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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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WINNING AT SELLING

Bill Hellkamp and Scott "Professor Plum"

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Welcome to the Winning at Selling Podcast. Your hosts Bill Hellkamp and Scott “Professor Plum.” This podcast is dedicated to the overall success in the sales channel. From the CEO to the front line salespeople, every role must be aligned, trained and committed, every day to achieve the desired outcome. This is not done without a commitment to ongoing career development in learning market-relevant techniques, overcoming conceptual barriers, applying proactive and productive behaviors and proj ...
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Welcome to The Bill Caskey Podcast, the show for company leaders, sales managers, and salespeople who are looking to take their sales game to the next level. Join your host Bill Caskey, renowned sales coach and strategist, as he shares modern sales strategies and leadership tips that will help you grow your sales team and increase revenue for your business. Each week, Bill brings a variety of guest experts and shares real coaching scenarios from his work with sales teams, providing valuable ...
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Welcome to High Impact Sales Podcast for leaders ready to transform their sales experience and scale their revenue with help, impact, and integrity. It’s time for you to discover YOUR unique identity and how to connect with your audience. Listen to the latest episode with your hosts, Natalie Jill and Sinclair Kennally.
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Rats! I thought I was about to close a deal until my client said that he would have to submit the plan to procurement! What does that mean? A bidding war? A long and costly RFP process? Negotiations with a team of master negotiators who are bent on the cheapest product possible? Yes, the thought of dealing with procurement can strike fear into even…
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In this episode, Scott Sambucci discusses the importance of making the most of unexpected downtime, managing schedules effectively, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle while traveling to maximize productivity. He highlights the need for being prepared and efficient during travel to reduce frustrations and ensure optimal performance. Scott also emph…
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Bill answers a listener question from Jason on how to go beyond just working harder to achieve greater success in his career and income. He provides a framework for envisioning bigger possibilities, including journaling about your ideal outcomes over an extended period, examining how your thinking may need to change to reach those possibilities, an…
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Many salespeople experiencing downtime in their industries, but we all can do a better job of leveraging seasonal changes to sell and serve more. To learn how it’s done, we sat down with Brian Callan, national sales director with Industrial Supply Solutions to learn how he guides his sales team to take advantage of every season and how they sell an…
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In this episode, Scott Sambucci sits down with Dan Waldschmidt, a best-selling author, motivational speaker, and business strategist, to explore the application of Dan's EDGY Framework to the life of an entrepreneur and startup CEO. Dan's journey from success to failure and back again, including a moment where he nearly took his own life, brings a …
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Selling more and better starts with sounding different than others in the industry. Asking better questions outside of the prospects problem and sharing your solutions will make you sound more interested in learning about the prospect’s environment, expectations and priorities. Set your expectations high as Bill and I discuss the 10 Questions to As…
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Bill is joined by Rabbi Daniel Lapin to discuss the general well-being of society and how individuals can focus on what truly matters despite external challenges. Rabbi Lapin offers insightful perspectives on the differences between those who work with ideas versus those who work with tangible things, and how this impacts one's connection to realit…
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As technology progresses, salespeople’s tech stacks only seem to grow. Even the best data won’t help us sell more or serve more unless we are leveraging it in relevant ways. To learn how to be more relevant and how we use our prospect data, we sat down with James Roth, CRO of Zoominfo. He walked us through the same system as his salespeople use to …
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In this episode, Scott discusses the benefits of automating decisions to maintain discipline and productivity in both personal and professional settings. He emphasizes the importance of time blocking and accountability in overcoming distractions and ensuring consistency in routines. By sharing examples from his own life, such as scheduling specific…
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Is your sales conversation the same as it was 5 years ago? Do you still have that tired company pitch that extols the virtues of your organization? Are you caught in the cycle of fact-benefit-confirmation? Is your customer supposed to provide the information and you match up the solution? Well, it’s time to change your approach. If you want to keep…
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Bill dives deep into the question of whether we are truly achieving at a level that matches our full potential. He identifies four crucial "links" that often hold us back from reaching our highest levels of achievement: spiritual discipline, psychological discipline, communication skills, and personal branding. He also challenges listeners to exami…
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Salespeople know that relationships create revenue. Unfortunately, they usually focus only on the relationships they have with prospects and customers. This leaves an entire chunk of value off the table: the relationships you could be making between customers! To learn how to leverage our own customer networks as an asset, we sat down with Steve Ol…
