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The Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersThe Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersStop Cold Calling Forever: How AI Can 3X Your SalesReady to transform your sales game? In this episode, Bill Caskey sits down with Jonathan Mast, founder of White Beard Strategies, to reveal how AI can revolutionize your sales process—without replacing you.If you're tired of endless cold calls, struggling to keep up with CRM updates, or feeling overwhelmed by your daily tasks, this conversation is a game-changer. Jonathan shares his journey from skeptical observer to AI advocate, explaining how he built a seven-figure business in under two years using AI as his secret weapon.Jonathan proves that AI isn't about working harder—it's abou...2025-06-2525 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastBold Move #1: Create a Sales Process That Benefits Your ProspectsBill Caskey kicks off a new 12-week series based on his book "12 Bold Moves" by tackling the first bold move: creating a sales process that genuinely benefits prospects, not just salespeople. He challenges the traditional approach of "shoving people through" a process and shares how reframing discovery as mutual understanding can dramatically improve close rates. Caskey includes a real client example of using pre-call assessments to increase closing rates from 20% to 40% while providing genuine value to prospects. Is it time to make a BOLD move in your business? If so, download our brand new book, "12 Bold Moves...2025-06-0506 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Customer Journey Mismatch: A Cautionary TaleIn this solo series episode, Bill Caskey shares a revealing story about witnessing poor customer service at a store he visited recently, where a salesperson failed to meet a customer at their knowledge level when discussing smartwatch options. He uses this experience to illustrate a crucial sales lesson: the importance of understanding where customers are in their journey before attempting to sell. Caskey emphasizes that improving close rates requires asking the right questions and meeting prospects where they are, rather than making assumptions about their knowledge or needs. Is it time to make...2024-12-0505 minIn Search of FlavorIn Search of FlavorEpisode 34: How to Plan a Trip to ColombiaIn this episode:Background and the origin of Liz Caskey Culinary & Wine Experiences’ group trip name called, “Romancing Colombia”Why Travel in Colombia is Safe & how to travel smartColombia's top destinations: Bogotá, Coffee Triangle, Medellín& CartagenaTips on navigating the varied climate, weather, seasons and flightsItinerary layout suggestions from 4 to 14 day itinerariesThe secret sauce to why Colombia will leave you with a post-trip glow for weeks after you get home!Resources:Instagram: @lccwe, @lizcaskey77Website: www.lizcaskey.com You can learn more about Liz Caskey Culinary & Wine Experiences and the trips we...2024-03-0132 minThe Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersThe Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersWhy You Should Be Building Your Personal BrandIn this episode of The Bill Caskey Podcast, Bill dives into the importance of building your personal brand as a B2B sales professional. He addresses the resistance and misconceptions surrounding personal branding and encourages listeners to see it as a way of doing their customers a favor by making it easier for them to make decisions about doing business with you. Tune in for valuable insights and tips on personal brand building!Download our FREE Guide, "5 Reasons You Don't Have Enough Clients": http://5reasonsclients.comSubscribe to the Bill Caskey Po...2023-05-0412 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#614: Don't Let Your Message Leave Your Prospects ColdIn this episode Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale provide you with some level one thinking about how to craft your core message. This is an ongoing series that takes place in The ASP Insider program but the guys give you a peek and give you a couple of things to do immediately to start to shore up your message as you pursue deals in your market. If you're interested in getting live access to Bill and Bryan, go to https://advancedsellingpodcast.com/insider ========================================= Do you have a question you want answered...2020-08-1022 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#613: How Should Your Customers Measure Your Value?In this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale follow up last week's episode with some ideas on how to best measure your value so that you can talk about it intelligently with your prospect or customer. The guys give you a three-part framework for you to use and give you an assignment to do an exercise about value journey mapping. This will help you know what the components of your economic value truly are. If you're interested in getting live access to Bill and Bryan, go to https://advancedsellingpodcast.com/insider ========================================= ...2020-08-0318 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#606: Confessions of a Sales CoachOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the frustrations that they feel from time to time working with their clients.  Whether it's reluctance to their coaching or just not taking their advice. They also take a hard look in the mirror and admit it could be half on them and half on the client. The guys give you some ways you can better show up to coaching experiences and how you might receive coaching in a better way. Want to turn your LinkedIn co...2020-06-1517 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#604: 4 Important Elements of Your Personal Business PlanOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale give you a preview into some ASP Insider content that will be released on June 12th. They each select two components of the personal business planning process and go a little bit deeper into how you can take these components and begin to build your own plan around them. If you have some interest in how you can get coaching from Bill and Bryan, then join our ASP Insider! http://advancedsellingpodcast.com/insider Also, go to advancedsellingpodcast.com/livestream to...2020-06-0116 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#603: Do You Really Feel Free at This Time?In this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk about the constraints on us and on our future as sales professionals. In a rigorously honest sort of way, Bill and Bryan talk about some of the restrictions that they feel, given the business disruption, and some ways they cope with that to help them expand their level of freedom in the future. Also, they mention that you can go to advancedsellingpodcast.com/livestream to get access to the last three webinars that we did. If it's time for you to level up your...2020-05-2519 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#590: The Beginning of the EndIt’s nearly time to go back to work. In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale roll out for you the idea of planning for the next 30 days, which includes the “get back to work” strategy. Now is the perfect time to get your affairs in order so that when the spigot (Bryan’s favorite word to hear and Bill’s favorite to say) gets turned on. ========================================= Do you have a question you want answered on the podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com and we'll try to answer it...2020-04-0214 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#587: Selling From Strength Through the CrisisIn this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the COVID-19 crisis and the impact it could have on the sales profession. The guys also give you some tips on how to keep proper mental and emotional perspective during these strange times. ========================================= Ready to make a change in 2020? Bring Bill and Bryan in to your next sales meeting or retreat. Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com and put Come See Us in the subject line! Looking for more sales training like this podcast? Download our FREE audio program, The Ultimate Pre-Game. http...2020-03-1714 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#585: a-ha, Wimp Junction, and Building Your StoryIn this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale jump around a little bit from a music video by a-ha, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914, a model that we heard about from Terry Slattery called wimp junction, and then getting into some framework ideas for how you can build a story structure that helps you grow your business. The guys also talk about programs that they're doing out in the field, including the Deal Work Studio and our one-day events. Would you like to visit the Deal Work Studio? Well it's now live...2020-03-0919 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#584: How to Get Your Mind Right for Business DevelopmentOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a common challenge they see in the market. The problem is, "how do I generate more leads with the proper attitude and mindset?" The guys go through several scenarios and give you some proper mindsets that you can adopt that will make prospecting in business development so much easier for you. Would you like to visit the Deal Work Studio? Well it's now live! Go to advancedsellingpodcast.com and click on the green button on the homepage to...2020-03-0216 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#577: Are You Winging Your Sales Process?In this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale kick the year off by talking about how to better button up your sales process so that your closing percentage goes sky high through the year! The guys give you a couple examples from different disciplines that use the same kinds of tools that we as salespeople should use in our day-to-day world. Learn more about Kronlogic and sign up for a free trial at https://www.kronologic.ai.  ========================================= Ready to make a change in 2020? Bring Bill and Bryan in to your next s...2020-01-1321 minThe Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersThe Bill Caskey Podcast: High Impact Sales Training for Sellers and LeadersIs It Time to Reinvent Yourself?On this episode of The Bill Caskey Podcast, Bill takes an "Ask Caskey" question from Mike who is struggling lately to find motivation in the day to day.  Bill gives him a success path that you can also use to reinvent yourself! "In what other era can you record your voice at 8AM and have it reach the world by 8:15? Are you taking full advantage of that?" Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see the full Bill's Basics series and for more content like this, youtube.com/c/BillCaskeyTraining ►Wan...2020-01-0914 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#575: Sales and Achievement Lessons from 2019In the final episode of 2019, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale review the past year of lessons from their individual coaching and training and from responses they have received from Podcast listeners. The guys believe it’s always helpful to use this reflective time of year to see what you have learned and what lessons you can implement in 2020. The guys have a couple of things that you might not expect to hear from them that they think makes this podcast episode worth listening to. ========================================= Want to have Bill or Bryan at yo...2019-12-1623 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#574: Christmas Gifts Every Sales Person Should Ask ForIn this holiday episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale outline 10 useful, practical, and maybe even comical gifts that you should ask for from your family for this holiday season. If you haven't finalized your Christmas list, you should definitely listen up! ========================================= Want to have Bill or Bryan at your next sales meeting? Send us an email to listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or go to advancedsellingpodcast.com and click on the Come See Us button at the top! Looking for more sales training like this podcast? Download our F...2019-12-0917 minFearless ArtcastFearless ArtcastIntroduction to Rachael Caskey’s Art podcastI’m an emerging artist in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Pictured is my most recent painting “Ma’at, Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Justice”. Follow me at www.instagram.com/rachaelcaskey.2019-12-0306 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastSelling Skills of the FutureOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss what the future will look like regarding selling skills.  The guys talk debate whether the skills used now in the sales process will be relevant in the future and they give you some ways to stay up to date with your skills.  If you are interested in bringing the guys in digitally, you can sign up for the Deal Work Studio by going to advancedsellingpodcast.com and click on the button in the banner.  The Deal Wor...2019-10-2816 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#567: Are You Dabbling in the Right Mindsets?On this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address something that they have seen plague sales teams and people over the years, adopting the right mindsets and actually going all in on them. The guys talk about what happens when you dabble and what happens when you can go all in and get truly committed to getting our heads on straight. If you are interested in bringing the guys in digitally, you can sign up for the Deal Work Studio by going to advancedsellingpodcast.com and click on the button in the banner.  Th...2019-10-2123 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#566: Deal Work MistakesOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale continue their Deal Work series. The guys give you the six most common mistakes that sales team make when they do Deal Strategy Work internally. They also give you their solutions to this mistakes and how you can avoid them.  What if you could get Bill and Bryan to work with you and your team to review the specific deals you are working on or about challenges your team struggles with? Well, now you can! It's called Deal Work Studio, an...2019-10-1416 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#565: Why You Should be Doing Deal Work at All TimesIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk about the value of sales meetings where deal work is done. Bill and Bryan have both found that deal working is one of the most valuable components of any coaching or training program. The idea is taking deals that you're in the middle of, and that are not moving at the pace you'd like them to move, and strategizing on what you can do to create more momentum. What if you could get Bill and Bryan to work with you and...2019-10-0718 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#562: Are Your Unused Assets Holding you Back?On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the topic of underused or non-utilized assets by salespeople.  The guys give you a handful of categories to begin to evaluate yourself and help you determine what gifts you might have hiding away or skills you have that go unused. We are all multidimensional creatures with different interests, passions, and skills. Unless we bring our entire selves to the table, we show up sub-optimized. Don't let this happen to you!  