Benjamin C.

Sales, Software and Data Professional/SME - Top Rated Since 2014

🎯 12+ Years Remote Contracting on Elance/Upwork (Top 1% of +18M and ALL 5 Stars!) 🎯 25+ Years in Customer Facing Roles (10+ Years B2B & 10+ Years B2C) 🎯 4x Core/Founding Team Member of Bootstrapping Startups 🎯 4x Sales Lead in Software Startups 🎯 Small Business Sales, Software and Data Expert 🎯 Freelance Contractor and Passive Co-Founder 🎯 Leading Voice on LinkedIn 🎯 50k+ Organic Views on YouTube and LinkedIn as Creator/Host/Presenter/Guest/SME 🎯 Named CXO Outlook's Most Influential Business Leaders in 2023 by CXO Outlook Magazine My name is Ben. I'm a top performer and my work has helped many small companies get to the next level. As a contractor I offer my own time and services in sales, support, customer success, account management, hiring, training, content creation, and many others. I often handle high-value and high-priority tasks, projects, and initiatives that require high levels of trust, communication, and highly-skilled individuals. Over 25 years I've been very effective in very diverse industries and business functions. ‎ ‎I have 25 years of customer-facing experience across B2B and B2C sectors, from frontline sales and support to startup leadership, giving me a rare combination of street-level execution and strategic thinking. ‎ ‎I'm the Co-Founder and passive Head of Sales of a bootstrapping data software startup, and I've been a core leader in multiple small startups. That means I don't just talk strategy, I've lived the constraints, trade-offs, and the grind of building something from nothing. ‎ ‎My B2B focus since 2015 has been concentrated in data and software, where I've built a genuine thought leadership presence: 8,000+ LinkedIn followers and 50,000+ organic video views in a notoriously dry, technical space. That's not luck, that's proof that I can generate attention and communicate complex ideas, in a compelling manner. ‎ ‎What sets my profile apart is the breadth behind the depth: representing vendors I've managed hundreds of small and large clients all over the world; as an independent contractor on Upwork and Elance I've worked with dozens of different businesses in different industries reaching Top 3% of 18M freelancers; and my earlier career experiences include the mortgage industry, retail furniture, telemarketing, and even food service. All of this combined with years of exposure learning client businesses through discovery calls, problem solving, and long-term relationships, I have an unusually strong grasp of how different businesses actually operate. ‎ ‎My core competency sits at the intersection of people, technology, and communication, spanning simple sales, technical and complex sales, partnerships, business development, customer onboarding, account management, and customer support. That full-funnel customer-facing expertise, applied to small business operations, is the core value I bring to every client engagement. I'm born and raised in Wisconsin but I'm bilingual (English-Spanish) and bicultural (American-Colombian) and I consider my home to be Quindio, Colombia. ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎**Core Expertise** ‎- Sales: Simple, technical, complex, and partnership-driven ‎- Business Development & Account Management ‎- Customer Onboarding & Support ‎- Data, Software & Small Business Strategy ‎- Live Broadcasts & Pre-Recorded Content Presentation ‎- B2B and B2C across multiple industries What else would you like to know? Let's schedule a time to meet and discuss! Send me a message for a 20 minute chat to learn more about your situation, or schedule a 45 minute consultation to go more in-depth about your situation.