The Advanced Selling Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Most people think they can work on their “value proposition” one time and recite to prospects forever. In this episode, Bill and Bryan shed some new light on how to modify your ‘value’ approach to take into account market conditions, trends and economic pains. The bottom line is that you may need to constantly be [...]

Send us Fan Mail We all want to be positioned as valuable—yet how many of us really take time to “execute” that position? And we all “say” we want to speak directly to people’s pains and frustrations, yet who among us has done what Bill and Bryan are recommending in this week’s episode? (Probably not many.) But try for [...]

Send us Fan Mail What can we learn from sales people who are new to the profession…or from one who wants to reset his career? Simple. We can reach back into our experience as trainers of sales teams and review what the “habits” are of those high achievers. In this podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss some of their observations [...]

Send us Fan Mail Every business on the planet has something in common with others. And in this podcast, you’ll hear what it is…and how to think about it in a way that allows you—the sales professional—to solve it. It has to do with how your prospects think about you and your solution.

Send us Fan Mail Why do so many people turn their noses up at “account management’? Is it just not sexy enough? Does it just not require the testosterone that we sales types are addicted to? Whatever it is, we miss a ton of business by not focusing on our current clients. In this episode, Bill and Bryan not [...]

Send us Fan Mail This cast takes a question from a listener and expands it to “a marketing tool kit for sales people.” You cannot rely on your marketing department to be the sole lead generator so you must know how to do that, too. Unfortunately, it’s our experience most sales people aren’t of the “marketing mindset.” So we [...]

Send us Fan Mail No one would ever admit that they did anything to stop a buyer from buying from them. Yet, salespeople do it all the time. We like to say there are things you do to “propel” the sale. And things you do to “repel” the sale. In this podcast, Bill addresses the very things most salespeople [...]

Send us Fan Mail What To Do When Your Client Doesn’t Implement Your Solution Correctly? This question comes from a listener in UK and has to do with his frustration at a client who bought from him but has failed to implement the solution correctly. A common issue…and frustrating since it blocks more business from that company AND the possibility [...]

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Send us Fan Mail You’ve heard all the lists of things to do to get social media working for you…but today we have a REAL expert. Kyle Lacy, author of the book Twitter Marketing For Dummies, joins us to give us his two cents on social media...the do’s and don’ts.  This is part two of a three-four part series [...]

Send us Fan Mail Tweeting. Linking. Updating. Like it or not social media is here to stay and it can play a huge role in your sales success. In this episode, Bryan interviews Gini Dietrich, CEO of Arment Dietrich PR firm (Social Media Diva—Bryan’s words, not hers) on all things social media for salespeople. Contact Gini on Twitter at Gini [...]

Send us Fan Mail Last week, one of Bill's clients was frustrated with a common sales issue, "How do I get the prospect to call me back?"  Being asked the question many times, he provides one strategic approach in this vignette to help you get that call back that you've been waiting for.

Send us Fan Mail Ever wanted a “checklist for income"? Well, of course you have. And today we’re going to give it to you. On today’s cast, Bill and Bryan get down to the very basics of earning income in professional sales today. Access a PDF that has the complete checklist of all of their suggestions by clicking on [...]

Send us Fan Mail We had no idea what to call this but here’s the situation. As trainers, we’re out working/coaching people 24/7. Some of those people are prone to accept new information—and do something with it. Others talk a goodgame in the training room—but have no intent of changing. And their results (or lack of) proves it.   So [...]

Send us Fan Mail Mike, a listener from Indianapolis, called in to ask a question about how he follows up with prospects who appear to have dropped off the radar screen. Bill and Bryan give Mike and listeners some ideas on how to do that – and how to prevent that awkward situation from happening in the first place. 

Send us Fan Mail Bill returns from Green Bay having worked with a group of sales people who were seeking knowledge and skills about how to find “prospect pain.” In this episode, Bill explains some of the intricacies of how to understand what motivates prospects to change from their current state to a new state.

Send us Fan Mail Abundance is a concept we talk about often, but in this podcast Bill devotes an entire 20 minutes to the topic.

Send us Fan Mail Everyone fancies themselves as great problem solvers. But the one skill that we think you need PRIOR to problem-solving is “problem-finding.” In this episode, Bill and Bryan walk you through a Problem Finding approach that works perfectly for B2B sales professionals. Sales training today – and any sales strategy you employ – should have a component of problem finding/solving in it...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Bill and Bryan review the basic selling skills needed for the new salesperson. But before you discount it as something "for rookies only," listening to this episode might help you go back to the very basics--it might even remind of some places where your skills can be improved. In a way, since the sales world has changed quite a bit in the last ten years, it n...

Send us Fan Mail As we begin the new year, one thing we believe we could ALL be better at is the positioning of ourselves as experts in our industries. When you go into the sales process as a "salesperson," you are in a place of weakness. But when you enter the process as an "expert" who can bring a wealth of resources and counsel to the parties involved, you are stronger. Bill...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone always wants to know the words to use to close business. Well, in this episode, Bill Caskey dips into the words of the new sales mind. This is a live presentation made to a group of sales professionals in which Bill outlines the “words” of the modern salesperson. Check these out to see how many of these you’re using in your approach. 

Send us Fan Mail Well, this year certainly went fast---like a bullet! So, what do we always do at this time? Set goals for next year. Bryan and Bill walk through a goal-setting formula they use with their clients this time of year.  It has to do with Outcomes and Inputs.  The essence of this is that you can’t set a goal around something you can’t control—so what can you control? You’ll see on this...