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Episode #336: Ego: Confidence or Arrogance?

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When you hear the word “ego,” do you cringe? Can ego be a helpful tool for salespeople? Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale explore the blessings and curses of a powerful ego in today’s episode.

When does your ego get in the way of an interaction with a prospect? When can it help you actually do your job better?

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan will help you determine if your ego is helping or hurting you. They share their checklist of ways to know when ego is your friend and when it’s your enemy. They offer specific tactics Sales Managers can use with your teams, and they make recommendations to help you check in on your own self-awareness. You’ll also learn Bill’s secret assumption about clients that will change the way you look at your interactions from now on.

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Episode #333: It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Believe

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Does your customer believe in what you’re selling? Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale offer Julie from Grand Rapids, MI a few tips in today’s Mailbag Monday episode.

They talk about the “belief gap” — the space that exists between what you believe and what your customer believes. As a salesperson, how do you close the gap? How can you help guide them through the path to the sale, especially when that’s the part that makes your buyer the most nervous? 

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share questions you can ask and ways to think through your own beliefs.  Do YOU truly believe in your product? You will learn Bill and Bryan’s “gut check” method to test the strength of your conviction in what you sell.  

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