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In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the skills required in the account development function. If you have an account development team or manager, make sure you send this episode on to them. Bill and Bryan get called in often to work with client success or account development teams and they've seen it all including the good, the bad, and the ugly.  ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. =========================================

In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a mailbag call from a listener. Sara ’Smile' sends us a voicemail about her concern that some of her prospects, after working her process, want something she us unwilling to sell - mainly because it won’t work AS WELL as another solution. It's a great question. In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan walk her and you through some ways to think through it.  ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. =========================================

In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on the topic of process: but not in the usual sense. REMAPPING the sales process is the new idea. What do you do when the process doesn’t go perfectly? (Because it never does.) How do we tactically implement a process that is VALUABLE to the prospect even if they don’t buy from you? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you tactical sales tools to answer these and other challenges when the way we want to sell (PROCESS) doesn’t go as planned…. The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men …….(email us if you know the rest of the quote listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com) ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be su

It seems like most of our show topics are devoted to prospecting and selling, however there is an important part to account and relationship management, and that is how to deliver transitional news to your client. This could be in the form of a price increase, a change in ordering structure, or something more significant like the buyout of your company. There is no news that's too small to at least pay attention to how you communicate it. In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you some tips on how to do just that. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. ============================

Do you ever feel anxious, nervous or scared in sales?   In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a coaching client who feels overwhelmed in her new position in sales. As they talked, they decided that sales people have feelings everyday - and, sometimes they aren’t particularly helpful.   In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you some tips on how to deal with those ‘negative feelings’ in the profession. They'll tell you what the pros do wth the feelings that arise and what you can do WHEN those feelings come up.    Touchy feely? Yes. But feelings must NEVER be ignored - they should be acted upon!  ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be s

Happy Holidays! We're taking some time off here at The Advanced Selling Podcast. But, don't worry, we have something just for you. We're giving you the Best Of 2016.  Hope you enjoy it and see you in 2017! ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. =========================================

How Do You Stand Out in the Middle of the Commodity Jungle? We had a great caller from down under - Jared - who claims we’ll give him a ripper (we think that means we’ll give him a good answer!)   On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on Jared's question about how to stand out against the competition. They frame this topic a little differently - mainly, how do you distinguish yourself “through the customer’s eyes” in a world that is trying day and night to commoditze you?    They also get into the proper dialogue to use when you’re attempting to do that.    And, of course, the guys do a bit of music trivia to start the show.  ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sale

In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the most important things you can do in the next 10 days to finish up this year and start next year properly. Do you feel stressed out during the holidays? There is still time to get things done before the end of the year. It's a great time to think how you will jumpstart 2017. And, on this week's Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan will give you some precise ideas on how you can do that. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. =========================================  

Do you think “branding” as a salesperson is all about your company’s logo or your social media accounts?   In this episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk to branding expert Tyler Borders to learn more about why brand matters so much in sales.   Do you know how you and your company want to be perceived by your prospects?   Have you ever asked the people who know you best how they describe your brand? In today's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan dissect Tyler’s branding philosophy to give you a different way to think about building a brand of your own. Hint: It’s not just about what you say on your LinkedIn profile.  ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure

Are you feeling the year-end overwhelm?   Does your sales life feel crowded, chaotic or unintentional? In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale give you strategies to de-clutter and re-focus for 2017. Are you cold calling just because you think you’re supposed to? Are you aimlessly prospecting without a true strategy behind it?   In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share best practices and advice to help you engage in the best ways possible as you move into the new year. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedin. =========================================

Promotional products aren’t just cheap toys or plastic desk accessories… they can also be part of your sales strategy. In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk to promotional products expert August Wittenberg about tools you can use to get noticed and get in the door with your prospects.   Do you know what’s relevant to your recipients and their industries? Are you using terminology to communicate with them that you know “speaks their language?” In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, you will learn how to use promotional products to increase your close rates and calculate your ROI. And don’t miss August sharing the biggest mistakes salespeople use when trying to use promotional products… he lets you in on a few secrets. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? V

Has it happened to you? That moment when you decide you’re tired of doors slamming in your face, picking up the cold phone or feeling beat up on price. In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale help you realize and accept that there is a better way to do things than what you may be doing now. Are you ready for today to be “The Day” when you stop hanging on to feelings and emotions that aren’t working for you in your sales career? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan will coach you through how to recognize what’s happening and what you can do about it. They also issue the Epiphany Challenge: what’s yours? If you’re ready to come alive and truly own your sales success, this episode is for you. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advanceds

Are you nervously watching the days tick by to the end of the calendar year and wondering what in your funnel will close before the holidays? If this is you, today is your lucky day. In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale help you stop worrying and start taking action to close out deals before year end. Are you honestly assessing what is realistic and what’s not? Do you have a plan for how you’ll move opportunities to a Y or N? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan help you amp-up your calendar based language with prospects and develop a system to know which deals to focus on more than others. Don’t wait until December for this one— the race to the end of the year is here. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com

Have you thought about what’s possible when you own your own platform? In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale focus on helping you own the platform from which you tell your story. Are you producing your own content? Or are you holding yourself back from putting something out in a blog or on LinkedIn because you’re afraid of failure or looking stupid?   In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan help you understand what you can do to own the platform you’re using and how to make it worth your efforts. If you’ve ever wanted to be in a position where people call you instead of you calling them, you won’t want to miss this episode. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and r

Budget. Prospect. Rapport. Value-add. Pain points. Tired of the same words that may be contributing to old school thinking in the sales process? In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale dive into how the labels and words we use in sales may be negatively impacting the outcomes we achieve. Are you still asking your prospects about their pain points? Do people tell you your product/service doesn’t fit into their budget? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan give you new alternatives to the same, tired language. They will help you modernize what you say and give you strategies to avoid using words that are overused and misunderstood. Learn how to update your sales language starting right now. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsel

It’s a two-part question Mailbag Monday at The Advanced Selling Podcast.  In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale answer questions from Luke in Australia.   Are you looking for ways to help your prospect calls be more effective?   What if your prospect doesn’t talk or engage in your conversation?   Bill and Bryan will help you examine your messaging, context setting and your process. Are you bringing a “I hope they say yes in this meeting” energy to your conversations?   Learn how to focus on the right things and make your interactions more effective in this episode. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure to join the Advanced Selling Podcast LinkedIn Group www.advancedse

Would you like to know how to predict if your company can grow, and when? In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk with bestselling author Aaron Ross about lessons from his books Predictable Revenue and From Impossible to Inevitable.  Do you know the key things that will most dramatically impact how your company grows? Do you understand sales specialization (hint: it means a new definition of prospecting for salespeople).   In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Aaron shares the best ways to retain top talent, how to divide the roles between lead responders and outside prospectors, and how to build the habits needed to be successful in predicting your sales success. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclu

They 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. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales t

Are 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. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575.0057 ext. 10. Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com for access to exclusive listener sales tools and resources. Be sure

Are you intimidated by the idea of Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? Are you looking for ways to make SEO more of a key part of your sales process? In today's episode, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk with a longtime friend of the show, John Jantsch. John’s new book, SEO for Growth, is already helping make the principles of SEO accessible for everyone, not just the experts.  A re you struggling with lead generation?   Do you wish your marketing team was sending you higher quality leads?   In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, John shares tips you can use to become your own content marketer and gives you his hit list of where to begin when you think about writing your own content. You may find a few things about SEO that surprise you in today's show too. It’s not as scary as you may think. ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a call 317.575