Tools Like LinkedIn

Kurt's highly entertaining keynotes and breakouts show sales people, managers and executives how to use the incredible power of LinkedIn and other Social Selling tools to increase sales and outperform the competition.

Kurt began as a salesperson selling million dollar networks for a Fortune 500 company. He worked up to being a sales executive with Venture Capital (VC) backed startups. This real-world selling experiences resulted in his mastery of traditional sales techniques.

As technology changed buying habits, Kurt evolved as a thought leader in the emerging practice of Social Selling. Having used apps like LinkedIn to build his own business, he has subsequently helped thousands of salespeople learn how to do the same.

Kurt blends traditional selling fundamentals with an advanced knowledge of Social Selling technology. His goal is to have each and every keynote attendee or workshop participant leave his sessions with practical and actionable items that will immediately increase their sales effectiveness.

Why Hire Kurt Shaver?

  • Proven record as a million closer means credibility with your audience
  • Sales success with Fortune 500 and Venture Capital (VC) companies. 
  • Creator of the "Social Selling Boot Camp"
  • Audiences love Kurt's practical and effective takeaways


Selected Conference Experience

• InsideSales.com Top Sales Influencers Series at Dreamforce conference
• LinkedIn Sales Connect - Social Selling industry experts panel
• Sales 2.0 Conference - Marketing and Sales alignment
• American Association of Inside Sales Professionals - Building a Social Selling Culture
• The Sales Association - Building a Social Selling Culture
• Inside Sales Virtual Sales Summit - Building a Social Selling Culture
• Silicon Valley VPs of Sales Executive Forum - Building a Social Selling Culture
• National Speakers Association - Grow your Business with LinkedIn
• California Staffing Professionals - Grow your Business with LinkedIn
• Commercial Realtors Association - Grow Your Business with LinkedIn
• Sales and Marketing Int'l - Amplify Your Marketing Message through Social Selling
• CRN Xchange Best of Breed Conference - Marketing Content + Social Sellers = Success
• ConnectWise IT Nation User Conference
• BuzzBuilder Social Selling Webinar Series
• PSDA Young Innovators Conference
• American Association of Inside Sales Professionals - Grow Your Business with LinkedIn

Kurt's highly entertaining keynotes and breakouts show sales people, managers and executives how to use the incredible power of LinkedIn and other Social Selling tools to increase sales and outperform the competition.

Kurt began as a salesperson selling million dollar networks for a Fortune 500 company. He worked up to being a sales executive with Venture Capital (VC) backed startups. This real-world selling experiences resulted in his mastery of traditional sales techniques.

As technology changed buying habits, Kurt evolved as a thought leader in the emerging practice of Social Selling. Having used apps like LinkedIn to build his own business, he has subsequently helped thousands of salespeople learn how to do the same.

Kurt blends traditional selling fundamentals with an advanced knowledge of Social Selling technology. His goal is to have each and every keynote attendee or workshop participant leave his sessions with practical and actionable items that will immediately increase their sales effectiveness.

Why Hire Kurt Shaver?

  • Proven record as a million closer means credibility with your audience
  • Sales success with Fortune 500 and Venture Capital (VC) companies. 
  • Creator of the "Social Selling Boot Camp"
  • Audiences love Kurt's practical and effective takeaways


Selected Conference Experience

• InsideSales.com Top Sales Influencers Series at Dreamforce conference
• LinkedIn Sales Connect - Social Selling industry experts panel
• Sales 2.0 Conference - Marketing and Sales alignment
• American Association of Inside Sales Professionals - Building a Social Selling Culture
• The Sales Association - Building a Social Selling Culture
• Inside Sales Virtual Sales Summit - Building a Social Selling Culture
• Silicon Valley VPs of Sales Executive Forum - Building a Social Selling Culture
• National Speakers Association - Grow your Business with LinkedIn
• California Staffing Professionals - Grow your Business with LinkedIn
• Commercial Realtors Association - Grow Your Business with LinkedIn
• Sales and Marketing Int'l - Amplify Your Marketing Message through Social Selling
• CRN Xchange Best of Breed Conference - Marketing Content + Social Sellers = Success
• ConnectWise IT Nation User Conference
• BuzzBuilder Social Selling Webinar Series
• PSDA Young Innovators Conference
• American Association of Inside Sales Professionals - Grow Your Business with LinkedIn

New Ways to Grow Sales with Social Selling

This One Hour informational How-To keynote will show attendees the new ways to use LinkedIn and social selling to grow sales.


This keynote is for sales people, as well as managers and executives responsible for sales teams.

Every organization can benefit from an increased knowledge of these important sales tools and techniques.

Attendees will learn:

  • How to Maximize Returns from LinkedIn's Top 2012...
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Effective Inbound Marketing Using LinkedIn

Most sales people only use LinkedIn as a tool for Outbound Prospecting. But did you know that LinkedIn can be one of the most effective tools for Inbound Marketing?

This is a NOT TO BE MISSED keynote for Salespeople, Sales Managers, and Marketing Personnel interested in learning new ways to increase sales using LinkedIn.

Topics include:

  • Attracting Customers with LinkedIn Profile Applications
  • Promoting Yourself as a Subject Matter...
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3 Steps to Creating a Social Selling Culture

Social Selling is a hot topic in the B2B sales world.

However, because tools like LinkedIn and Twitter are free, many initiatives start as grass roots efforts led by socially-savvy sales reps.

While this approach can yield isolated successes, repeatable and manageable results require a corporate strategy.

This 60 minute Keynote is aimed at sales managers, and executives.

About Kurt Shaver

Kurt Shaver inspires audiences to use new selling...

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Building a Social Selling Culture

Exclusive keynote session for sales managers and sales executives

Your company is using social selling tools whether you know it or not.

Social selling has grown as smart young salespeople learned to leverage their vast online networks to promote sales and the reach decision makers who are becoming increasingly difficult to find through traditional cold calling techniques.

However, this "bottom-up" approach is not sustainable. "Social sellers" are...

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Connect to More Prospects with LinkedIn's Sales Navigator

LinkedIn Sales Navigator is the premium subscription specifically for sales professionals. If you're audience is made up of sales professionals, this 60 minute keynote combines practical how-tos with  insight into how social selling can transform any business. 

Attendees will see how Sales Navigator can help them:

  • Build a target lead list
  • Leverage co-worker's networks
  • Increase your email response rate

This is a great opportunity...

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Advanced LinkedIn Secrets of Sales Superstars

For many sales pros, Linkedin is the #1 way to find and connect with prospects. And for those that understand how to use it's many features, it is a way to sucessfully sell products and services in ANY economy.

This 60 minute keynote is meant for sales professionals who have the basic LinkedIn Profile, but need to learn how to use it grow their sales.

Attendees will learn how to:

  • Use Advanced Search Techniques to Find...
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