Episode #373: Auto Sales: Lessons from the Car Lot

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootIt’s more than just a cliché— selling cars is big business. In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale explore what we all can learn from the world of auto sales.

What strategies can you use to help your buyer feel like they actually WANT your help?

Are you exerting pressure on your buyer without realizing it?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share real life lessons from buying and selling cars (Bryan really did his research and spent time a local auto dealer to learn this stuff). If you have elements of your sales process— credit apps, evaluations, qualifications— that may make your buyer uncomfortable, this is a must-listen episode for you.

You’ll learn how to evaluate your process and modify to create a better experience for your customers and prospects. Then we all win, right?

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Episode #372: Pain Selling… Still the Best Approach?

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootPain-finding is one of the oldest sales techniques in the book. Are you still selling that way?

In today’s Mailbag Monday episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale respond to a question from a listener about selling opportunity vs. selling pain.

Do you quiz your prospects with questions to identify where they’re struggling the most?

Are you looking for things in their answers that will lead you to a deal?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan focus on the new school way of selling— asking questions to determine if you and your prospect should work together. A whole new approach to a very old tactic can help you focus on what your prospect is moving toward, instead of what they’re running from. Do you think pain-finding is on the outs? We’d love to hear what you think too.

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Episode #371: Master Your Messaging

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootStorytelling isn’t a new idea. But have you truly mastered your messaging? In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale help you learn to blend your company’s story with your own to create your personal messaging.

How do you know what things to say and not say when sharing your story?

What elements of your story will help your customer better understand what you do?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan walk you through how to improve your messaging around the edges by using their storytelling formula. Your story and your messaging can work for you or against you— listen in today to learn how mastering your messaging will allow you to stand out and differentiate yourself against your competition.

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Episode #370: How to Handle a Closing Slump

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootIn today’s episode, sales coaches Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a question from a listener who just went 0-7 in the last week.

Her question underscored the element of ‘upstream actions.’ In other words, what happens in the beginning of the sales process (upstream), determines what happens at the end. If you’re 0-7, you’re doing something wrong upfront.

Listen as Bill and Bryan walk through how they might remedy a serious slump, both mechanically, and mentally.

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Episode #368: Mailbag Monday: Stories We Tell Ourselves

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you eager to find more ways to offer the next product to your client?

Do you have a generation gap in your company?

Do you have customers who take your relationship for granted?

In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale magnify Mailbag Monday by three. You will hear strategies to get out of a “product mentality” mindset. You will learn how to break down stereotypes about generations before and after you. You will learn to examine the movie you’re playing in your head and what to do about it.

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, you will walk away with answers to questions most sales people have been challenged by for years. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from fellow listeners and dive into coaching from Bill and Bryan on how to improve your sales game.

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Episode #367: Increasing Prospect Conversations

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you looking for ways to increase the number of prospects you talk to? Are you struggling with gatekeepers who prevent you from reaching the right person?

In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale field a question from Blake to help him rethink an approach to getting in front of more prospects.

Do you feel like the front desk person’s job is to fend you off?

Does it frustrate you to know your product or service is better than a competitor and you can’t get more meetings?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan break down elements of the Thinking bucket to help you master this challenge. By examining your inner game, you will be able to determine how your energy and language are helping — or hurting — your success and what you can do to change your approach.

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Episode #362: Sales Assets – More Than Just Numbers

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you utilizing all of your assets in your sales process? In today’s Mailbag Monday episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale explore a question from Chelsea about how to use your talents to strengthen your impact when opening doors in sales.

Do you have characteristics of your personality that you ignore when working your sales process?

Do you utilize your personal interests, skills and things you love to do to help you connect with others?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you techniques you can use to insert more human elements into your process. They help you focus on the things you love to do outside of sales and put them into use in your sales career. If you’ve ever thought to yourself “What if they don’t like the real me?”, this episode is for you. The world needs more of the “real” person in every sales situation, and Bill and Bryan will tell you just how to do it in this episode.

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Episode #356: How To Be Your Own Marketing Department

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootDoes your marketing department actually help you generate leads? Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on the challenge of lead generation… whether you have a full marketing department or none at all.

What do you do when you’re a high-level sales pro without a marketing department?

Does your marketing department spend most of their time doing promos and not really generating any actual leads for you?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan walk you through building your own marketing plan— even if you DO have a marketing department to support you. They teach you what it means to “think inbound” and how to establish your own Voice of a Customer series. If you’ve been frustrated by marketing support (or lack thereof), be ready to take notes and brush up on your mad marketing skills.

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#354: Mailbag Monday – Competitive Selling Edition

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootIt’s another Mailbag Monday edition of The Advanced Selling Podcast. Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a question from Matt, the owner of an IT company in Fort Wayne, IN.

Matt is looking for strategies to encourage customer loyalty and ways differentiate himself in the crowded technology marketplace. Do you have competitors nipping at your existing clients? Do you wake up in the middle of the night concerned about maintaining market share?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan help you deal with competitors who offer similar services. They will show you how to identify if you’re making decisions for your customer or for your competitor and if you are really clear on what you want in a customer relationship. Learn to use competition to your advantage by stamping your personality onto what you sell.

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