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Why is it that separate Sales and Marketing divisions from the same company, with the same goals, and the same direction, can spend so much of their valuable energy competing against one another?

Self-improvement is one of most easily accessible pillars of success for every sales professional who is serious about managing their career growth. On this episode of Coach The Sale, we delve into ...

Need for approval in sales can be so detrimental - getting in the way of asking tough questions, limiting where a sales conversation goes, and undermining the progress of a sale. Understanding this, ...

There's one question I seem to field from sales reps on a frequent basis, more than any other: What are your best cold calling tips to improve effectiveness? And my response? I give more than simple ...

How do you attract and recruit great fit candidates for sales roles? Today I'm speaking with Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, and Sales Trainer - Wes Schaeffer, The Sales Whisperer. 

Listening to sales conversations is the vital first step in helping sales teams grow. In this episode I'm speaking with Sam Patel (Inside Sales Director) and Nicola Storer (Inside Sales Manager - ...

"I worked with one of my clients recently and used their 'competitor X' account.” This was the line I heard when coaching one of the Refract team’s calls last week to a Sales Training/Coaching ...

Last Friday, I coached 10-year-old Joseph Beales (Our CEO's son) at Refract in the ‘art’ of cold calling, and that same afternoon he hit the phones putting what he learnt into action…

Can you coach a 10yr old kid to cold call? The answer's yes and in Episode 7 of Coach The Sale I talk to Joe Beales - star of a video that at the time of writing has been viewed over 100,000 times on ...

Here's episode 6 of Coach The Sale. Carole Mahoney founded a marketing agency but soon realized that overly relying on inbound opportunities wasn't going to be enough, and that in order to succeed ...

As a sales coach, people always ask me two things: Why does coaching for sales teams matter and how do I know my team needs it?

If you have a fear of cold calling, or you manage people who do, then this is the episode for you. Refract's Co-Founder and Head of Sales Rich Smith and I discuss one of the main factors holding ...

In today's episode (EP04) I'm speaking with Dan Jourdan, the Sales Energizer, and as his name suggests he's not lacking when it comes to energy or enthusiasm for making sales calls.

New Year, New You! I’m sure we’ve all heard this phrase before, and perhaps have been asking ourselves the question of what new resolution we will take up as we begin 2019. Some people aim to go to ...

In this episode I'm sitting down with Brian Geery, Managing Partner at CEO of SalesNV, where he and his colleagues support sales professionals to deliver better sales demos. If you don't deliver ...

In episode 2 of Coach The Sale I'm discussing a hot sales topic - coaching versus managing, with Mary Grothe. Examining how individual mindset and motivation drives sales performance, and how by ...

In our first Coach The Sale podcast episode we have Adam Zais with us to discuss modern sales coaching, nurturing and developing a sales coaching mindset, challenging individual and cultural ...

If you're a sales professional or sales leader who's focused on developing your own skills, and those around you, then we hope you're going to enjoy our new podcast - Coach The Sale

Me: “Can I make a suggestion” Suspect: “Sure” Me: “Based on everything you’ve said, in my opinion and do tell me if you disagree, I believe we should agree to end the demo early, we’re not a good fit ...

I love this video, and the story it tells about the impact of technology - It's ability to transform performance and render what once appeared ground breaking and modern outdated and obsolete. The ...

The results are in, the evidence is clear - Sales coaching can have a transformational impact on sales performance. In this infographic we break down the extent of the impact and some of the key ...

An interview is always a nerve racking time, I personally think those nerves are amplified in a sales role, where it is assumed that because you ‘sell’ you will be good at selling yourself!

Even though sales role-play within sales coaching is not a new concept, the way in which it’s often used in companies can be detrimental to the company and its salespeople. However, if used ...

Using ineffective and poor crutch words and phrases can damage your sales conversations. In the modern world, where sales is driven by science, our choice of vocabulary can emotionally connect or ...