Episode #482: Should I Quote First or Last?

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On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey & Bryan Neale answer a listener question from John in Washington DC. He’s new in the SAaS space and has figured out where his problem is but not yet what to do about it. The issue is, “Should he be first or last to propose?”

As you might guess, Bill & Bryan take the question and bend it all sorts of ways to come up with some good suggestions for John. This is really less about the SAas space, and more about how to handle the ever-occurring stall of “not now.”

Contact us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com. Send a clever question in and if we play it, we’ll send you a treat. Make sure you put your mailing address in your email.

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Episode #474: Client wants to go out for a bid?

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In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale relate stories from their client base about this very issue, what do you do when a longtime buyer feels compelled to interview other vendors?

As Bill and Bryan have done in the past, they break this topic down into prevention and remedy:

Prevention is what can you do to prevent this from happening again, and the guys give ten points of learning around that. Remedy is what do you do about it if somebody just, “Serves you the papers.” They’ve got a couple of thoughts on that as well.

We’d love to hear your feedback on this topic by going to the Facebook fan page and sharing your thoughts!

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Episode #471: Commitment & Energy

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What vibe do you give off when you’re around others?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk about two words, commitment and energy, that will influence your success in professional selling.

The guys break down each of these words and talk about what they see when they go into companies and work with high achievers in these two areas.

We’d love to hear your feedback on this topic by going to the Facebook fan page and sharing your thoughts!

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Episode #470: From Prospect to Client

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Does it really take 8 to 12 contacts to turn a prospect into a customer?

Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this very idea in today’s episode. We had an awesome question from a listener in our co-video mailbag segment. She is a wardrobe and fashion expert, and is trying to figure out how to generate more clients.

Bill and Bryan give her some ideas that really anyone who’s in sales and trying to generate more engagement with prospects can use.

We’d love to hear your feedback on their answers by going to the Facebook fan page and sharing your thoughts!

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How To Create Superfans So You Get More Referrals

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Purdeep Sangha is my guest on this week’s 2X Podcast episode.

He’s the author of “Superfans,” a book on how to create enormous loyalty within your client base. I highly suggest reading it, it is an awesome book to learn how to serve clients so that referrals flood to you.

How often have you worked with a vendor who you can barely tolerate – and then they ask you for referrals?

You don’t do it, do you? Of course not.

Why subject your friends to average service? Purdeep gives you some thoughts on this big topic!

Learn more about Purdeep’s book at https://createsuperfans.com.

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Episode #469: The Importance of Customer Experience

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What kind of customer experience do you give your brand new customers?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale review the hazards of ignoring the customer experience. We all want more referrals and we all want to grow our current client business, but do we do all we can to make that experience with them such that they want to give us more referrals and more money?

Bill and Bryan give you six ideas that you can implement almost immediately, with little cost, that will help you rebuild or reconstruct your customer experience.

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Episode #457: Does Your Personal Brand Really Matter?

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On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a common question that we’re getting more and more frequently which is does my personal brand really matter? And, how do I align it with my company brand?

Bill had a situation with a current client where the VP of sales was intrigued about the concept of personal branding, rightfully so.

It should be on every sales manager’s and every salesperson’s radar right now. If your in B2B sales, your personal brand really does matter, so how do you build it?

In this episode Bill and Bryan give you a handful of tactics that can help you begin to build your personal brand and turn it into revenue.

Also mentioned in this podcast:

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The Prerequisites For 2X Growth

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On this episode of The 2X Podcast, Bill addresses a very common mistake that most salespeople make when they decide to try and drastically improve their results, they JUMP.

They jump to making more calls, working more hours and desperately making more connections on LinkedIn. Those are all great things, but if you don’t do the prerequisites first, you’ll never get to where you want to be.

Bill gives you 6 prerequisites you can start on today, before you begin your journey to 2X!

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Episode #455: How To Get Appointments The Right Way

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On this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran and sometimes humorous sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale, answer a voicemail bag question from Scott in Ohio.

OH-IO! (You’ll have to hear the episode to know what that means).

The guys warn Scott about his thinking and then provide a handful of recommendations on how he can get more appointments in his markets.

This mailbag is sponsored by Covideo. You can go to advancedsellingpodcast.com/covideo to get a free trial started so that you can break through the clutter of your prospect’s inbox.

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