Is it Time For a Cool Change?

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Probably shouldn’t make any 70’s yacht rock references (“Cool Change” by Little River Band), but this episode is all about change. And the main question is: Given what’s occurring in the world around you, do you need to change?

Bill gives 5 insights on how to look at yourself and rate where the change should happen.

Good episode if you’re in the “planning phase” for 2018.

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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 #473: Artificially Deflating Yourself Is Worse Than Inflation

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In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address part two of their Inflation/Deflation series.

Today’s episode is how we often deflate our own power in the sales process. Most of the time it happens in negotiation, the sales process itself or when we need to find other decision-makers to go call on.

Bill and Bryan give you some ideas on how to see yourself and your role to help you navigate through this tendency and temptation to self-deflate.

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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The 10 “MUST HAVE” Attributes of The Sales Pro – PART 2

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This is Part 2 of Bill’s “Amateur V. Professional” theory of why some people succeed wildly, and some muddle along.

In this episode of the 2X Podcast, Bill reviews the final 5 attributes of a sales professional. You can grab your copy of this free download by going to BillCaskey.com/55download.

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Episode #472: Arrogance, Self-Importance and Self-Awareness

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In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a situation that came up for both of them in the past week with different clients. In both cases, the guys felt like there was a heightened sense of self-importance that was larger than reality.

In this first of a two part series, Bill and Bryan give you some ideas on how you can catch yourself if you start to slip into this “lack of self-awareness” around your role.

Part two, coming next week, is about how we often deflate our own self-importance, which is just as equally a problem.

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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The 10 “MUST HAVE” Attributes of The Sales Pro – PART 1

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This document should be laminated and framed in your office! It is Bill’s “Amateur V. Professional” theory of why some people succeed wildly, and some muddle along.

In this episode of the 2X Podcast, Bill will review the first 5 attributes and then next week he will review the last 5.

You can grab your copy of this free download by going to BillCaskey.com/55download.

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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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Framework For Thinking

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You know that Bill’s favorite topics center around perspectives, points-of-views, and mindsets. These topics apply to EVERYTHING we do in business or in life.

How we think determines how we act – which determines our results.

In Bill’s coaching, he is always examining what’s “beneath the surface.” He’s taken lessons from his coaching practice and, in this episode, he reviews 5 points that will help you think differently about 2X-ing your business!

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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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