If you haven't yet signed up or...2019-09-1618 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#561: You Lost the Deal But You Are Not a LoserIn this episode, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address one of the biggest heartaches in professional selling, when you lose a deal you thought you had. All that work, all that preparation, all that emotional energy, and you've come up empty-handed. The guys give you some thoughts on ways to prevent that from ever happening again and what to do when a deal slips through your grasp. If you haven't yet signed up or downloaded The Ultimate Pregame - 7 Steps to Rock Your Sales Calls Every Time, what are you waiting...2019-09-0916 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastThings a Sales Person Should Never SayThe guys are out for labor day but they still wanted to give you something valuable for this week. This is a replay of one of our most popular from 2018. Hope you enjoy! Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale share with you phrases and jargon that should never be said in sales today. Most of these things serve to deposition you in the mind of the prospect, so that you appear to be operating from a place of weakness. Bill and Bryan will also give you some things that are okay to say...2019-09-0216 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#558: Myth Number 27: More Data is BetterOn this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address an issue that they've seen and witnessed inside their client companies. The issue is that these companies are providing the sales team with more and more data to use in their sales process and presentation, which can actually be a bad thing. The guys caution you that while data is good and can be effective, don't forget about the emotional buying needs of your customers since the fact is that a big part of their decision process will be emotional and not intellectual. If you want...2019-08-1222 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#556: Getting Past the Fear of Social Media and What to Do When a Deal StallsIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale bring two separate issues that they've each had come up in the training programs that they do with their respective clients. The first issue is the question of what to do when a deal is in legal or in procurement and seems to have stalled. Bryan has this happen with a couple of his clients who have a longer sales process.  The second issue Bill brought up was with a client who struggles with pulling the trigger on creating content for social me...2019-07-2919 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#554: What Happens When Your Technical People Misbehave?On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on a first ever listener mailbag video question. This week's question comes from a listener named Seth, who asks how he should handle it when he's got subject matter experts that accompany him on sales calls who are not behaving the way he would like.  The guys break it down to talk about how do you coach people pre-call, and then what to do during the call when things get out of hand. Want to have o...2019-07-1516 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#553: When Cold Calls Get the Best of YouIn this episode, sales trainers, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale, address a common question that they get from salespeople who are required to make hundreds of cold calls a week, "I'm sick and tired of cold calling and I can't keep doing it any longer." The guys go deep into the psychology of cold calls and discuss the need to find other methods of prospecting that won't result in burning out your people in a year. If you're a frontline seller and making thousands of cold calls is part of your routine, send this episode...2019-07-0822 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#552: What Have We Changed In Our Sales Philosophy?On today's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a LinkedIn Group question that neither of them has ever been asked before, "How Have You Changed In Your Sales Philosophy?" The guys discuss some ways they've both changed in their philosophy and in the things that they train companies on in the sales process. As you listen to this episode, think about your own process and whether you might be up for some reinvention in these eight areas! Send us an email to listener@advancesellingpodcast...2019-07-0117 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#549: How Do I Go Over the Buyer's Head (Without Making Them Mad)?In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale receive a listener question from Julian, who is interested in how he proceeds to close a deal when he's not talking to the right people. The guys give him some advice on how to think differently about the problem and maybe ask the question in a different way so that you have hope of taking the next right step. Sometimes when we get stuck answering a question or solving a problem, we need to re-ask ourselves or reframe the question so that we...2019-06-1015 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastWinning The Buyer's Brain - Interview With Bryan GrayOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale sit down with a long time friend, Bryan Gray, Author and CEO of Reveue Path Group. They discuss the buyer’s brain and how their thinking affects the sales process. Do you know how to get the limbic and reptilian brain to pay attention in any buying decision? Bryan has some tips on how to do just that. Learn more about the Online Masterclass, Winning the Buyer's Brain at https://www.winningthebuyersbrain.com ========================================= If...2019-06-0315 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#545: 8 Beliefs We Want You To Buy IntoOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers and longtime podcast hosts, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale review the idea of beliefs and how we think about them. The guys give you 8 beliefs that they think you should buy into in order to get maximum value out of the podcast. They spend most of their time giving you tactical advice and strategies to help you grow your territory or your business. But, they're not sure they've ever looked at the core set of beliefs that we have about you and your potential in your...2019-05-0622 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#543: Writing a Winning ProposalOn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the key elements of writing a winning proposal, including making your proposal sing. It seems that we spend so much time in the sales process but then when we get to the proposal stage, we just fire it into a template. There has to be a better way to do it. That's why, the guys decided to have Bethany Fagan from PandaDoc.com joins us on this episode. Bethany shares how to really make your proposal stand out from the crowd.  =========================================2019-04-2219 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#539: Understanding the Process When Leads Get GeneratedOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a listener question from the mailbag from someone who wanted to know whether they should outsource their lead generation. The guys talk about the three different types of lead generation, sales person directed, internally focused, or outside agency directed. They also give some insight on how to look at these three areas of focus, depending upon where you are in your business. ========================================= Download your free eBook, "Elements of a winning sales proposal: Create stunning...2019-03-2520 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#535: Lack of Prospects Driving You Crazy?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a questions they received from a psychologist in Brazil. Dr. G is struggling to get prospects in the door because he believes therapy is taboo in their culture.  They guys give Dr. G some ways of thinking about this problem differently and some ways he could flip his message and turn this opportunity in to a good thing.  