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Have you ever worked in a company that just seems to be off balance with its people? Like a car with a misaligned front end. You are limited in how fast you can go. Where do you begin to look to find the problem? Is the problem the process, or the people and how they interact with each other? Listen up as your problem-hunters - Bill and I take on d…
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In this episode, Scott Sambucci explores the balance between deliberate and emergent strategies in personal and professional settings. Drawing from his ultra running experiences and work life, he shares practical applications of this balance, such as his decision-making process for participating in a 200-mile race and his strategic decision to work…
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As salespeople, we may understand how to educate and provide value to prospects, but finding and hiring top sales talent to join our team can seem like speaking a different language. To solve this problem, we sat down with Dan Fantasia, president of tree line Inc. he has helped more than 3500 salespeople find their next opportunity, and he shared t…
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In this episode, Scott emphasizes the crucial role of routines in achieving both goals and happiness. He shares personal examples and strategies to guide listeners on their journey to success. Scott highlights the importance of routine in ultra running and training, as well as establishing structured routines at work. He underscores the value of re…
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In this episode, Bill Caskey dives deep into the insidious nature of doubt and how it can hold us back from pursuing our goals and initiatives. He draws parallels between doubt and the biblical story of the serpent tempting Eve, illustrating how doubt can creep in subtly and derail our best intentions. Bill shares personal experiences and insights …
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A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-closing. Always be closing! Always be closing!! A-I-D-A. Attention, interest, decision, action. Attention -- do I have your attention? Interest -- are you interested? I know you are. You close or you hit the bricks! Decision -- have you made your decision? And action. A-I-D-A; get out there!! You got the prospects comin' in…
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Ownership is a popular topic, but how do we implement it in every sales conversation? That is the question we posed to Matt Rose, executive vice president of sales of H-Wave and US Army veteran. He shared the same process he trains his sales team to use to ensure that they never give up the next step of their sales conversations, ensuring that they…
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In this episode, Scott underscores the pivotal role of clarity, control, and confidence in attaining success, offering a structured approach to goal-setting. He emphasizes the importance of visualization, effective planning, and preparation, advocating for the mapping out of timeframes and conducting standups and meeting prep. Introducing the conce…
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As the adage goes - We battle our head and heart constantly in our day to day actions. Often when we don’t see the results of our intentions or actions and we get down on ourselves. Some have said, Nobody can be harder on me than me. And I’m one of those people. So, if this also applies to you. Take a break and give yourself a break as Bill, and I …
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In this episode, Bill explores the common misconceptions surrounding the sales profession. He argues that selling should not be about convincing or persuading, but rather a process of identifying the right prospects and providing them with valuable experiences. Bill emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking over just "doing" in sales, and sha…
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Having no plan is really a plan to fail. But by thinking through our goals we can develop the detailed steps we must accomplish in order to attain that big objective. As the saying goes, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” And as a sales professional you will need to analyze, determine and plan out those “bites”. So grab a knife and f…
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One of the easiest sales to make is to someone who already bought from you. But what happens if you don’t have any new products or services to offer? That is a challenge that we brought to Justin Parke, national sales manager with Trader Interactive and veteran of the US Army. He shared exactly how his salespeople develop and communicate the type o…
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In this episode, Scott underscores the crucial elements of clarity, control, and confidence in the pursuit of success, offering a structured approach to goal-setting. Emphasizing the significance of visualization and effective planning, he advocates for meticulous preparation through time mapping, standups, and meeting prep. Introducing the concept…
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We all have different goals and priorities. Measured on different benchmarks. Fueled by different motivations. Have you ever met someone and wondered what their motivation is for doing what they do? What’s in it for them? We present our solutions to prospects with a WIIFM approach, but how about when someone is selling to us. Let’s flip the script …
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We all want to do business with more great customers, but how do we find them, and how do we attract them into our orbit? To answer that question, we sat down with Luke Cox, CEO of Hunt Lift Eat, and former infantry captain in the US Army. He walked us through the same system he used to establish his company while still on active duty and ensure th…
