WHO ARE WE

Social Selling Headquarters Story

The story of sales is the story of Social Selling HQ.
Our team has gone from the days of mail drops and fax machines through the days of emails and pay-per-click to today…the digital world. 
The digital world is now interconnected across so many channels that it’s hard to know where your organization should start!
We realized very early on that no one solution fits all companies or all industries.
While social media and digital marketing are now more important than ever, it’s leveraging all tools based on YOUR CUSTOMERS that counts. 
Your business exists because of your customers. 
Here at Social Sales HQ we help you communicate with your customers where they are and how they want to be helped. 
Our story is your story…helping customers quickly and effectively find the solutions they want so they can become raving fans!
Making the shift from the old ways of traditional sales and marketing to today’s new digital methodologies seems difficult, but we are here to help! 

The core elements of sales, no matter the industry, comes down to...

Knowing your customer || Knowing your Market || Engaging your networks || Building Relationships || Fostering your Customers Growth

The basic principle that we were founded on has never changed.
Our experience shows us that sales training and sales excellence is not achieved in a class room or online, watching a video.
Sales is a contact sport -- training needs to be in real time and one on one. 

There was a time when a sales agent would cut out the latest story from a news paper and mail it – with a stamped envelope – along with a note to a client. It was normal to send “Greeting cards” and happy holiday cards to our best customers.
In addition while attending trade shows we would walk over to their booths and speak with them – introducing other contacts to them along the way.
These are still important elements in many sales processes...but not all.

Today, most traditional sales and marketing tasks are outdated and simply don't work as they used to.
Outbound cold calls are getting less and less effective.
Cold emails may help you feel like your communicating but in reality todays inboxes are full of cold messages so they have lost their impact. 
AI and big data are changing how we analyze our customers and prospects by giving us the tools to really understand their buying patterns.
Social Media Platforms are giving rise to new avenues of targeted ads, and new ways to engage your markets, customers, and networks.
How we generate leads, and how prospects and customers reach us has changed dramatically over the last decade, and we’ve evolved with it.
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Today, Marketing is a tool of the sales professional – not the other way around.
Today marketing professionals need sales skills while sales professionals need marketing skills.
The days of separate silo's are gone!  
Digital Media, Social Sales, and Digital selling are all the tools you need to be training your sales teams on – and in reality, training all of your customer facing and leadership teams as well.
Add to this the need for "Digital Transformation" and you can see how things have changed!
Today if you are not found quickly and easily online...YOU DO NOT EXIST!
Welcome to the new world.
We are here to help guide, train and provide the tools you need to own your markets while activating all of your employees and customers to be your best advocates. 

Social Selling HQ Corporate Team
​Fargo ND

THOMAS ROSS
Owner

Thomas has been involved in sales and executive sales management for over 30 years. During this time he has achieved many sales and marketing accreditation from numerous associations and groups. Many of these designations are in the technology, manufacturing, renewable resources, financial, and distribution industries but all are focused on implementing sales & marketing programs for the purpose of driving revenues. Thomas has traveled and worked across all areas of North America and Europe; developing revenues and programs for many different industries and organizations ranging from start-ups to enterprise level. Like Exponential Sales® – Thomas believes that actions and results speak much clearer and bring more value than recommendations or reports ever could.

Rick Rea
Owner

Rick is North Dakota farm raised and lives in Fargo ND with his lovely bride of 30 years Dawnette. They have 2 grown children that are graduates of The University of North Dakota who also reside in Fargo.  Being an animal lover and a family person, Rick understands the values of nurture, engagement, growth and prosper.  These values have served Rick well. For thirty plus years Rick has always been in Business Development roles at very high levels. Rick also is a Sales Advisor for LinkedIn, he holds positions as Business Development in media.  He has been honored as one of the top leaders in marketing, merchandising and advertising. LinkedIn has recognized Rick as being in the

"Top 1% Endorsed for Advertising in the United States" 
"Ask what others need, and help them fly"  ~ Rick Rea

Social Selling HQ Affiliates

Boston MA, USA Affiliate Partners

Shawn Hennigan
Affiliate

My father purchased SLP (Silver Lake Press) in March of 1973, and I remember helping him in the print shop as a kid, back when we had to handset the type and used a Linotype. I loved learning about the presses and spending time with my dad doing it.

Times have changed a lot since then, and SLP is now a cross media business solution company. I still enjoy putting together top notch print media for businesses; office supplies, large format, marketing materials, magazines, books, etc. I like getting to know a business to start with ideas through conception, and ultimately to a finished product or plan. Incorporating online media with online marketing and social media is exciting and rewarding.

​The world is so big now! It's fun to market across all platforms, and I like putting it all together for the success of your business. 

Julie Hennigan
Affiliate

I grew up with a love of animals. I started riding horses when I was 7, fell in love with Friesians when I saw one in my teens, and was very lucky to get my first one when I was 16. My father fell in love too, and has always said “There are horses, and there are Friesians.” I have a passion for these elegant powerful black horses and compete, import, and breed them to this day. I met my husband through these horses. Living on a farm is a lifestyle I love. Since they can’t live in the house, I also show, breed & pamper Labrador Retrievers, my couch dogs. I started taking photos of all these wonderful animals when I was young, and there is nothing quite like capturing the beauty and personality of animals.

I started designing websites for my husband’s print company, Silver Lake Press. He grew up in the company with his father providing all print media. I was able to expand the company into the online world with web design, SEO, and online marketing. It is very rewarding to learn about a company, build a website that works, and watch the company grow. With SEO, social media, and strategic marketing I can make a real impact for a business

Phoenix AZ, USA Affiliate Partner

Mark Lindquist
Affiliate

Mark J. Lindquist is a nationally recognized motivational speaker and world-touring entertainer who has performed live for over 3 million people in 22 countries and 44 states throughout his career.   He is also the author of the books, “Passion! 8 Steps to Reignite Yours” and “Service, My Way of Life.”

As an actor, he has appeared in ABC’s LOST, CBS’ Hawaii Five-O and the Universal Studios movie “Battleship.”  He has performed for Grammy winning artists, Academy Award nominated actors, foreign dignitaries around the world as well as staffers at the White House. 

Mark is a former Sergeant in the United States Air Force and an Afghanistan War Veteran who currently lives in Fargo, North Dakota.  

Fargo ND, USA Affiliate Partner

Jared Bye
Affiliate

JLB Talent: Jared offers business management services for professional speakers nationwide.  When it comes to business, he enjoys humor just the same. Jared tends to gravitate toward the professional speaker who can engage an audience through laughter and also bring a positive message for the organization we pair them with. Being the easiest to work with is his business mantra and Jared finds it to be his philosophy in life as well. 

Jared's kids and wife are the most important things in his life. They would tell you that embarrassing them in public is my expertise and making the family laugh is his favorite thing to do. Jared always likes to ease tension with a joke and a smile and he hopes that him passing that lighthearted nature on to his two kids.