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Institute for Excellence in Sales co-founder Fred Diamond interviews top business-to-business sales leaders from companies such as AWS, AT&T, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce, Hilton and others about their sales journey, career highlights, mentors, and lessons learned while asking them to offer tips to help emerging sales professionals and leaders to grow their careers. It's an interview-style podcast that has become even more popular as sales professionals look for solutions in the new world o ...
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Execs, sales leaders, and aspiring sales managers: Ready to create a healthy, high-performance sales culture and drive significant long-term sales growth? Had it with the noise and nonsense that passes for sales advice today and the nonstop pitches promising you a new hack, trick, or tool to solve all that ails your sales? Join practitioner, speaker, coach, and globally trusted sales expert Mike Weinberg, author of the bestselling and most reviewed sales management book, for straight talk, b ...
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Hope isn't a strategy on the battlefield or in the boardroom, yet so many salespeople hope they'll make the next sale. In Bulletproof Selling, we're bringing the best minds and selling systems together each week so you can create more impact and more income in your sales! For more free sales systems, make sure you visit www.bulletproofselling.us or follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnrhodes/
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Lessons Learned When Only 20,000 People Show Up for Your Launch Event from Jim Padilla
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This is episode 712. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. This is a Sales Story and a Tip episode! Watch the video of the interview here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, …
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Sales managers are the glue that hold sales forces together. Yet, they are often the least trained of any job title in the world of sales. Let’s do a deep dive in how important they really are. ********************************************************************* Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical …
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AI Solutions for Sales Leaders from KnowledgeNet.AI Leaders Mehdi Tehranchi and Nick Caruso
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Real World Dialogue on Why So Many Sales Leaders Feel Overwhelmed & Under-Supported
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Mike is joined by sales management expert and coach (former golf pro and top-ranked salesperson), Matt Ferguson for a wide-ranging conversation covering…. The fact that almost every sales manager they know feels overwhelmed, overworked, under-appreciated and under-supported Almost 90% of sales leaders say they received ZERO training for their curre…
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Sales Strategies for Law Firm Success with Offit Kurman BD expert Jim Ries
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This is episode 710. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. This is a Sales Story and a Tip episode! Watch the video of the interview here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, …
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We have learned to immediately react to a problem by trying to fix it. But what if, in our rapidly changing world, fixing a problem isn’t the wisest reaction? Let’s explore another possibility. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on your sales perfo…
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Relentless Generosity is Mike Malloy's Strategy for Sales Success
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On this episode of the Sales Story and a Tip Podcast, Institute for Excellence in Sales cofounder Fred Diamond asks Mike Malloy of Malloy Industries for his key to success. This is a Sales Story and a Tip episode! Watch the video of the interview here. Subscribe to the Sales Game Changers Podcast now on Apple Podcasts! Read more about the Institute…
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How to Use Simple Metrics to Amplify Your Sales
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We often get so caught up in the details of a sale and quantity of transactions that we fail to regard the value of our customers. Sales is about people, not money. By putting an economic value to every customer it lifts them up in our radar screen and provides important information to help make decisions about sales and finances. In this article, …
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Moving from the Military into Sales with AWS Leaders Ash Thankey and Andrew Christian
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This is episode 708. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Purchase Fred Diamond’s best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today’s show featured AWS Public Sector Partner Sales Leaders Ash T…
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5 Powerful Ways The Best (Sellers) Get Better
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This episode was inspired by a session Mike facilitated last week at a client’s award trip gathering where he challenged these “Pacesetters” by sharing… 5 Powerful Ways The Best Get Better. Mike recorded this episode believing it would not only benefit sales leaders but their teams as well, particularly those sellers looking to take their game to t…
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For 30 years I’ve been training B2B sales forces to sell better. I’ve made some observations about the 25 most important lessons I’ve learned. In this post, I will describe one of them: Most people don’t think deeply. Join with me as I unpack this. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable idea…
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Building Strong Federal Systems Integrator Partnerships with AWS Leaders Mike Blake and Jillian Swenson
