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Episode #468: Practice, Practice, Practice

In this week’s episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale introduce you to some new ways to practice the craft of selling. They give you five insights that you can use to better hone your skills when you are preparing for a call or a presentation.

Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

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How Are Your Relationships?

Dr. Brookh Lyons, author of “The Envelope System,” joins me today to talk about business relationships – and what we can do to improve them.

The fact is that if we want to 2X anything in our life, it likely gets down to the *quality* of our relationships – with propsects, clients, internal team, family etc.,

Dr. Lyons is a powerful speaker and coach who works with high achievers in their pursuit of better relationships in their lives.

Learn more about Dr. Lyons’s book at http://a.co/6bu8rHn

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Episode #467: Skirting Compensation Conversation

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale dive into the CoVideo mailbag once again and take a question from a listener.

The question had to do with how one brings up the topic of compensation with their manager.

Bill and Bryan take this in several directions as they process the compensation question, as well as the avoidance of important issues question. Everybody in their business life has some conversation that has remained unspoken.

It needs to be brought out and dealt with. In this episode, we’ll help you do just that.

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The Prerequisites For 2X Growth

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

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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The Importance Of Your Sales Funnel

In this episode of The 2X Podcast, Bill channels his inner marketing voice and shares what every sales pro needs to know about building a SALES FUNNEL.

Every service/product you represent NEEDS a funnel. And Bill talks about how to start building your’s today.

He also shares some ideas on The Customer Journey.

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Episode #454: When Your Prospect Won’t Call You Back – REMASTERED

In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale remaster an episode that is the number one downloaded podcast of all time in their library.

Here is a link to the episode from 2010: http://bit.ly/2renAdS

It’s one of those issues that haunts people and there’s a lot of drama and calories burned on what do I say to get the customer to call you back.

In this episode, Bill and Bryan give you a handful of tips on how to not only prevent the issue from occurring but what to do when it hits you.

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The Extreme Value in Being Seen As A Thought Leader

In this episode of The 2X Podcast, Michael Pici, Director of Sales at Hubspot (www.hubspot.com) shares his story of how he became a thought leader in his market – and how you can too.

Michael provides simple instructions to get started and what it can mean to you and your career (and your income).

Learn more about Hubspot at hubspot.com.

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Episode #453: “I’ll Just Take The Brochure”

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a CoVideo Mailbag questions from Brian in Colorado. Brian’s question is about how to handle the dreaded, “I’ll just take a brochure, and call you back” objection when he thought he was about to close the appointment.

Do you ever feel like your prospect is not taking action when you know they are ready?

Bill and Bryan turn the mirror back on Brian and question his mindset and how he is approaching the deal.

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