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The Advanced Selling Podcast

Over the last few weeks, Bill and Bryan have been working on this idea of “What trends are going to affect salespeople in the future?” As they started to outline the things they were seeing in the market, they thought it would be useful to have a podcast focused on that. Now, we must tell [...]

 
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To Our Podcast Listeners

by Bill Caskey on September 13, 2008

I know we have a ton of podcast listeners (www.advancedsellingpodcast.com) and for the next few days there might be some problems. Our podcast host went out of business and we’re moving everything to Libsyn.
What that means for our listeners may be NOTHING–or it may mean you experience some temporary interruptions. There was no podcast released [...]

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Sales Podcast: How to Start a Relationship

by Bill Caskey on September 4, 2008

How you begin a relationship (we’re talking business relationship here) with another person will determine what you both get out of that relationship.
Have you even considered the tone with which you begin a prospect relationship? And how do they filter your information? Whatever you say will define the balance of the sales call. In this [...]

 
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Sales Podcast: Lead Generation

by Bill Caskey on August 28, 2008

Lead generation. It is the very thing that can make your company millions. But, screw it up, and your revenue growth becomes an uphill climb. Bill and Bryan give you some rules for lead generation and the follow-up process behind it that can help you close those sales.

 
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In this episode, Bill and Bryan discuss some of the most gut-wrenching things you will hear from your prospect. It seems like things can be going along very smoothly in the sales process, and, all at once, the prospect says something that throws you for a loop. They talk about what to do about these [...]

 
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Sales Podcast: Making Sales Internally

by Bill Caskey on August 8, 2008

During our sales strategy training sessions, we often hear from our clients, “Hey this sales method works when I’m selling inside my company, too!” The truth is anytime you’re communicating ideas to another person—and you want that other person to take some action–this content works. And we also know that some of our listeners are [...]

 
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What are the symptoms to an unmotivated attitude? And can you really do anything about it?
In this podcast, Bill and Bryan deal with this issue. They’ve seen it a lot lately—is it the market? Is it a recession? Or is it just boredom? Whatever causes it, this situation can be serious—and costly.
If you have comments [...]

 
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Sales Podcast: What Are Your Rules For Engagement?

by Bill Caskey on July 29, 2008

Every great company has rules it lives by. You might call these “codes of conduct.” But every sales professional should also have a code they live by. In this episode, Bill and Bryan give you five parts of that code—and give you the opportunity to get the other five they didn’t have time to talk [...]

 
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Sales Podcast: Maintaining Relationships

by Bill Caskey on July 17, 2008

 
How do you maintain a relationship with a high level prospect over a long period of time? It happens often that we lose touch with the “right person” and end up being passed down to others lower in the org.
And then when it’s time for them to buy something bigger you get no credit for [...]

 
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Sales Podcast: There is No Box (Part 2)

by Bill Caskey on July 10, 2008

Out of the box thinking continues this week with Bill and Bryan’s interview with Tom Heuer and Steve Coats, authors of “There is No Box.”
Sales managers and leaders should continue to listen to this session because the subject matter has to do with the very important topic of “comfort zones.” We all operate inside one [...]

 
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