If you're interested in having Bill or Bryan or both come to your upcoming sales meeting, send us an email. In the title li...2019-02-2516 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#532: 5 LinkedIn Hacks You Should Be UsingOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale continue the listener mailbag series and take a call from Scott in Louisville who asks how to use LinkedIn better for his not-for-profit. Bill and Bryan address the changing dynamic that is LinkedIn and how to see it as not just a connection tool but also a content publishing platform. They also give him some ways he can increase his reach by connecting to the right people. We want to continue to hear from our listeners, so if you have a question...2019-02-0421 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#531: How to Handle Pressure When You Are a High AchieverIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale continue the CoVideo Mailbag series and take a listener call from Cara who is a top performer at a Fortune 1000 company. Cara just got her numbers for the next 12 months and she is feeling a bit of performance anxiety. Bill and Bryan break down the real issue and provide a handful of things to think about if you are in similar kind of circumstance. If you're interested in having Bill or Bryan or both come to your upcoming sales meeting, send us...2019-01-2817 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#530: How Soon Should I Reach Out?You just made a new connection on LinkedIn that would be a great prospect, is it too soon to reach out? On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bryan Neale and Bill Caskey take on that very listener question from Jean-Pierre in the Netherlands. Too soon and you could ruin a connection, too late and you could miss an opportunity.  Bill and Bryan give some thoughts on this situation and they give some indicators they've noticed when it's the right time to reach out and when it's time to let it be. =========================================2019-01-2118 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#529: Managing Your ManagerWhat should you do when your Sales Manager doesn't do things the way you would do them?  In this first episode of 2019, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a question from the CoVideo mail bag from a listener, who brings up how his manager makes demands on him, referring to a very specific scenario. Bill and Bryan take this question a little bit broader to the notion of how do you manage your manager, if that's even possible? ========================================= Looking for more sales training like this podcast? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.com/products to d...2019-01-1418 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#528: Do You Ever Get Vacation Anxiety?In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale share some thoughts about "vacation anxiety" as we head into the holiday break. They give you a handful of ideas that you can implement prior to January 1st, so that by the time the work week hits, the first week of next year, you are ready to go mentally, physically and emotionally. We will not be airing anymore live episodes until January 7th, so we hope all of our listeners and non-listeners, too, have a great holiday season. We've loved being with you...2018-12-1720 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#525: Can You Summon the Courage When You Need It?In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the notion of courage. They play a clip of Brené Brown, who was interviewed by Michael Gervais, on the Finding Mastery Podcast. Brené talks about the number one attribute that people are looking to leaders for, but we think the same thing applies to sales professionals, you have to have courage. Bill and Bryan give you six areas that they believe courage can come in. Also, if you haven't enrolled in our live masterclass on December 13th...2018-11-2619 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#524: Don't Waste Time With Center Of Influence MeetingsDon't waste time with centers of influence meetings, unless you do this... On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address some common misconceptions about "centers of influence" meetings. This is where you identify people who might be able to pass referrals on to you and so you meet them and then, mess it up by not having the correct mindset and process when you go. Bill and Bryan give you a handful of ideas on how to improve the outcomes of those meetings. ========================================= L...2018-11-1221 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#522: What Are You Afraid Of?In this Halloween themed episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale dive deep into the concept of FEAR in sales. They talk about the things that sales people are afraid of and they even share some things that they've struggled with over the years. One thing that's always important when we talk about challenges and road blocks is to try to get to the bottom of why they are show stoppers for us and deal with some real issues. Once we conquer our fear, we become unstoppable.  ========================================= L...2018-10-2917 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#520: Who's In Control Of Your Sales Process?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk about a circumstance that lots of sales forces struggle with, the notion of who controls the sales process. Bill and Bryan riff on such things as correct mindset, correct language, and what your ideal sales process is if you were to create it from scratch. This is definitely one area where most sales people fall short! If you have a sales question you want answered, make sure you send a short voice memo question to listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com a...2018-10-1516 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#519: How Can Customers Believe In Your Value If They Can't See It?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on a mailbag question from a listener named Alyx. Alyx is in the Health and Wellness industry and her question was, "how does one communicate value in a market where there are fads and fixes that people opt for?" Bill and Bryan discuss how a lot of this gets back to how you see the world of selling today, and are you part marketer and part seller, or just part seller? Many of the guys' tips and tactics around this question have to...2018-10-0816 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#517: How Do You Deal With Loss?On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the topic of rejection, loss, and disappointment. There is a myth that we have to just move on when we get disappointed, and not feel the feelings that comes along with that. But we think that's wrong. Bill and Bryan give you some things to think about when it comes to preventing the feelings that come along with loss and disappointment, and what to what to do when it does happens. ========================================= Looking for more sales t...2018-09-2417 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#516: Understanding the Buyer's Brain - Bryan GrayOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Brayan Neale sit down with a long time friend, Bryan Gray, Author and CEO of Return Path Group. They discuss the buyer's brain and how their thinking affects the sales process. Do you know how to get the limbic and reptilian brain to pay attention in any buying decision? Bryan has some tips on how to do just that.  