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How To Identify & Eliminate Your Primary Sales Obstacle
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Almost every B2B sales organization has a Primary Sales Obstacle – one place in their sales efforts where some improvement will make a disproportionately large impact on sales. In this post, I describe the reasons why the obstacle exists, identify the most common obstacles for three different business models, and offer solutions to each. **********…
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Specific Ways to Add Value Selling to Government Customers with Appian Federal Sales Leader Jason Adolf
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This is episode 706. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Dia…
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Optimizing Build, Sell, Integrate and Services Partnerships with Deltek Channel Chief Marc Monday
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Sales Presentations -- The Three Biggest Mistakes Salespeople Make
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Too many salespeople make the same mistakes repeatedly in their sales presentations. Unfortunately, most are not aware of those mistakes – they just don’t know what they don’t know. In this podcast, we uncover the three most common mistakes and offer solutions to them. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with prac…
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Achieving Partnering Success with Channel and Strategic Alliance Expert Theresa Caragol
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Revitalized Sales Coaching for Sustained Growth from Top South African Sales Expert Alan Versteeg
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This is episode 703. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamon…
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Sales Leadership Insights from Staffing Industry Digital and Revenue Expert Anna Frazzetto
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If we chose to, we learn more from our failures than we do from our successes. Within every failure there is the seed of a lesson well learned, of a solid character trait emerging. It is our failures that contribute most intensely to our development. Let’s unpack this. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with prac…
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EPISODE 701: Mastering Digital Sales Rooms with Allego President Mark Magnacca & The Hillman Group's Mark Lonzo
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This is episode 701. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Dia…
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If you’ve ever had to step away from your sales desk for a vacation or family emergency, you know how stressful it can be to return. Overflowing in boxes in overdue tasks make it difficult to pick up the pieces and restart deal momentum. There is a way to ensure that your deals progress even when you can’t be there to sell, and that’s what we sat d…
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The 3 Critical Elements to Create a Successful Sales Blitz Campaign
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This episode was inspired by recent conversations between Mike and sales leaders at three different clients — all in very different industries, and all currently selling into some significant headwinds. Building off this powerful mantra that his dad often preached: "In good times we need to get our fair share of the business, but when things are to…
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It’s human nature to resist change. But, in our rapidly changing times, mindlessly grasping onto the status quo can lead to mediocrity. If we are going to survive and thrive in these times, we need to relentlessly examine our hold on the way things have been and consider better approaches. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small bus…
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Unveiling Brilliant Sales and Life Lessons from 700 Game-Changing Conversations with Fred Diamond
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Many salespeople fall into the habit of being quick to respond to every prospect sentence or question. The best salespeople, however, take the time to pause and assess what the best response might be. To learn how we can leverage the power of the pause to move further in our sales conversations, we sat down with Jeanette Bronee, a culture strategis…
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State of B2B and SaaS Sales Effectiveness with Zach Gropper and Jonathan Tice
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Are You Neglecting The Most Powerful Long Term Sales Strategy?
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There is a powerful strategy that most B2B salespeople, and B2B organizations, ignore. That’s too bad, because it is one of the most powerful ways to build long-term positive relationships. Let me show you how to leverage satisfaction. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can ma…
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Institute for Excellence in Sales Cofounder and Sales Game Changers Podcast star Fred Diamond and "Crossing the Zone of Fear" author John Knotts address how fear stops sales professionals from achieving the success they want to achieve. John takes Fred through book as Fred personally answers the questions john poses through the book. In episode sev…
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In sales, time is the one resource we can’t create more of. Too many salespeople spend their days simply checking tasks off a list without assessing which tasks will get them to their goals the fastest. To learn how we can better prioritize our sales time, we sat down with Ben Fiechtner, CRO of Clari. He showed us how he guides his sales team to be…
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Are You Using Snippets to Improve Your Sales Conversations?
