The Advanced Selling Podcast

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• Say This, Not That: Why Precise Language in Sales Closes More Deals 29.06.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail Imprecise language is quietly sabotaging your sales process — and most sellers don't even notice it happening. This week, Bill and Bryan dig into the art of precise communication and why "what they hear" matters more than "what you meant." Bryan shares a real example from his own sales process: his team retired the vague word "calendars" as the last item on a sales agenda in favor of the more direct "get calendars out." They also cover why stating up front how many points you...
• Patterns of Limitation: Part 2 22.06.2026 13хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill and Bryan continue their series on the hidden patterns that quietly cap sales performance. Building on last episode's conversation about "drift," they dig into two more limiting patterns: fear (and why naming it is the first step toward detachment) and the belief that bigger outcomes simply "aren't possible." Along the way, they tackle the either/or trap — the binary thinking that convinces salespeople they have to choose between income and time, ambition and family, mor...
• Patterns That Are Holding You Back 15.06.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill and Bryan dig into what they call "patterns of limitation" — the ingrained habits and mindsets that quietly cap your sales growth, often disguised as things that are already working. They explore four key patterns worth examining: the tendency to focus on the big picture while ignoring critical details, the trap of pursuing vague or undefined problems with prospects, the danger of plateauing without recognizing it, and the gradual drift away from your core purpose and id...
• Why Your Spiritual Foundation Is Your Biggest Sales Asset 08.06.2026 18хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill goes somewhere different today — and that's intentional. In this solo episode, Bill Caskey shares the first six of twelve core sales principles, each grounded in a biblical reference. From understanding your divine assignment and serving before selling, to detaching from outcomes and deploying your unique gifts, Bill connects the spiritual underpinnings of great selling to the real-world results you're after. This isn't a tactics episode. It's a foundation episode — and ...
• 7 Lies About Sales Success 01.06.2026 16хв

  Send us Fan Mail What if the beliefs driving your sales career are built on a foundation of lies? In this solo episode, Bill Caskey breaks down seven deeply normalized lies about achievement, income, and sales success — the kind that quietly run your life if you let them. From "hustle harder to earn more" to "the best closer wins," these aren't fringe ideas. They're mainstream beliefs that keep good salespeople permanently busy, permanently stuck, and wondering why the results never match the...
• How to Become the Obvious Choice (Part 2) 26.05.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale continue their series on how to become the Obvious Choice for your prospects and customers — not by closing harder, but by selling smarter throughout the entire process. In Part 2, they cover four powerful moves: Proactively raising problems, concerns, and objections so you're never caught off guardDelivering a Statement of Detachment that comforts prospects and skyrockets close ratesSetting a go/no-go instead of asking for the businessWarming cold...
• Becoming the Obvious Choice (Part 1) 19.05.2026 21хв

  Send us Fan Mail How do you become the vendor your customers never even think to replace? In Part 1 of this short series, Bill and Bryan break down what it actually takes to become the obvious choice — not through last-minute discounts or closing tactics, but by building that clarity from the very first interaction. They cover three foundational moves: filtering your pipeline through the right lens (are they an obvious fit for you?), getting pristine on your message including who you're not f...
• The Fear Factor in Sales 11.05.2026 22хв

  Send us Fan Mail Fear shows up at every stage of a sales career — first calls, big promotions, major presentations, and yes, posting on LinkedIn. In this episode, Bill and Bryan dig into how fear works, why your brain treats a LinkedIn post like a saber-toothed tiger, and how to reframe anxiety into something useful. Plus: what beekeeping taught Bryan about walking into uncomfortable situations, and why the doom-and-gloom crowd is almost always wrong about new technology. The Insi...
• The Simple Shift That Changes Every Sales Conversation 04.05.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail Are you walking into sales calls without getting clear on the actual problem you're solving? In this episode, Bill and Bryan dig into one of the most overlooked fundamentals in B2B sales: defining the real problem before pitching solutions. They explore how process focus beats outcome obsession, why accountability starts with you (not the market or the prospect), and how knowing when not to move forward is sometimes the most powerful sales move you can make. The I...
• Why Your Calendar Is Killing Your Pipeline 27.04.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail What's the #1 problem facing salespeople and customer acquisition professionals right now? Bill and Bryan each share their answer — and while they come at it from slightly different angles, both point to the same root cause: the absence of a real system. Bryan breaks down why time misallocation kills pipelines, and Bill makes the case that lead generation is the core issue most companies struggle to solve — not because of effort, but because they're relying on activity instea...
• Stop Being Selfish: The Sales Habit That Pays Off Later 20.04.2026 16хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill and Bryan are back from spring break with a powerful lesson about the long game in sales. Inspired by a 35-year-old charity event that grew into a $400 million movement, they dig into how the small actions you take — or skip — today create enormous downstream outcomes you can't predict. They challenge sellers to stop making excuses, stop being selfish with their knowledge, and start showing up consistently — on LinkedIn, in the field, and with their prospects...
• Why Prospects Stop Trusting You (And How to Fix It) 09.04.2026 6хв