Download Bryan's FREE eBook titled, "Sales Is Broken" at https://advancedsellingpodcast.com/broken ========================================= Looking for more sa...2018-09-1718 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#515: Morning Routines with Benjamin SpallWhat is your morning routine? And does it prepare you for anything? In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale interview Benjamin Spall, author of a book titled "My Morning Routine: How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired." Benjamin interviewed more than 60 successful people to find out what their morning routines are for the day. He shares a few of these with our podcast audience. This is definitely a book we suggest purchasing, mymorningroutine.com. ========================================= Looking for more sales training like this? Visit www.advancedsellingpodcast.co...2018-09-1015 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#514: Things a Sales Person Should Never SayIn this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale share with you phrases and jargon that should never be said in sales today. Most of these things serve to deposition you in the mind of the prospect, so that you appear to be operating from a place of weakness. Bill and Bryan will also give you some things that are okay to say and some replacements for these "bad words." If you have a question that you'd like to get to the guys, send a voice memo...2018-09-0315 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#513: You've Lost The Business. Now What?How do you win back business when you lose it? On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale give you some tips on what you can do the instant you lose a sale or an account leaves you. This is a listener mailbag question from Aaron in Colorado who had this exact thing happened where he was in charge of all business development, but out of the loop on client success and bad things started to happen. Now it's up to him to go back and...2018-08-2718 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#512: How To Turn Podcast Listening Into IncomeIn this episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take an email from a listener who has refined the art form of taking podcast content and turning it into usable mechanics to help him grow his income. So the guys set off on a journey and give you seven ways that you can listen to podcasts, The Advanced Selling Podcast, or others, in a way that helps you implement some of the ideas that you hear. One of the tips was, email the podcast host with a question, so this offer stands. Send your question to...2018-08-2016 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#506: How To Build Your Own Sales MethodologyIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, hosts Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale walk you through a framework to help you build your own sales methodology. This is part 2 of last week's episode where Bill and Bryan talked about the big five sales training companies and they gave you some pluses and minuses about why you should or shouldn't have a philosophy/methodology. In this week's episode, the guys go into detail about the eight things that you need to have as part of your new method. if you have any questions be sure...2018-07-0915 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#505: Which Sales Methodology is the Best?This week's topic came from a LinkedIn conversation from a VP of sales who asked the question, "What is the best sales methodology to use today?" Veteran sales trainers, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the largest five sales methodology training firms in the world, and share some thoughts on whether you even need a method, or not. They guys offer their thoughts and on next week's episode, they will give you a framework you can use to build your own philosophy instead of using someone else's. ========================================= Learn more about how...2018-07-0217 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#504: What are you really motivated by?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers and podcast hosts Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a question that came in that has rarely been discussed on the podcast, "How Can I Motivate My Team?" The guys walk through several different areas of motivation that can either inspire or hold back your sales team. For you sales leader listeners this is a good opportunity for you to think about your team in a slightly different way and what truly motivates them. If you're interested in getting some more information about how...2018-06-2524 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#503: When is Persistence a Deficit and not an Attribute?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a deeper subject of persistence. Often times we can become overly persistent, and it will cost us big money in the sale cycle. The guys also realized they've been calling on the same prospect and they both lost the deal, which adds material for this topic. They discuss some ways to handle the rejection and possibly even learn from the experience.  If you'd like to get your question answered on the podcast, send us an email to listener@advancesellingpodcast.c...2018-06-1815 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#502: How Do I Keep Deals Moving When Prospects Disappear?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take two separate CoVideo Mailbag listener questions. One question has to do with, how should a sales professional deal with non-sales issues like collecting accounts receivables? The other question deals with, how do we modify our behavior and our thinking so that deals continue to flow after the initial contact? We'd love to hear your question, so send us an email with a voice memo to, listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com, and we will get it on the air. ========================================= Learn...2018-06-1120 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#501: Generating Leads When Your Customer Isn't OnlineOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a letter from listener Greg who's in the Agricultural industry and is struggling to generate a funnel full of leads. He's tried radio and newspaper advertising but nothing seems to be working. So, Bryan and Bill give him a handful of ideas and suggestions on how he can go about changing the way he thinks about lead generation and changing the results as well. Are you interested in having your question answered on the podcast? Email Bill and Bryan...2018-06-0415 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastASP LIVE: Old School vs. New School SellingThis week's podcast was recorded live from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway prior to the Indy 500 in front of an audience. Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss habits of the old school sales person that don’t make it in today's competitive market. Bryan and Bill walked through a handful of items that you can test your self against to see if you’re thinking old or thinking new. You won't want to miss this LIVE podcast recording! ========================================= Learn more about how to improve your personal brand with our Personal Brand Makeover Cours...2018-05-2813 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#500: The Importance of Relationships in SalesIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the notion of relationship selling. The question is not if relationships important in the sales cycle, we can all agree they are. The true question is what does a good relationship really mean with a prospect? Bill and Bryan give you some filters through which you can look at your current client relationships to determine if they really are sound and what to do about it if they aren't. ========================================= Learn more about how to...2018-05-2117 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#499: Are You Listening To Your Instincts?