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Episode #420: Closing Deals on the Golf Course

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootThey make it look easy in the movies: Closing deals on the golf course. How does it work in real life?

In today’s episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale share their 5-step plan for conducting business while you entertain clients.

Are you taking prospects to sporting events, concerts, or a round of golf?

Are you wondering how to maximize those opportunities?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, two non-golfers will give you their tips for managing expectations, knowing the appropriate etiquette and where/when to wine and dine your prospects in the sales process.

Don’t take Hollywood’s word for it— closing on the golf course isn’t as easy as it looks.

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Episode #419: Are You a Lonely Salesperson?

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you on an island all alone? If you’re the lone salesperson or feel unsupported in your sales role, this episode is for you.

Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale share tips and strategies you can use immediately to reduce the feeling that you’re all alone with nowhere to turn.

Are you a consumer of the knowledge around you?

Do you surround yourself with people who are like-minded?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan will give you their checklist of things you can do to help feel like you’re a part of a community and fighting the sales battle with others around you. Be lonely no more. Listen in to find out how.

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Episode #416: Bloody Knuckle Cold Calling

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you in a cold-calling business?

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale field a question from Blake in Texas that we know many listeners find challenging.

How do you engage with a prospect when you’re knocking on their door?

What can you do to soften the immediate feeling they have to tell you to go away?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share strategies for effective and efficient cold-calling. Getting right with your belief about what you’re selling, approaching with good intent, and considering the impact of your words and approach will help you focus on what really matters in your interaction— providing a service to help the person who answers the door.

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Episode #403: Mid-Year Prospecting Checklist

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootAre you feeling a mid-year sales slump?

Are you looking for ways to modify your prospecting techniques for Q3-Q4?

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale give you an assessment to grade your prospecting behaviors in the first half of the year.

Are you using a true referral system to generate leads? Do you employ behavioral KPI’s (and stick to them)?

In today’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, you will learn the elements of healthy prospecting strategies and give yourself a mid-year grade.  If you’re in the market to up your game for the second half of the year, don’t miss this episode.

Be sure to download the Mid Year Prospecting Checklist!

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Episode #355: Inside the Training Room

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advancedsellinpodcastgraphicbootHave you wondered what it would like to be a fly on the wall at The Advanced Selling Podcast?

Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale invite you in today as they blindly test each other on real sales strategy issues they’re working on with their clients.

You’ll hear Bill’s philosophy on negotiating price at the end of the deal and their discussion about the pros and cons of discounting. Bryan explores the rare and valuable skills every salesperson should have.

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, you’ll hear real scenarios from the training room with Bill and Bryan. Tune in to learn what it’s like to be in their classroom.

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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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Selling Yourself

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On this week’s audio blog, I’m going to challenge to do something different. I want you to spend some time selling yourself to yourself. Do you believe in your personal value? Do you believe in the product you are selling? If you don’t, it will come across to your prospects.
 

Want to Make More Money? Bring More Value!

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Jim Rohn said it decades ago but it still rings true, if you want more money, bring more value! In this audio clip, Bill lays out a way for you to make more money by becoming move valuable to those who pay you. Your income is a by-product of that, but unless you get your arms wrapped tightly around that concept, you and I might be fighting a losing battle. At your next sales meeting, play this clip and spend 20 minutes discussing it.

When Presenting, You’ll Crush It With These Three I’s

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Whether you’re running a sales meeting, a prospecting meeting, or just presenting to a group, Bill gives you some very simple but powerful advice to keep you on track. He calls it “The Three I’s.”