  Send us Fan Mail Trust is the missing ingredient in most failed deals — and the old methods of building it (the hearty handshake, the enthusiastic follow-up email) no longer cut it. In part four of the Sales Identity Crisis series, Bill breaks down why modern buyers are slow to trust and offers a counterintuitive fix: create content. Bill shares how consistent content — podcasts, video, written pieces — lets prospects sample your thinking long before a sales conversation begins. When they fin...
• The Identity Shift: From Labor to Leverage 02.04.2026 5хв

  Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, Bill Caskey continues his series on the Sales Identity Crisis — specifically, the shift from being a laborer to becoming a leverager. If your sales approach is built on effort alone — more calls, more hours, more hustle — you're operating on an old model that's nearly impossible to scale. Bill breaks down a better framework: Discover, Develop, Deploy. Find the assets you already have (client success stories, your personal story, your expertise), build th...
• Stop Hiding. Create Space to Be Excellent. 30.03.2026 14хв

  Send us Fan Mail Most salespeople wait for opportunity to come to them. Bill and Bryan flip that script. In this episode, they explore what it means to create a "space for excellence" — the rooms, events, and moments where you show up, lean in, and let people see what you're made of. From a chance encounter at a restaurant to a woman coaching a thousand people to share their stories on stage, the lesson is clear: you can't demonstrate excellence from your couch, your car, or your home office....
• Raise Your Prices Without Losing Your Clients 23.03.2026 16хв

  Send us Fan Mail A listener question from William — an engineer who also sells — kicks off a focused conversation on one of the oldest problems in B2B sales: getting commoditized on price. Bill and Bryan tackle both sides of the equation: how to avoid being beaten down on price coming in, and how to successfully raise prices with clients you've already got. Their answer isn't a negotiation tactic — it's a positioning problem. And the fix starts long before the price conversation happens. They...
• Stop Watching the Scoreboard — Start Watching the Inputs 16.03.2026 17хв

  Send us Fan Mail We're at the end of Q1 — and Bill and Bryan use a trip to the Pacers game as a launching pad for a conversation about what actually matters when you check the scoreboard. Inspired by Bill Walsh's coaching philosophy and John Wooden's legendary process focus, this episode explores why fixating on the score is the wrong move — and what sellers and sales leaders should be analyzing instead. Bill and Bryan dig into the slow fade of good habits, why joy in the process is the real ...
• Find the Real Pain Behind Every Sales Conversation 05.03.2026 5хв

  Send us Fan Mail Every prospect tells you a version of their problem — and they're almost always wrong. Not lying. Just wrong. In this solo episode, Bill Caskey breaks down why the surface problem your prospect presents is rarely the real problem, and why it's your job to uncover what's actually at stake. Bill walks through the questions you need to ask to get past symptoms and find the true pain: What's the cause? What happens if nothing changes? What are the economics of this problem? When ...
• The Best Sales Gifts Nobody Buys You 02.03.2026 21хв

  Send us Fan Mail It's Bill's birthday — and that means one thing: it's time to talk about gifts. But not the usual Amazon cards and polka dot sweaters. Bill and Bryan dig into the sales gifts worth actually giving yourself: the mindset shifts, investments, habits, and tools that compound over time. In this episode, you'll hear about the gift of applying abundance thinking to your sales life, why investing in yourself is the one gift no one else will buy you, the power of true free time (and w...
• AI as a Sales Tool, Not a Salesperson with Kayla Kurtz 25.02.2026 31хв

  Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bryan Neale welcomes Kayla Kurtz, VP of Sales and VP of Business Development at Forthea, for a focused conversation on how AI is reshaping modern sales. Kayla shares how aligning sales and marketing improves lead quality and eliminates the “bad lead” blame game, before diving into practical ways sellers can use AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to refine emails, personalize outreach, and prepare for complex conversations. Brya...
• From Content to Conquest 23.02.2026 20хв

  Send us Fan Mail Bill and Bryan are giving you a preview of the March 6th ASP Insider session — and it's one you don't want to miss. The topic is From Content to Conquest, but this isn't a social media training. It's about what you know, what you believe, and how you package your expertise so prospects say, "I want to know more." Before diving into the March session, Bill and Bryan walk through the perspective shifts that have to happen first — because you can know exactly what to do and stil...