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Episode #540: Are You Able To Scale Your Business and Are You Persuasive?

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On this week’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan address two pressing problems that sales organizations face. The first is how to scale the business and the second is whether the old elements of persuasion still work.

The guys go through some detail on each of these topics. One of the books mentioned is a book called Scale by Frank Bria.

If you’re interested in bringing one or both of the guys in for a sales retreat or sales meeting, send us an email at [email protected], and if you’re a new listener, we’d love to hear about you. Send us an email telling us how you found the podcast and what you’d like to hear as you go down the journey with us to sales excellence!

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If you’re interested in bringing one or both of the guys in for a sales retreat or sales meeting, send us an email at [email protected], and if you’re a new listener, we’d love to hear about you. Send us an email telling us how you found the podcast and what you’d like to hear as you go down the journey with us to sales excellence!

Episode #539: Understanding the Process When Leads Get Generated

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On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a listener question from the mailbag from someone who wanted to know whether they should outsource their lead generation.

The guys talk about the three different types of lead generation, sales person directed, internally focused, or outside agency directed.

They also give some insight on how to look at these three areas of focus, depending upon where you are in your business.

Also mentioned in this podcast:

  • Download your free eBook, “Elements of a winning sales proposal: Create stunning proposals that close deals” by our friends at PandaDoc. Go to https://www.pandadoc.com/asp to get it now!
  • Also, be sure to get a free copy of Outreach’s book on Sales Engagement. Just go to https://www.outreach.io/asp and it’s all yours!

If you’re interested in bringing one or both of the guys in for a sales retreat or sales meeting, send us an email at [email protected], and if you’re a new listener, we’d love to hear about you. Send us an email telling us how you found the podcast and what you’d like to hear as you go down the journey with us to sales excellence!

Episode #531: How To Handle Pressure When You Are A High Achiever

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In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale continue the CoVideo Mailbag series and take a listener call from Cara who is a top performer at a Fortune 1000 company.

Cara just got her numbers for the next 12 months and she is feeling a bit of performance anxiety. Bill and Bryan break down the real issue and provide a handful of things to think about if you are in similar kind of circumstance.

If you’re interested in having Bill or Bryan or both come to your upcoming sales meeting, send us an email. In the subject line, put “Come see us” to [email protected].

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Episode #530: How Soon Should I Reach Out?

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You just made a new connection on LinkedIn that would be a great prospect, is it too soon to reach out?

On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bryan Neale and Bill Caskey take on that very listener question from Jean-Pierre in the Netherlands. Too soon and you could ruin a connection, too late and you could miss an opportunity.

Bill and Bryan give some thoughts on this situation and they give some indicators they’ve noticed when it’s the right time to reach out and when it’s time to let it be.

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Episode #529: Managing Your Manager

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What should you do when your Sales Manager doesn’t do things the way you would do them? 

In this first episode of 2019, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a question from the CoVideo mail bag from a listener, who brings up how his manager makes demands on him, referring to a very specific scenario.

Bill and Bryan take this question a little bit broader to the notion of how do you manage your manager, if that’s even possible?

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Episode #525: Can You Summon the Courage When You Need It?

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In this week’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the notion of courage.

They play a clip of Brené Brown, who was interviewed by Michael Gervais, on the Finding Mastery Podcast. Brené talks about the number one attribute that people are looking to leaders for, but we think the same thing applies to sales professionals, you have to have courage.

Bill and Bryan give you six areas that they believe courage can come in.

Also, if you haven’t enrolled in our live masterclass on December 13th, go to www.winningthebuyersbrain.com to learn more and to register!

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Episode #523: My Generation

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On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bryan brings up an observation that he has been seeing a lot, the generational differences in the workforce today.

Bill and Bryan discuss the differences and similarities between the generations and how they buy. They give you some tips on how you can interact with any of them, no matter what generation you might fall into.

If you have a question you want answered on the podcast, send us an email at [email protected]. (We love audio if you can record your question!)

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Episode #521: Standing Out From the Crowd

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Have you every wondered how you can differentiate yourself in the sales world?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan talk with John Lefler, the outbound Sales Manager at cardsdirect.com. John gives some ideas on how you can use greeting cards to be unique in your market.

CardsDirect is a new partner with us and they have some very unique designs and approaches to helping you stand out from the crowd as you manage your clients and seek out new prospects. You can find out more at cardsdirect.com/ASP.

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Episode #518: It’s a Relief Party

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In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan begin the planning process for 2019, but they start in a completely different way than you’re used to.

The first step in preparation of next year is to take inventory of the beliefs that we might have in sales that hold us back. Then the next step is to begin to release those beliefs and in their place, insert beliefs that are more conducive to higher achievement.

If you’re interested in bringing Bill or Bryan or both into your company for a year-end sales training, send us a note at [email protected] and we’ll get back with you to discuss your team!

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