The Weekly Sales Meeting Podcast
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Episode 173: Speak with Purpose, Not Pressure
Buyers can spot the difference between pressure and purpose in seconds. When you speak with clarity and intent, you earn trust. That is the true currency of closed deals.
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Episode 172: Who Are You Competing With?
Chasing someone else’s success will only distract you from your own. Learn why the only competition that matters is the one in the mirror, and how focusing inward leads to stronger sales and lasting growth.
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Episode 171: Leverage Your Available Resources
Most sellers walk into meetings using only a fraction of the tools they have. Learn to leverage every resource at your disposal to build trust, win confidence, and increase your average order.
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Episode 170: Beware Benchmarking Others
Benchmarking feels safe, but copying others often kills originality and stalls growth. See why the best results come from discovery, not imitation. See how you can win by trusting your own path
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Episode 169: What Color Is the Grass on the Other Side of the Fence?
It’s easy to believe the grass is greener on the other side, but in sales that mindset can drain focus and confidence. See why real growth comes from tending your own ground and investing in what you already have.
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Episode 168: Start Where You Stand
Waiting for perfect conditions will keep you stuck while opportunities pass by. Find out why starting where you stand creates momentum, builds confidence, and drives real sales results
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Episode 167: Are You Set Up for Success or Set Up for Failure?
The line between sales success and failure is thinner than you think. See how mindset, habits, and systems decide which side you end up on, and why alignment matters more than effort.
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Episode 166: The Impact of Your Words
The words you choose decide whether doors open or close. See how the right language builds trust, value, and turns conversations into contracts.
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Episode 165: Use Labels for Discovery
Use Labels for Discovery. Uncover the hidden thoughts of your buyers with the powerful tool of labeling. Discover how to put this tool to work for you.
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Episode 164: Clear the Path of No’s
Clear the Path of No’s. Why Top Sellers Seek Rejection Early. The fastest way to win more deals is to clear out the ones that will never close. In this episode, you’ll learn why top sellers actively seek early “no’s” to save time, sharpen focus, and create a smoother path to the real “yes.”
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Episode 163: Outrun the Lion
Outrun the Lion. How Self-Competition Drives Sales Success. The real race isn’t against your competitors. It is against who you were yesterday. Discover how focusing on self-improvement and consistency can help you outrun the lion and build unstoppable momentum.
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Episode 162: The Focus Group of One
The Focus Group of One: How to recognize and overcome the focus-group-of-one mindset that derails sales decisions. Discover how to use smart questions, real data, and compelling stories to expand a buyer’s perspective
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Episode 161: Control the Value Proposition
Control the Value, Control the Sale. The best sellers lead the conversation, shape the narrative, and prove why their solution is worth it. Are you controlling your value proposition, or letting price define you?"
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Episode 160: Change is Choice
Most sellers know what to do. Few do it. The gap? Choice, not chance. Change will always look like failure in the middle. Choose change and see it through to the end.
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Episode 159: The Whale
Your pipeline is your identity. Are you filling it with minnows or building it for whales? Every team needs a list of high-value dream accounts, big, bold targets that stretch your skills, sharpen your strategy, and raise the bar on what’s possible.
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Episode 158: Work or Busy Work?
Busy work doesn’t build teams—it breaks them. Some tasks waste time, drain morale, and destroy motivation. Here’s why.
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Episode 157: Never Quell Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is one engine that can power the team. Don’t put a damper on it.
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Episode 156: What Happens Next?
Many deals stall in the follow-up as buyers don’t know the next steps.
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Episode 155: Would You Be Opposed to That?
It’s Not Magic. It’s Psychology: The Soft Ask That Drives Serious Results.
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Episode 154: Damage Joy
What Makes Us Cheer When the Mighty Fall? The Psychology of Schadenfreude.
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Episode 153: Pursue Progress Not Platitudes
This Is What Happens When You Confuse Activity with Achievement.
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Episode 152: Ergo, Ego.
Learn to use the role of ego in your sales conversations.
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Episode 151: Stir the Pot
Which is the better parallel for outside sellers, a detective or a chef?
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Episode 150: Work-Life Imbalance
Make sure you balance your work and your life. You have control over this.
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Episode 149: Double Your Revenue.
If you want to double your revenue in the next three years, here is a road map to get that done.
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Episode 148: Subscription Fatigue
Let’s face it, we all have way more subscription services than we need. Some we forgot we have.
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Episode 147: Meet the New Boss
Pete Townsend didn’t know how right he was back in 1971, or did he?
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Episode 146: Seamless Transitions
Focus on improving transitions to ensure conversations progress toward your desired end goal.
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Episode 145: Two Kinds of Problems
There are two kinds of problems. Learn how to keep them isolated.
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Episode 144: The Pricing Spiral
The pricing spiral is learned behavior. You can prevent this value collapse with value-based selling.
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Episode 143: Failure Is a Part of Your Success.
Failure is part of growth; it is part of success. Don’t run away from it; don’t be afraid of it.
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Episode 142: The Risk of Doing Nothing
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Episode 141: Re-Think the Family Four Pack
The last time the average family head count was near four was the 1960s. Maybe it is time to re-image a promotional mainstay
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Episode 140: Keys to Success in Outreach
Persistence and consistency are two of the many keys to successful customer outreach. See what else will help you succeed.
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Episode 139: Diversity in Thought, Unity in Action
See how your diversity is a net positive for your sales team. Use it to create unity in action.
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Episode 138: Social Proof or Peer Validation?
Two methods to create influence are social proof and peer validation. Learn to use either or both in your sales conversations.
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Episode 137: Don’t Sell Your Soul to Make the Goal
Have a compass of true north to guide your sales franchise. Make sure you do not compromise your integrity.
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Episode 136: Giving Up Too Soon
Press on. Many of us give up way too soon, sometimes right before we break through. Persistence needs to be part of your arsenal.
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Episode 135: How Much Is Too Much Contact?
Don’t worry about contacting your prospects too much. For most, you are barely on the radar.
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Episode 134: Make an Offer or Solve a Problem
Are you peddling the latest product or are you offering to solve a customer problem? Consider the lasting impact of creating customer solutions.
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