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales experts Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a common observation that they have when they're working with sales teams. There is a general lack of enthusiasm about following and listening to your instincts. In every sales process there are issues that occur and if you are dialed in to your gut reaction you will take a certain course. On the other hand if you are blind to your instincts or you don't trust them, you might be in for long selling cycles. Bill and Bryan give...2018-05-1418 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#498: How To Prospect When You Are Burned OutIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a question from a listener and client, who asks about issues inside her company that aren't going well. The listener explains that she constantly has to get involved in operational and account management issues, which gets her away from her true role, business development. She is also experiencing some burn out over this dilemma. On this episode, Bill and Bryan give her some advice on all three areas and some takeaways you might be able to use in your...2018-05-0720 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#497: Is This Deal Over or Not?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take on two different questions sent in by podcast listeners. The first question in is from Leon in Australia who asks about how to handle channel partners in his new sales role. The second question is from a lady who has been working a prospect for the last few months and they've gone radio silent on her.  Bill and Bryan give her several encouraging and indignant ideas on what she can do from this point forward.  =========================================...2018-04-3020 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#496: Paradigm BlindnessOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a concept they experience far too often with their own clients, Paradigm Blindness. We all have a certain way we do things and we become locked in to those ways. We become blind to change and don't consider other ways to achieve greater success. Bill and Bryan give you some tips on how to identify your own Paradigm Blindness and some ideas on how you might go about getting out of it.   ========================================= Learn more about h...2018-04-2322 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#492: Attention Sales Leaders: A Sales Meeting Worth AttendingOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address a question from a listener that leads them into a discussion regarding what constitutes a good sales meeting. If you have a sales manager or leader who does not listen to the podcast, make sure they get access to this! You can go into the Advanced Selling podcast app, click the share button, and text the episode to your sales manager. In companies today, we seem to say there are too many meetings, but Bryan and Bill conclude that...2018-03-2619 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#491: What's Next In Your Career?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale answer a question sent in by a listener who is interested in getting into sales and wonders whether he should take the leap or not. The guys expand this question a little bit away from the specifics of this to where are you going with your career? What are some of your options moving forward? Do you ever get down to the end of the day and say, "Is this what my life is going to...2018-03-1916 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#490: Internal Corporate Drama on the Sales TeamOn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale dive into the CoVideo Mailbag to take a voice message from Kansas City. KC from KC's question revolves around the issue of how to handle territories that don't always lend themselves to clean delineation. The guys have several ideas for how to avoid sales drama between salespeople, but they also give you some thoughts on how you can deal with territory alignment issues. If you have a sales question you want answered on the podcast, email us a voice memo to listener...2018-03-1218 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#489: Don't Be a VictimIf you are in professional sales, it is doubtful that you consider yourself a victim, however, often we slip into a mode of victim thinking and we aren't aware of it. In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale provide some thoughts on how to avoid the victim mentality.  When we have a victim mentality, we limit our ability to be creative and to be successful. Bill and Bryan give you some indicators that you might have slipped into that mode and what to do about it i...2018-03-0515 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#488: Know When To Fold Em'In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a question from listener David who asks about when to give up on a prospect. As usual, Bill and Bryan go into what to do when you’re in that position but more importantly, they discuss ways to prevent yourself from getting into this position in the first place. If you have a sales question you want answered on the podcast, email us a voice memo to listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com ========================================= Learn more about how to...2018-02-2617 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#487: Research That Will Improve Your Results - Mike SchultzOn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale play host to Mike Schultz of RAIN Group. RAIN Group just released a Sales Research Study that polled a thousand different sellers and buyers to determine what the optimum behavior salespeople need to adopt for successful outcomes. If you're interested in data-driven selling then Mike has statistics that might just blow your mind. Grab a pencil and paper and take copious notes on this podcast episode! Find out more about Mike and RAIN Group at https://www.rainsalestraining.c...2018-02-1927 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#485: Am I Cut Out for Sales or Not?On today's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale field two questions from the CoVideo Mailbag. The first question centers around whether the listener is cut out for sales and the other focuses on what type of sales would be best. If you've been in the profession over a year, it's likely you've had that feeling at some point, am I cut out for this? It's okay to have that feeling and Bryan and Bill talk you through how to deal with it.  Send your sales questions to listener@a...2018-02-0516 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#484: Five Tips on Sales EnablementIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale laugh a little bit about the term, "Sales enablement," but they catch themselves and realize that it truly is a thing. They provide you some tips on how you can better enable the sales process, whether you have team or are a lone ranger.  Also, send us your question via a voice memo to listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com and Bill and Bryan will rush you out a sweet little gift just for you.  ========================================= Learn more about how to improve your...2018-01-2919 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#483: Start, Stop & Continue 2018The definition of Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. A salesperson must constantly be evolving. The same actions will get you the same results. As you look forward on 2018, you need to evaluate the things you need to Start Doing, Stop Doing and Continue Doing to accomplish your goals. On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale offer their opinion on some things to immediately stop doing and start doing. This technique is based on an old framework that's...2018-01-2214 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#482: Should I Quote First or Last?On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey & Bryan Neale answer a listener question from John in Washington DC. He’s new in the SAaS space and has figured out where his problem is but not yet what to do about it. The issue is, “Should he be first or last to propose?” As you might guess, Bill & Bryan take the question and bend it all sorts of ways to come up with some good suggestions for John. This is really less about the SAas space, and