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Avoiding a Common Sales Demo Mistake

We’ve all been there. You’re looking for a new software to streamline a nagging process. You reach out to the industry leaders, expecting high end service, only to find delays, unfulfilled promises, and...

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Sales Discovery: The 1 Mistake You’re All Making

A sales discovery call is a pivotal, make or break moment in a sales journey. Sellers have a storied history of making one giant mistake – failing to define every piece of information given, comprehensively....

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4 Unspoken Keys to Better Sales Questions

There’s no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Sales questions are make or break when you’re on a call with a potential client. There isn’t an expert, trainer, or resource who will argue this. But,...

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Unlocking the Full Potential of the CRM

CRM: More Than Just a Management Tool Yeah, I get it. Most of you think the CRM is a waste of time. Most of you think the CRM just slows you down and that it’s a pain in the ass. You see it as something...

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Increasing Win Rates: The Critical Role of Buyer Data

Win rates are one sales metric that may stand alone as the single most important KPI. However, a staggering number of organizations struggle with alarmingly low win rates. Like 15-20%, low. These disappointing...

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Sales Processes: Finding Your Roadmap

All change is hard, but developing a routine is key. Today we’re taking a book from a personal running journey, stepping up from an aimless routine, and crafting a killer sales process. Ditch the old...

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Balance Sheets Exploring their Hidden Sales Secrets

Balance Sheets: Exploring their Hidden Sales Secrets

Decoding Balance Sheets for Sales Growth Last week, we went through the Profit and Loss Statement.  This week we’re going to tackle the balance sheet.  The balance sheet and the profit and loss statement go...

Social Selling - How To Use LinkedIn Properly

Social Selling – How To Use LinkedIn Properly

Last week we talked about why it’s vital to not use LinkedIn as a cold selling platform. A bunch of you didn’t agree and wanted more on the right way to use LinkedIn and social selling to further your sales....

What a Killer Deal Strategy Looks Like

What a Killer Deal Strategy Looks Like

Getting your prospect engaged, getting them on the proverbial hook is critical to selling. Prospecting is the holy grail of sales and it get’s a lot of attention as it should. To most of us, finding and...

Tell Your Customer "No"! During Prospecting

Tell Your Customer “No”! During Prospecting

Here’s the deal. When you’re prospecting, leads can be demanding, They will ask for a lot, but it doesn’t mean you have to say yes every time.   Can you tell your customer or prospect...

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Dealing With Uncoachable Employees

I’m going to cut to the chase, if you’re not coachable, you are a liability. Leaders, do yourselves a favor and remove the uncoachable folks from your team. Coachability is one of, if not the most important...

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Why Leadership is Failing

Leadership is hard. I mean real leadership. Not many people are good at it.  I’ve had a number of boss’s in my life, but only a few were actual leaders. I’ve been a boss a number of times and...

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Hiring Elite Salespeople: The 1 Skill To Look For

Journey back with me to a time before A Sales Guy became a Sales Growth Company, when we were knee deep in the trenches of sales hiring.   Challenges in hiring salespeople Hiring, universally, is fraught...

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Gap Sell Keenan 63: Stop Selling and Listen

We can’t say this loud enough, B2B sales is changing. Relentlessly pushing products and hammering prospects with your rehearsed sales pitch is dead. Developing a successful sales approach needs to focus on...

Risk to Reward A Sales Case Study

Risk to Reward: A Sales Case Study

How a Calculated Sales Risk Paid Off One of the top selling Tequilas in the world doesn’t allow the word tequila to be used when referring to it’s product. Yes, it’s on the bottle, but that’s pretty much the...

Sales Strategy Lessons From My 14 Year Old Self

Sales Strategy Lessons From My 14 Year Old Self

The Sales Strategy that Made a Skatepark a Reality This is how my feisty 14 year old self accidentally Gap Sold my town into building a skatepark. Buckle up! Because I’m going to walk you through my...

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A man in casual work attire is precariously sawing off a large branch from a tree, the very branch he's sitting on, symbolizing a 'sales demo' mistake. The background reveals a hazy industrial skyline, contrasting with the tree's lush foliage, emphasizing the short-sighted actions that can undermine long-term goals, reflective of the pitfalls in customer engagement and sales promises

Avoiding a Common Sales Demo Mistake

We’ve all been there. You’re looking for a new software to streamline a nagging process. You reach out to the industry leaders, expecting high end service, only to find delays, unfulfilled promises, and...

A professional's hands typing on a laptop that displays a holographic CRM interface with connected data points and management icons. This image symbolizes the transformative use of CRM software as a dynamic sales tool beyond just management.

Unlocking the Full Potential of the CRM

CRM: More Than Just a Management Tool Yeah, I get it. Most of you think the CRM is a waste of time. Most of you think the CRM just slows you down and that it’s a pain in the ass. You see it as something...

A 3D illustration depicts a figure pushing a large red percentage symbol uphill, against a backdrop of stylized mountains and trees, symbolizing the challenging journey to increase win rates in sales. The symbol's daunting size compared to the figure highlights the struggle organizations face with low win rates due to insufficient buyer input data.

Increasing Win Rates: The Critical Role of Buyer Data

Win rates are one sales metric that may stand alone as the single most important KPI. However, a staggering number of organizations struggle with alarmingly low win rates. Like 15-20%, low. These disappointing...

Two salespeople having a chat about why it's crucial to never stop learning in sales. They highlight the shift from old-school sales to a more helpful approach. This image represents the importance of always improving and staying adaptable for success in sales.

Gap Sell Keenan 71: Never Stop Learning

  We live in a constantly evolving world. Self development, professional development, and learning is a never-ending journey without a final chapter. The ability to adapt is non-negotiable. Sales has gone...

Two sellers engaged in a discussion, emphasizing the significance of knowing the answer to 'What problems do you solve for your clients?' in strategic sales.

Gap Sell Keenan 70: What Problems Do You Solve?

We’ve done 70 episodes of Gap Sell Keenan and there remains a recurring theme. Sellers still struggle to answer what problems do you solve? This seemingly simple question stumps our guests time and time again....

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5 Ways to Rethink Sales Enablement in 2024

Acknowledging a weakness is the first step towards improvement. Our society has created a hesitancy, especially among high level professional, to admit when things aren’t going smoothly. The competitive nature...

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Gap Sell Keenan 69: Ditch Your Sales Mindset

  Gap Selling is more than a new set of tactics for a seller. It is a profound shift in sales mindset that separates the good from the great. Having read the book, following our newsletters, or watching...

Frustrated Woman Swatting Away Obstacles Like Pesky Flies - These 5 Discovery Questions Are Killing Your Calls

These 5 Discovery Questions Are Killing Your Calls

Traditional discovery questions are garbage and they’re ruining your sales processes, causing buyer fatigue, and wasting valuable sales leads from the jump.   Stop asking these discovery questions For...

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