Top 18 Sales Speakers to Book for Your Next Event in 2026
The best sales speakers do more than motivate a crowd—they shift how your team thinks and sells. Booking the wrong one wastes budget and momentum. I've narrowed down the speakers who consistently deliver real, actionable strategies your team can use immediately. Whether you're planning a kickoff or a company-wide summit, this list helps you find the right fit.
Top 18 Sales Speakers
Below are the profiles of the top sales speakers, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Jeb Blount
Jeb Blount is CEO of Sales Gravy, a sales training and consulting company, and an author. His work spans prospecting, negotiation, sales leadership, and customer experience globally..
Blount turns frontline selling into…
Jeb Blount is CEO of Sales Gravy, a sales training and consulting company, and an author. His work spans prospecting, negotiation, sales leadership, and customer experience globally..
Blount turns frontline selling into practical frameworks for prospecting, objections, negotiation, and leadership. His books, keynotes, and Sales Gravy programs give revenue teams concrete approaches for building pipeline, improving conversations, and winning business.
Mike Weinberg
Mike Weinberg is a sales consultant, coach, speaker, and author whose books include New Sales. Simplified. and Sales Management. Simplified., both focused on practical sales execution daily.
His work strips sales…
Mike Weinberg is a sales consultant, coach, speaker, and author whose books include New Sales. Simplified. and Sales Management. Simplified., both focused on practical sales execution daily.
His work strips sales back to fundamentals: targeting strategic accounts, proactive prospecting, compelling messaging, and disciplined management. Weinberg’s books and speaking give sales leaders a direct framework for creating new business rather than waiting for demand.
Shari Levitin
Shari Levitin is a sales keynote speaker, trainer, author, and founder of Shari Levitin Group. Her work blends consultative selling, human skills, and adult learning worldwide today.
Levitin teaches sales teams to…
Shari Levitin is a sales keynote speaker, trainer, author, and founder of Shari Levitin Group. Her work blends consultative selling, human skills, and adult learning worldwide today.
Levitin teaches sales teams to strengthen discovery, storytelling, consensus building, and the human skills that technology cannot replace. Her keynotes and training connect learning science with practical selling, giving revenue organizations a behavior-focused approach to improving performance.
Victor Antonio
Victor Antonio is a sales keynote speaker, author, and consultant with an engineering and executive background. He’s known for teaching sales influence, value, and buyer psychology in B2B sales.
Antonio approaches selling…
Victor Antonio is a sales keynote speaker, author, and consultant with an engineering and executive background. He’s known for teaching sales influence, value, and buyer psychology in B2B sales.
Antonio approaches selling through the mechanics of buyer behavior, value, pricing, and influence. His speaking and training translate those ideas into practical lessons on how sellers communicate value, handle resistance, and navigate modern buying decisions.
Anthony Iannarino
Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, sales leader, and creator of The Sales Blog. He has a deep experience in complex B2B sales, value creation, and revenue growth strategy.
Iannarino’s work…
Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, author, sales leader, and creator of The Sales Blog. He has a deep experience in complex B2B sales, value creation, and revenue growth strategy.
Iannarino’s work explores how sellers create value before a decision is made, build consensus, lead complex buying conversations, and displace competitors. Books such as Leading Growth and The Lost Art of Closing extend those ideas from individual selling into revenue leadership.
John Barrows
John Barrows is the founder of JB Sales, a sales training and advisory firm, and a longtime sales practitioner who has worked with teams at Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google, and Amazon worldwide.
Barrows…
John Barrows is the founder of JB Sales, a sales training and advisory firm, and a longtime sales practitioner who has worked with teams at Salesforce, LinkedIn, Google, and Amazon worldwide.
Barrows combines tactical sales training with a growing focus on how AI changes team structure, prospecting, and seller effectiveness. His work helps revenue leaders decide where technology belongs while reinforcing the fundamentals behind pipeline creation and closing.
Colleen Francis
Colleen Francis is the founder and CEO of Engage Selling, a deal advisory and keynote speaking firm. She is the author of Right on the Money and Nonstop Sales Boom worldwide in…
Colleen Francis is the founder and CEO of Engage Selling, a deal advisory and keynote speaking firm. She is the author of Right on the Money and Nonstop Sales Boom worldwide in B2B sales.
Francis works directly on deal quality, pipeline discipline, forecasting, and profitable growth. Her advisory work and keynotes focus on helping sales leaders distinguish genuine opportunities from optimism and concentrate resources on business that can actually move.
Jeffrey Gitomer
Jeffrey Gitomer is a sales author, keynote speaker, trainer, and CEO of Buy Gitomer. His books include The Little Red Book of Selling and The Sales Bible, alongside work on customer…
Jeffrey Gitomer is a sales author, keynote speaker, trainer, and CEO of Buy Gitomer. His books include The Little Red Book of Selling and The Sales Bible, alongside work on customer loyalty and trust.
Gitomer’s body of work connects sales performance with value, trust, relationships, attitude, and the reasons customers buy. His books, speaking, and training have made those principles accessible as practical ideas sellers can use in conversations and long-term customer relationships.
Morgan J. Ingram
Morgan J. Ingram is a sales strategist, speaker, and founder of AMP Social, where he helps B2B teams build pipeline through social selling, content, outbound, and relationships for growth.
Ingram’s work connects…
Morgan J. Ingram is a sales strategist, speaker, and founder of AMP Social, where he helps B2B teams build pipeline through social selling, content, outbound, and relationships for growth.
Ingram’s work connects outbound execution with content and relationship-led selling. He teaches sellers to earn attention through relevant research, visible expertise, and real conversations, giving revenue teams an approach to pipeline generation that goes beyond automated outreach.