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In this episode, Scott delves into the transformative power of gratitude, emphasizing its profound impact on both personal and professional growth. He underscores the importance of recognizing abundance and opportunities, urging listeners to shift their mindset towards problem-solving and ownership. By reframing challenges as opportunities for grow…
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Salespeople are always on the hunt for ways to differentiate themselves, but many overlook one of the easiest things they can leverage in any sales conversation: their selling style. To learn how to systemize the way we leverage our own sales style as a differentiator, we sat down with Tim Kuehn, vice president of global sales and supply chain with…
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In this episode, Scott Sambucci delves deep into the transformative power of confidence, drawing from his rich tapestry of experiences, which include training for arduous 100-mile races and competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. Through captivating anecdotes and practical insights, Scott underscores the indispensable role of confidence in bo…
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Dr. Dennis Waitley once said, “You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.” Our customers are looking for value, but to gain their perspective we need to look at the issues from their point of view. Only then can we make a sale that delivers that value. So, get ready to look at the world in a different way as Scott and I w…
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In this special episode, Bill does live coaching with Karine M., a business development manager who is trying to build a lead generation "machine" for her company. She shares her struggles with crafting an effective cold-calling script and approach. Bill provides valuable insights on principles like "meeting them where they are" and breaking things…
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Do we learn more from successes or failures? Regret can be a wonderful teacher if we let it. How do with treat regret? Success can validate us, but failure keeps us in the game – if we get back up. Do you want to stay in the game and do better in the future? Don’t regret skipping this episode as Bill, and I reminisce about Memorable Moments - sales…
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Whether we are standing up a new team or up leveling up an existing team of sellers, outbound sales are where we can always take the initiative. Unfortunately, too many sales teams hope their salespeople understand how to conduct great outbound, and fewer are aligned on what success looks like. To learn how to establish (or reestablish) a great out…
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In this episode, Scott emphasizes the universal importance of resilience, offering three essential steps: commitment, control, and challenge. He shares a personal story of resilience during a demanding training run, illustrating the power of perseverance in overcoming obstacles. Customer needs revolve around persisting with business efforts, includ…
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Many salespeople earn a great living from customers who keep coming back. But for those of us just a building that type of pipeline, how do we achieve it faster? That is the question we post to Curtis Lewsey, author of Appreciation Marketing and founder of AM Cards. He shared with us the same system he advised his client to use to gain more followe…
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In Episode 4 of the Go Farther series, Scott delves into the intricacies of overcoming obstacles, drawing inspiration from the hero's journey archetype. He underscores the importance of maintaining flexibility and relentless progress in the face of challenges, urging listeners to view obstacles as integral parts of their own narratives. Throughout …
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Could it be that the key reasons that a salesperson loses a deal is through self-inflicted wounds? Is it possible that the mistakes they make when interacting with a prospect are the very things that cause the sale to be lost or “put on hold”? Get ready for what might be a painful self-examination as Scott and I dive into the topic 5 Ways You Are H…
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We've all heard the advice to "tell more stories" in sales and marketing. But how do you craft narratives that genuinely persuade? Bill's guest is David Garfinkel, author of "The Persuasion Story Code," who shares his systematic approach to constructing highly compelling micro-stories. David explains his simple 4-part framework for micro-stories th…
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What is the difference between sales and marketing? Where does one stop and the other start? Who has the most influence on the decision? Who goes first? I feel like this discussion will be like debating which military branch is most important. You don’t have to participate, but if you are curious enough to learn more, stay tuned as Bill, and I welc…
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One of the toughest parts about selling are the assumptions we make. As we have more and more conversations, we tend to carry what we hear from one prospect to another. That works, until it doesn’t. To learn how we can stop assuming in sales and better test our assumptions before they cost us revenue, we sat down with Brady Jensen, founder and CEO …
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In this episode of the Go Farther podcast, Scott shares valuable insights into the art of staying focused on the present moment while effectively managing future concerns. He dives into practical planning strategies, emphasizing the importance of prioritization and time management for achieving productivity. Throughout the episode, Scott addresses …
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In this episode, Bill Caskey introduces a powerful "plotting model" that outlines the pathway to unlocking your true income potential through five distinct levels: Survivor, Ascender, Orchestrator, Amplifier, and Master. He reveals the key mindset shifts, strategies, and tactics needed to progress from one stage to the next, providing a comprehensi…
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