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Episode #395: Mailbag Mash-up: Thursday Edition

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootIs youth helpful or harmful for salespeople?

How can you best control your pieces of the sales process and let go of the rest?  In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take two mailbag questions from listeners— Ty in Texas and Shawn in Wisconsin.

Are you looking for ways to position yourself as an expert even when you’re young in age or new to your industry?

What can you do to see yourself as a solution provider and help your prospects see you that way as well?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give insights and answers to questions we know are the same questions our listeners have all over the globe. Are you among them? Let us know what you think!

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Episode #394: Keystone Habits of a Salesperson

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootHow do you ensure eternal sales success?

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale use Charles Duhigg’s concept of Keystone Habits to determine what salespeople need to do to increase their success. (If you want more on this idea, check out Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business.)

Bill and Bryan share some of their own keystone habits— a blend of mental, physical and emotional strategies that you can use to improve your sales game. After you hear theirs, we’d love to know yours. Shoot us a note at [email protected] to share some of your keystone habits with us. We might just talk about you on an upcoming episode!

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Episode #393: Is the Sales System Broken?

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootCould the sales system be broken?

For both Buyers and Sellers, what if the process isn’t really working?  In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale analyze both viewpoints and consider areas where the system can be improved on both sides of the selling process.

Is the Buyer too focused on paying the least amount of money, not getting the best outcome?

Is the Seller in “get the deal” mentality more than they are trying to provide a helpful solution for their prospect?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you questions to ask and things to consider to analyze if your own sales system is broken.  The good news— if it is, they also provide strategies to help you make it better.

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Episode #392: Winning Complex Enterprise Sales

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootHow is your process similar or different to the process for winning complex enterprise sales?

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale bring in an expert who has spent years winning big deals and teaching others how they can do it too.

Bud Suse spent 12 years with IBM before moving into sales management for a start-up, spending hours in well-known sales training programs along the way. He realized that the success in large deals comes from defining a process, testing it and repeating it.

How does your process stack up?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bud shares the best practices from his second (and just released) book, Winning Complex Enterprise Sales. If you’re looking to improve your success with the big whales, this episode is for you.

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Episode #391: Stumping Your Sales Trainer

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootWhat happens in a training session when Bill or Bryan doesn’t have the answer?

In a special episode of “Stumpology,” veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale bring their toughest client issues to each other to solve.

How do you handle it when the client can’t get away from selling features/functions?  How can you create the space with your sales team to be able to educate them?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, the teachers become the students (of each other). They will help you look at your own process and messaging to determine if you’re communicating through your buyer’s eyes or your own, and how you can meaningfully influence those around you.

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Episode #390: How to Generate More Leads

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you looking for ways to generate more leads? (because who isn’t?)

In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale respond to a specific request to provide four things sales people can do right now to generate leads.

Have you considered hosting a marketing event for your prospects (not a sales event, a marketing event)?

Are you using your current client’s words and testimonials to help you communicate what you do to your prospects?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you four actionable things you can start working on immediately to help you increase your leads.

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Episode #384: Lessons from a New Listener

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootA new set of eyes on anything can be valuable, even for the most seasoned pros.

In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale capture best practices and strategies from a new listener to The Advanced Selling Podcast, Brittney Russo.

You’ll hear how Brittney has used Bill and Bryan’s training to close large deals, ramp up in her company faster and challenge her competitors.

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share notes you can use right away to re-energize your sales game. If you’re new to sales and/or new to The Advanced Selling Podcast, this episode will be invaluable as you’re getting up to speed.  If you’re a loyal listener and have had Bill and Bryan riding along with you for years, you will love Brittney’s fresh approach to learning.

Everyone will find takeaways in this episode— old dogs can always learn new tricks, right?!

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Episode #383: Is Your Sales Bucket Leaking?

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootDo you have leaks in your sales bucket? In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale are fired up— not just about leaks in your bucket, but about discovering a leak in their own bucket too.

Do you prospect when sales are good or only when things start to slow down?

Do you run a well-organized sales process?

Are you leveraging your training and knowledge as much as you can?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan fight to prevent their ego from getting the best of them— a rant of this magnitude not frequently heard on the show. Passed over for a local news story about successful podcasters, Bill and Bryan put together some of their best content yet to help you identify leaks in your bucket and what you can do about it when you find them. You won’t want to miss this one.

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Episode #382: Sales Coaching for a Celebrity

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootDo movie stars make good salespeople? In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale put celebrity status to the test as they break down a sales call by Hugh Jackman to place his fair trade coffee in grocery stores around the United States.

You will learn a lot from Hugh’s approach, including how to ask questions that demonstrate your intent and language you can use to identify if you and your prospect share common goals in the conversation.

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan examine self awareness, authenticity and ego through the lens of one of Hollywood’s most famous stars.

Do you think Hugh Jackman is an ASP listener?  He might just be!

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