The Digital Sales Rep is a practical step by step guide to prospecting and closing sales online. If you are in outside sales, inside sales, or managing a team of salespeople, you want to read this book. Selling in today’s world has changed. Sales people need to be part marketer, part social media guru, part digital expert, part copywriter, part graphic designer and of course, part salesperson. This book will show how you can easily be amazing at all of those tactics.
You will learn how to mix digital efforts with traditional outreach to connect to 100+ target clients every single day. The days of pounding the pavement on the road as your only source of business acquisition are long gone. The most successful sales reps utilize the power of digital and social channels to effectively network and gain sales opportunities with clients that would otherwise be impossible to reach. These strategies don’t just open doors, they secure welcome invitations to talk about your products and services.
This book delivers a proven system, actionable guidelines and steps to follow that will result in closed sales. No fluffy sales advice here. The 10 + 10 Sales System works.
Trudi Charest is proof that retirement doesn’t mean slowing down — sometimes it means finally having time to do all the things you were too busy to tackle before.
After a successful career in sales, marketing, and business development, Trudi turned her passion for helping people into writing practical, relatable books filled with real-world advice, humour, and honest conversations about life’s next chapters.
She is the bestselling author of *The Great Canadian Retirement Guide*, a trusted resource helping Canadians navigate retirement planning, finances, lifestyle changes, and everything nobody warns you about after you stop working. She is also the author of *The Digital Sales Rep*, a modern guide for sales professionals looking to thrive in the digital and social selling world.
Known for her approachable style and “coffee chat with a smart friend” tone, Trudi combines practical guidance with personal stories, making complicated topics feel easy, encouraging, and even fun.
When she’s not writing, planning her next project, or connecting with readers online, you’ll likely find her traveling, spending time with family, cheering on youth sports, or proving that retirement can actually be one of the busiest — and best — stages of life.