Blackbelt Sales Podcast

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene Slade and Don Johnson are diving into the three things that make the biggest impact on your sales. What are the three actions you can take today that will have the greatest effect on your revenue and personal paycheck? Join Gene and Don as they break down these critical factors and share actionable insights to help you boost your sales p...

What's up, ninjas! Welcome back to another episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast. Today, we're diving into a topic that many salespeople dread but is absolutely essential: follow-up. Did you know that 80% of sales are closed between the 7th to 12th follow-up? Following up is critical to your success, but how do you maintain originality and avoid becoming repetitive or boring? Join us as...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene Slade delves into a common question in the sales world: Is assuming the sale the same as being pushy? Many technicians enter the business to fix things—they're mechanically inclined and love solving problems. However, when they're asked to sell, it can feel unnatural, especially if their past experiences with salespeople haven&...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don reflect on a timeless quote from Zig Ziglar: "Business is never good or bad out there. It's only good or bad between your ears." What do you do when life throws challenges your way that are completely outside of your control but can significantly impact your business, job, finances, or family? Join us as we discuss...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don tackle a common challenge across various industries: managing call volume effectively. Have you ever found yourself overwhelmed with too many calls, especially during peak seasons? For instance, in the HVAC industry, as we head into summertime, the phones start ringing off the hooks. Many of our mastermind members are sharing sto...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don will be tackling the common challenge of pricing jobs effectively. Have you ever struggled with pricing jobs? Have you been taught a correct method—not the only method, but one that works well? Or are you just out there winging it? If this is one of those areas you struggle with, this episode is for you. We'll dive into why...

Today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast will tackle the critical role of appearance in your sales success. Does your appearance really make a difference in your sales? We believe it does. For service professionals who visit clients' homes, there are essential rules to follow. Join us as we explore why caring about your appearance reflects your overall professionalism and attention...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don will be discussing the significant impact of tone and inflection on your sales success. Have you ever thought about how the way you say something can completely change its meaning? Whether you're out in a house or in a sales situation, using the right words is crucial, but delivering them correctly is what truly makes the di...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don will be discussing a common challenge: dealing with realtors, management companies, and other third-party higher authorities. Do these situations ever get you stuck when you can't actually get to the owner or the decision maker? Join us as we explore strategies to navigate these scenarios effectively, ensuring you can still...

Today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, is about how to eliminate zero tickets without high pressuring your customers. Join Gene as he explores effective strategies to eliminate zero tickets while maintaining healthy and positive customer relationships. He'll discuss two critical reasons why potential buyers might not be purchasing from you and how these factors can inadvertently...

In today's episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don are going to talk about a common challenge amongst techs: why aren't people buying from you? Join us as we explore why customers tend to delay purchases, especially in industries like HVAC during shoulder seasons. We'll also share practical solutions to boost sales. Don't miss out on this episode — it's time t...

In today's podcast, Gene and Don will discuss the phenomenon of customers showing a tendency to delay decisions at present. They'll delve into the underlying psychology behind this behavior, exploring why individuals are inclined to postpone actions and strategies for addressing it. Additionally, they'll provide a preview of the topics slated for discussion at the upcoming Blackbelt...

What's the primary objection that tends to halt your progress in your role? What's the key factor preventing you from completing transactions with clients, making sales, and ultimately, doing what's best for them? In today's episode, Gene and Don will address those objections head-on and also provide insights into the upcoming Blackbelt Sales Event, set for May 29th! Keep liste...

Are you having difficulties getting leads? Yes? Well, this episode is for you! Gene is joined by Don Johnson and Mark Sherwin, co-founder of LeadsNearby, to talk strategy on how to get leads long term and market yourself better, along with short term strategies that will enable you to do things right now and go out to make your phone ring and make those appointments if you're struggling. Prep...

Are you sick and tired of losing sales? Are you out there serving clients and getting the price objection? Are they telling you that they need to get other quotes? How are you handling it? Are you winning most of the time? Or is this causing you to lose sales? Gene and Don tackles that and more in this episode so stick around and keep listening!

Are you listening to your clients? Sales people are good listeners vs good talkers and clients will share their wealth with you when they know that you care about them and by listening to your clients, you're demonstrating a certain level of care for them. But how will your clients know that you're listening to them? In this episode of the Blackbelt Sales Podcast, Gene and Don will talk...

Are you having issues regarding your leads this year? Can't figure out what to do and need help? Then this episode is what you've been waiting for as Gene and Don talks about what to do when this happens and offer solutions to overcome this from a sales perspective.  Get your pen ready and take notes! This episode is packed with helpful tips and information that you're going to love...

Have you had situations where you were 50% 70% 100% more than your competition? On today's episode, Gene and Don are gonna unpack how to get those deals more times than not. Stick around, you don't want to miss this!

In this quick episode, Gene and Don discusses how important goal setting is.  You're gonna wanna stick for this one!

Do you know the difference between a price complaint and a price objection? Are you perhaps, handling a price complaint as a price objection? In this episode, Gene and Don talks about the difference between the two and discuss how to handle both. Make sure to take down notes! You wouldn't want to miss this episode.

Have you ever had clients that you're trying to get involved with stuff like Breathe Easy Packages, Ultraviolet Lights, Filters, All the Indoor Air Quality Products that are available today and they just don't seem to show any interest? In this episode, Gene and Don will show you how to increase the sense of urgency for those clients to get something done and how to get them to come to t...

In this episode, Gene and Don are going to talk about how to increase your average ticket, your closing rate and help you buy back a little bit of your time.  Sit back and relax, you're going to absolutely love this!

Having difficulties getting a project to move forward because people want to put it off? In today's podcast, Gene and Don will be discussing strategies to help you out in this situation and introduce the Return of Investment Close. You're absolutely going to love this episode so make sure to tune in and be seated, it's going to be jampacked!

Today's podcast is all about when customers say to you one of two things, "I wanna think about it" or they just wanna put it off until fall, or next year, or two, or three years from then. Gene and Don will tackle how those objections can be utilized to your advantage, to the company's advantage and more importantly, to the customer's advantage. You wouldn't want to m...

Are your techs not getting all of the options that really should be on the list? On today's episode, Gene and Don talks about how when coaching and training techs, they find that there are options that aren't included on the list and how to handle when the client stalls or says, "I wanna think about it" or "I wanna put this off for another year, or two, or three, or four.&...