This is a special treat this week because we have a client who just
landed a large deal with a new customer. And much of what he used
he learned right here at The Advanced Selling Podcast. In this episode,
Jeff spends 15 minutes telling you exactly what sales strategies and tactics he used and how he executed the sales process to land the deal.

In Bryan Neale’s absence this week, I enlisted Phil Bounsall of Walker Information to talk about the issue of client loyalty. As sales professionals, a loyal client is a referring client. And since most of us count on referrals to grow our business, keeping your eye on loyalty is a MUST DO. Phil has excellent insight and tips on how to improve client loyalty.

In this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a question from an audience member on how to prospect when you're already busy. And Bryan reveals a communication technique that helps as you're explaining to a prospect what you do.

In this week’s podcast, Bill is going “solo” and talks about the first call “protocol.” We’ve received a lot of mail recently on “filling the sales funnel,” but the first discussion you have with a prospect is still vital. You have to set the tone in the right way. And to do that, you MUST have the right frame of mind going in.

Sometimes we just need to have bold, bad sales moves. In this podcast, Bill and Bryan talk about two bold moves you can make as you pursue the sale.These moves are not intended to get someone to buy—that’s not cool. They ARE intended to move the sale along—or move it out.

In Bryan’s absence this week, Bill reviews three more of the core sales philosophies that govern sales success. He addresses money and budget, how to find out early where the prospect’s mind is, and how to reframe who your competition is. As always, you can email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com to ask a question or make a comment.

Due to the holiday week, Bryan is taking some much deserved time off and Bill chose this week to share live audio from one of our MasterMinds programs. (MasterMinds is a peer group of high achieving sales professionals.) Bill and the group address the issue: What mental platform do you need to operate from?

Happy Memorial Day!

In this week’s podcast, Bill and Bryan address a common question they get, “Does my message change depending upon who I call on in the organization?” The answer is YES. But hear some of their counsel on how to think differently when you’re in front of different people.

Well it's been a while since we posted a Mailbag episode. We're getting so much mail--and so many questions--that we take three of them today. The most important was from a young lady who feels her product might be inferior to her competition--and she isn't totally sold on it.

This is a powerful topic. Bill and Bryan delve into the inner game of this--and give you some counsel if this is happening to you. They also answer the question of 'how do you handle it if your sales manager isn't aware of the "podcast teachings?"'

If you have a question, go to www.askbillandbryan.com and post it there. We'll get to it as we can.

It’s not the sales funnel that’s important…it’s all the stuff “above” the funnel. So what action can you take to the suspects that are orbiting the funnel? In this episode, Bill and Bryan walk through the Top 5 Techniques (you can email us for the other 5 at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com –subject line: FUNNEL).

So if you don’t have enough in your sales funnel, you may not be practicing the right Rules, Tools and Attitudes to fill it up.