Keenan
Keenan is a sales author, speaker, and founder of A Sales Growth Company, the B2B training and consulting firm launched as A Sales Guy. His work centers on the Gap Selling methodology…
Keenan is a sales author, speaker, and founder of A Sales Growth Company, the B2B training and consulting firm launched as A Sales Guy. His work centers on the Gap Selling methodology today.
Keenan built Gap Selling around diagnosing the distance between a buyer’s current and desired states rather than leading with a product. His work has since expanded that problem-centric approach into prospecting, deal execution, forecasting, and broader revenue performance.
Alice Heiman
Alice Heiman is a sales strategist, consultant, speaker, and founder of Alice Heiman, LLC, where she advises CEOs and leadership teams on complex B2B sales and revenue growth for growth.
Heiman focuses…
Alice Heiman is a sales strategist, consultant, speaker, and founder of Alice Heiman, LLC, where she advises CEOs and leadership teams on complex B2B sales and revenue growth for growth.
Heiman focuses on the CEO’s role in building a sales organization that can win complex business. Her consulting, speaking, and Sales Talk for CEOs work connect strategy, customer engagement, leadership alignment, and sales execution to sustainable revenue growth.
Amy Franko
Amy Franko is a B2B sales strategist, keynote speaker, author, and founder of Amy Franko Associates. Her work draws on enterprise sales experience at IBM and Lenovo and spans sales leadership.
Franko’s …
Amy Franko is a B2B sales strategist, keynote speaker, author, and founder of Amy Franko Associates. Her work draws on enterprise sales experience at IBM and Lenovo and spans sales leadership.
Franko’s The Modern Seller framework examines the skills sellers need as buying behavior changes, while her broader work addresses strategic selling, leadership, and client value. Her keynotes translate those ideas into practical approaches for revenue teams navigating complex B2B growth.
Lauren Bailey
Lauren Bailey is the founder and president of Factor 8, a virtual sales training company, and founder of Girls Club, with decades of experience in inside and virtual sales leadership.
Bailey has…
Lauren Bailey is the founder and president of Factor 8, a virtual sales training company, and founder of Girls Club, with decades of experience in inside and virtual sales leadership.
Bailey has built her work around the skills behind effective virtual selling and sales management. Factor 8 trains reps and managers in practical execution, while her broader speaking and leadership work addresses coaching, confidence, team performance, and developing women in revenue roles.
Hang Black
Hang Black is a revenue enablement executive, keynote speaker, and author of Embrace Your Edge, with leadership experience across enterprise technology, sales, and enablement strategy.
Black brings engineering, product, marketing, sales,…
Hang Black is a revenue enablement executive, keynote speaker, and author of Embrace Your Edge, with leadership experience across enterprise technology, sales, and enablement strategy.
Black brings engineering, product, marketing, sales, and enablement experience to the problem of improving revenue execution. Her work examines operating models, seller skills, technology, change management, and courageous leadership—giving revenue teams a systems-level view of performance.
Lori Richardson
Lori Richardson is a sales strategist, speaker, and leader of Score More Sales, where she works with sales organizations on talent, coaching, sales process, and revenue growth for B2B teams.
Richardson combines…
Lori Richardson is a sales strategist, speaker, and leader of Score More Sales, where she works with sales organizations on talent, coaching, sales process, and revenue growth for B2B teams.
Richardson combines data-informed sales assessment with coaching, training, and consulting to help leaders diagnose performance issues before prescribing fixes. She also advocates for women in sales, connecting talent development and stronger leadership with healthier revenue organizations.
Kevin “KD” Dorsey
Kevin “KD” Dorsey is a SaaS sales consultant, keynote speaker, advisor, and sales leadership coach known for building and scaling sales teams and developing frontline leaders in B2B sales.
Dorsey’s teaching focuses…
Kevin “KD” Dorsey is a SaaS sales consultant, keynote speaker, advisor, and sales leadership coach known for building and scaling sales teams and developing frontline leaders in B2B sales.
Dorsey’s teaching focuses on the daily behaviors behind consistent sales performance, from preparation and practice to coaching and execution. Drawing on experience scaling SaaS teams, he gives sales leaders practical ways to develop reps, strengthen management, and build repeatable performance.
Lee Salz
Lee Salz is the founder of Sales Architects, a sales management strategist, keynote speaker, and author. His work centers on sales differentiation and sales team performance and growth.
Salz teaches sellers how…
Lee Salz is the founder of Sales Architects, a sales management strategist, keynote speaker, and author. His work centers on sales differentiation and sales team performance and growth.
Salz teaches sellers how to create meaningful differentiation before the close rather than relying on last-minute persuasion. His broader work covers prospecting, first meetings, sales management, hiring, metrics, and process—linking individual selling skills with the systems leaders use to build stronger teams.
Sam Jacobs
Sam Jacobs is the founder and CEO of Pavilion, a community and education platform for go-to-market leaders. He’s also an author and speaker focused on modern revenue leadership and growth today.
Jacobs…
Sam Jacobs is the founder and CEO of Pavilion, a community and education platform for go-to-market leaders. He’s also an author and speaker focused on modern revenue leadership and growth today.
Jacobs works across the broader GTM system rather than sales alone, helping CROs and other operators develop their careers and organizations. His recent work explores AI-native GTM models, executive decision-making, peer learning, and the operating practices behind efficient revenue growth.
Selection Methodology
I selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
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I look for evidence such as leading meaningful initiatives or delivering notable results within their organizations, developing influential ideas or practices, publishing research or educational resources, speaking or teaching, and other contributions that demonstrate impact within their work or the broader field.
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