— ABOUT TED

I help you stop solving for persuasion, and start solving for safety.

For more than two decades, I have reverse-engineered how buyers actually make high-stakes decisions. What I’ve discovered is an uncomfortable truth that traditional sales and marketing ignores:

Buyers do not choose the best option. They choose the safest option.

When revenue stalls or deals go quiet, leaders usually try to fix the pitch, increase the pressure, or change targets. But as a Master NLP Practitioner and behavioral strategist, I look at the science and psychology.

Revenue bottlenecks are rarely an effort problem—they are a safety problem.

My work is dedicated to helping founders, executives, and high-performing revenue teams build behavioral safety into every stage of their sales and marketing lifecycle.

By combining structural frameworks with behavioral science, we close the gap between how good you actually are and how safe your buyer feels choosing you.


Behind the Methodology

My approach is grounded in the practical application of behavioral science, backed by professional certifications in talent optimization, coaching, and The Predictive Index.

I am the author of the number one new release on Amazon, Feel Good About Selling and the upcoming title, Distinct: How Experts Become the Obvious Choice (Fall 2026).

When I’m not speaking or helping teams drive more revenue, you can find me practicing martial arts, or at home in Massachusetts with my wife, Nicole, our four children, and our two dogs, Oatmeal and Honeybee.

My kids requested a mention of our dogs.

Grow your coaching, consulting practice

Ted Olson — Sales & Marketing Strategist, Speaker, Author, Distinct: How Experts Become the Obvious Choice (2026)

Grow your coaching, consulting practice

Distinct — How experts become the obvious choice (Coming fall 2026).

Ted Olson - the sales book for consultants

Feel Good About Selling — “Best sales book I’ve read in years!” Available on Amazon.