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Snippets are powerful tools for a professional salesperson. You can use them in multiple places in the sales process, improving every piece. This article examines the what’s how’s and why’s of using snippets. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and small businesspeople with practical actionable ideas that can make an immediate impact on y…
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World-Class Sales Leadership Coaching Strategies with Kim Ades
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This is episode 698. Read the complete transcript on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamon…
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If you’ve ever had a hard time communicating the value of what you sell to potential prospect, you might want to look in the mirror. Sales people often struggle to convert prospects because they are speaking to the wrong types of buyers. To ensure we are targeting the right audience, we sat down with Dr. Yaniv Zaid, author of the 21st Century Sales…
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In this episode Mike hosts his long-time friend, Larry Levine (who he often refers to as the most authentic and generous person in the sales improvement industry), for a very different conversation about the current “State of Sales” and how we can respond to it. Their discussion revolves around how salespeople (and leaders) must adapt to thrive whi…
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It's What Happens Before You Get to Present Your Capabilities that Really Counts with Dave Kurlan
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This is episode 697. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. The Sales Game Changers Podcast was recognized by YesWare as the top sales podcast. Read the announcement here. This is a Sales Story and a Tip episode! Watch the video of the interview here. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier…
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Why Great Salespeople Often Make Mediocre Sales Managers
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We’ve all done it. Promoted a good salesperson, often our best, to sales manager. My files are full of cases where the results were below expectations for everyone involved. Principals and CSOs are often disappointed in the lack of results, and the sales managers are confused and frustrated with the lack of achievement of their teams. *************…
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Kim Lynch’s Mission is Bringing Oracle Cloud Solutions to Federal Agencies
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This is episode 696. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Register for the September 13 Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference here. Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today’s show featured an interview with Kim Lynch, Executive Vice President, Government Intellig…
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Wherever there is misalignment on the sales team between activity and results, you will find a misalignment of understanding. This understanding comes from folks not being clear about what success looks like or the steps it takes to get there. In this week’s episode of Bulletproof Selling, we sat down with Russ Hawkins, CEO of Agilence, Inc. He sho…
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This is episode four of a 7-part special Sales Game Changers series for sales professionals on addressing the fears that are stopping you from achieving unparalled sales success. Institute for Excellence in Sales Cofounder Fred Diamond and "Crossing the Zone of Fear" author John Knotts address how fear stops sales professionals from achieving the s…
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I Have Great Relationships With My Customers
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“I have great relationships with my customers.” That is one of the most debilitating myths around -- one that cripples the performance of the average corporate salesperson. Yet, it is endemic within the population of salespeople. I am not sure that there is a salesperson anywhere who doesn’t, to some extent, believe it. Let’s look a little deeper a…
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In sales, we spent a lot of time generating conversations with buyers. Most salespeople leave the next step of the sales process the chance, hoping they’ll be able to perform when it matters most. To ensure that we are crafting compelling sales demonstrations, we sat down with Farzad Rashidi, lead innovator of Respona. He shared with us the same sy…
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An Impressive, Bold, Hungry, High EQ 19-Year-Old Shows Salespeople the Power of a Personalized Prospecting Phone Call
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Episode 79 was unplanned but Mike felt compelled to describe his recent encounter with a bold, hungry 19-year-old. Stuart was so impressive that Mike took a few minutes to record his impromptu reaction and also deliver a rant to salespeople who still (falsely) believe/proclaim that the telephone isn’t an effective way to secure a conversation with …
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Breaking Through Financial Mindset Challenges to Ensure Sales Success with Marin Laukka
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This is episode 695. Read the complete transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Register for the September 13 Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference here. Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today's show featured an interview with Marin Laukka, The Joyfully Financial Speaker. She's the …
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There is a great lesson for businesspeople in the struggles of contestants on American Idol and Sha k Tank. .There is a fine line between perseverance and self-delusion. Understanding that difference can make a huge difference in a life and a business. Here are some tips on making the distinction. Dave Kahle’s goal is to provide sales leaders and s…
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Building AI Partner Success with SAS Channel and Alliances Leader John Carey
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This is episode 694. Read the complte transcription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Register for the September 13 Women in Sales Leadership Elevation Conference here. Register for the IES Women in Sales Leadership Development programs here. Today’s show featured an interview with Sales Leader John Carey, VP WW Alliances & Channels at SA…
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Chances are, you have heard about artificial intelligence being used in business. Many salespeople have AI platforms as part of their text stack but aren’t using the platform to create better conversations. In this week’s episode of Bulletproof Selling, we sat down with Mehdi Tehranchi, cofounder and CEO of knowledgenet.ai. He shared with us the sa…
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Crossing the Zone of Failure, Episode Two, Professional Fears
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This is episode two of a 7-part special Sales Game Changers series for sales professionals on addressing the fears that are stopping you from achieving unparalled sales success. Institute for Excellence in Sales Cofounder Fred Diamond and "Crossing the Zone of Fear" author John Knotts address how fear stops sales professionals from achieving the su…
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A question from a sales manager: "Here’s an issue that I confront with my salespeople all of the time. They are afraid to press for the next step, because they don’t want to experience the rejection of hearing a “NO.” So, they try to keep the sale alive by not asking for resolution. This keeps them involved with customers who aren’t interested and …
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Fixing a Dry Sales Pipeline with Monica Stewart
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The best sales are great conversations. The calls that don’t go well, on the other hand, can seem like we’re speaking different languages. To ensure we are speaking the same language as our prospects, we sat down with Jay Conner, president of The Private Money Authority. He shared the same advice he has given to over a thousand salespeople on how t…
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