more about how to handle the ever-occurring stall of “not now...2018-01-1520 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#481: Is Cold Calling Really Dead?In today's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a hot topic all over LinkedIn: Is Cold Calling Dead? The guys bring their own experience into the mix as they answer that very question and give you some thoughts on what cold calling should be used for and how to change your approach to it. They'll also give you some tips to use on your next cold call to get better results in the long run. ========================================= Learn more about how to improve your personal brand...2018-01-0818 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#480: What Do You Stand For?It's no secret by now, our Personal Brand Makeover Course is Live! http://personalbrandmakeovercourse.com On this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale take a deep dive into Module 1 of The Personal Brand Makeover Course - Personal Clarity. What do you stand for? What do you value? If you don't truly know, it's time you get conscious of who you are. ========================================= Learn more about how to improve your personal brand with our Personal Brand Makeover Course www.personalbrandmakeovercourse.com W...2017-12-1513 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#479: You Can't See Your Blind SpotsOn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the most common blind spots that they see sales people have as they pursue new business. They also give you some ideas on how you can become aware of what can be a difficult conversation, which is the exposing of those blind spots. Also, be sure to check out their brand new product, The Personal Brand Makeover Course at www.personalbrandmakeovercourse.com. ========================================= Learn more about how to improve your personal brand with our Personal Brand...2017-12-1117 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#477: Are You Silently Being Locked in the Commodity Dungeon?In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the silent killers that will cause you to end up in the commodity dungeon where only price matters. They reveal some tips on how to prevent yourself from being commoditized or extract yourself once you're in it. They also talk about their new course, called The Personal Brand Makeover Course, which is coming soon! ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered on The Advanced Selling Podcast? Email us at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com or give us a...2017-11-2718 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#470: From Prospect to ClientWe are taking the week off for Thanksgiving, but we wanted to replay a recent episode we thought was interesting. Hope you enjoy it and talk to you next week! ========================================= Does it really take 8 to 12 contacts to turn a prospect into a customer? Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this very idea in today's episode. We had an awesome question from a listener in our co-video mailbag segment. She is a wardrobe and fashion expert, and is trying to figure out how to generate more clients. Bill and Bryan give her...2017-11-2023 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#476: Listener Spotlight - Mike Black CEO Inciting MarketingIn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale interview a power listener, Mike Black, CEO of Inciting Marketing. The guys ask him what he has taken from his many years of listening to the podcast and how he has grown his business as a result. Mike was involved in social work and psychotherapy and realized that if he was going to generate income in business, he was going to have to learn how to sell. That's when he found the Advanced Selling Podcast. If you'd like to be in our...2017-11-1318 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#475: Does Your Story Really Compel Anybody?On this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the building, or rebuilding, of your company story. Bill and Bryan walk through a three-part framework that will help you get clear about how to communicate your company story to your constituents.  If you're interested in having them coach you on your story, send an email to listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com and in the subject line put Message Makeover. They'll select a handful of people to do a live coaching session to help you get clear on your message. ...2017-11-0619 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#474: Client wants to go out for a bid?In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale relate stories from their client base about this very issue, what do you do when a longtime buyer feels compelled to interview other vendors? As Bill and Bryan have done in the past, they break this topic down into prevention and remedy:  Prevention is what can you do to prevent this from happening again, and the guys give ten points of learning around that. Remedy is what do you do about it if somebody just, "Serves you the papers." They've got a co...2017-10-3019 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#473: Artificially Deflating Yourself Is Worse Than InflationIn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address part two of their Inflation/Deflation series. Today's episode is how we often deflate our own power in the sales process. Most of the time it happens in negotiation, the sales process itself or when we need to find other decision-makers to go call on. Bill and Bryan give you some ideas on how to see yourself and your role to help you navigate through this tendency and temptation to self-deflate. ========================================= Want to have your sales question...2017-10-2316 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#472: Arrogance, Self-Importance and Self-AwarenessIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss a situation that came up for both of them in the past week with different clients. In both cases, the guys felt like there was a heightened sense of self-importance that was larger than reality. In this first of a two part series, Bill and Bryan give you some ideas on how you can catch yourself if you start to slip into this "lack of self-awareness" around your role. Part two, coming next week, is about how we o...2017-10-1618 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#471: Commitment & EnergyWhat vibe do you give off when you're around others? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale talk about two words, commitment and energy, that will influence your success in professional selling. The guys break down each of these words and talk about what they see when they go into companies and work with high achievers in these two areas.  ========================================= 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...2017-10-0919 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#470: From Prospect to ClientDoes it really take 8 to 12 contacts to turn a prospect into a customer? Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this very idea in today's episode. We had an awesome question from a listener in our co-video mailbag segment. She is a wardrobe and fashion expert, and is trying to figure out how to generate more clients. Bill and Bryan give her some ideas that really anyone who's in sales and trying to generate more engagement with prospects can use. We'd love to hear your feedback on their answers by going to the Facebook...2017-10-0222 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#469: The Importance of Customer ExperienceWhat kind of customer experience do you give your brand new customers? In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale review the hazards of ignoring the customer experience. We all want more referrals and we all want to grow our current client business, but do we do all we can to make that experience with them such that they want to give us more referrals and more money? Bill and Bryan give you six ideas that you can implement almost immediately, with little cost, that will help you rebuild or...2017-09-2523 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#468: Practice, Practice, PracticeWhat is your relationship with practice? In this week's episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale introduce you to some new ways to practice the craft of selling. They give you five insights that you can use to better hone your skills when you are preparing for a call or a presentation. Aristotle said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ========================================= 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 ex...2017-09-1820 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#467: Skirting Compensation ConversationIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale dive into the CoVideo mailbag once again and take a question from a listener. The question had to do with how one brings up the topic of compensation with their manager. Bill and Bryan take this in several directions as they process the compensation question, as well as the avoidance of important issues question. Everybody in their business life has some conversation that has remained unspoken. It needs to be brought out and dealt with. In this episode...2017-09-1118 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling Podcast#466: Stalled DealsIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the ever important and common issue of what to do when a deal stalls. But instead of telling you what to do, they have some suggestions of things you can do to avoid the problem in the first place, which is always an easier way to problem-solve. Get your pen and paper out for the top seven things you can do starting today to avoid stalled deals! ========================================= Want to have your sales question answered o...2017-09-0417 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastPersonal Brand Makeover #4 - Rebranding SherriIn this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale complete the last of the August Personal Brand Makeover Series. By the way, if you don’t have the Personal Brand Makeover Checklist yet, go to advancedsellingpodcast.com/makeover to download it. Sherri is a Business English Trainer in Berlin Germany who is making the transition away from agencies and starting her own practice. With this new adventure comes new challenges and she is having some difficulty finding new clients. Bill and Bryan give her some tips on improving her online presence and how to g...2017-08-2825 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastDetachment in the Sales ProcessThere is a Caskey concept that keeps coming up and that is the application of Detachment in the sales process. Very few other sales strategies/systems deal with this because it’s a difficult notion to get your arms around.  In this week’s episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this issue head on. What does detachment mean? How can it be used to strengthen your results? And what you should stay away from. (15:08)Check out the competencies you'll need for2009. Download your free E-Book at www.2009SalesCompetencies.com2009-02-0515 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastDetachment in the Sales ProcessThere is a Caskey concept that keeps coming up and that is the application of Detachment in the sales process. Very few other sales strategies/systems deal with this because it’s a difficult notion to get your arms around.  In this week’s episode, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address this issue head on. What does detachment mean? How can it be used to strengthen your results? And what you should stay away from. (15:08)Check out the competencies you'll need for2009. Download your free E-Book at www.2009SalesCompetencies.com2009-02-0515 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastBuilding Your Sales Dream TeamEver wonder why some sales teams get enormous results and others struggle? Do you think it has anything to do with the thinking/strategy of the team? Of course it does. But lost in the mystery of the high achieving sales team is practical advice of how to get there. In this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the very attributes that make great sales teams. Recently, Caskey held a seminar called Building Your Sales Dream Team. Listen to this podcast and if interested, you can get access to the content by emailing listener...2008-06-0513 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastHow Do I Handle This Crazy Situation?In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale answer those "what do I do when?" questions that sales professionals have every day. This is an episode that helps sales people new and old who are curious about what to do in certain situations. Business-to-business sales training and development isn't always about "theory." Sometimes it's just about practical advice. This episode will help you to say and do the right things in those places where your deal might be on the line. Sometimes just a third party--like Caskey and Neale--can shed just enough light on...2007-06-2116 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastJump Starting Stalled DealsIn this week's episode of the Advanced Selling Pocast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss stalled deals. A lot of sales people find themselves stuck in the middle of a deal, where they have the potential buyer interested in their product or service, but they can't seem to close the deal. Have no fear, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale are here to help you jump start those stalled deals with their innovative techniques and tips. This will help sales people of all levels spend time closing more deals instead of wasting their time and money on a deal that isn't ...2007-06-0418 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe First Step in Mastering The Inner Game of SellingIn this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale address the mental side--inner game--of sales. "How you think determines how you act" is one of our favorite sayings. And Caskey and Neale discuss new possibilities in thought which will immediately change your behavior--and ultimately, your results. Want to be massively successful in sales or business? Then, this is one of the most critical pieces of information you need to learn in order to become great. For you sales managers, forward this on to every one of your people--and use your next sales meeting to discuss your...2007-05-2514 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastHow to Conquer Call Reluctance--Once and for AllIn this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss how to overcome your fears of cold calling and prospecting. In sales, the majority of the business you generate is from calling on new prospects. Even though those first phone calls are some of the most dreaded parts of sales, they CAN be mastered. And like we say, 'make your biggest weakness your biggest asset' and watch success ensure. The mind is telling you something if you have fear. It tells you "you aren't looking at the situation "correctly." Caskey and Neale help you change...2007-04-1215 minThe Advanced Selling PodcastThe Advanced Selling PodcastTime OptimizationIn this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale give you interesting (and innovative) tips you can use to make better use of your time. You have only so many hours in the day/week and year. How you use those hours are at the core of how successful you are. For example, have you ever thought about how many hours/year you could save if you could communicate your message better to your prospects? This is a fast moving--lightning round type of podcast, where Caskey and Neale go through some systemic ways to improve...2007-03-0317 min