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Sales Gravy, the number one sales training company in the world, shares expert insight on relaxed assertive confidence with Jeb Blount and guest Vera Stewart on the Sales Gravy Podcast

The Power of Relaxed Assertive Confidence

Summary: In sales, relaxed assertive confidence is the calm, settled belief that when you ask, the answer will be yes. It is one of the most reliable traits separating top-performing salespeople from those who stall out. It is not arrogance,…

Here is a question that comes up more than you might think: What do you do when your company is pushing you to have bigger, more strategic conversations with C-suite executives, but every relationship you already have is two or three levels below that? That is exactly where Jeremiah Wren found himself. He is an account manager in the architecture, engineering, and construction technology space. His company has roughly 270 accounts and about 75 percent of them do not yet have a C-suite relationship in place. The push from leadership is to get in front of CEOs, CIOs, and other senior executives to have conversations about how AI is going to reshape the industry. Jeremiah's challenge was not the message. It was the fear that going over someone's head would damage the relationship he had already spent time building.

How to Get to the C-Suite Without Burning Your Existing Relationships (Ask Jeb)

Here is a question that comes up more than you might think: What do you do when your company is pushing you to have bigger, more strategic conversations with C-suite executives, but every relationship you already have is two or…

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Why Your Deals Go Cold Before You Ever Get to the Close (Ask Jeb)

Philip is a character licensing agent in the Philippines. His job is to connect beloved brands, anime titles, video games, and comic properties to companies that want to put those characters on their products. Think milk tea chains, apparel brands,…

Most LinkedIn outreach fails before it starts. Jeb Blount and Brynne Tillman break down the most common LinkedIn outreach mistakes salespeople make and exactly how to fix them to build real pipeline. Read the full blog by Sales Gravy, the number one sales training platform

Why Your LinkedIn Outreach Is Getting Ignored (And What to Fix Right Now)

Summary LinkedIn hands salespeople more research than any other platform on earth, and most of them still send messages that get deleted on sight. This article covers the LinkedIn outreach mistakes I see constantly, why they keep happening, and what…

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The Player-Coach Problem: How to Prospect and Lead at the Same Time (Ask Jeb)

One of the hardest roles in all of sales is the player-coach. You are quota-carrying, deal-closing, pipeline-building individual contributor AND you are expected to show up as a sales leader, sit in planning meetings, and help stand up a division.…

A professional 16:9 infographic diagram illustrating 'Closing the Training-Execution Gap.' The image shows an upward-spiraling continuous loop. On the left, 'TRAINING (Starting Line)' shows a diverse team learning 'Mechanics, Knowledge, Techniques.' This loops into 'COACHING BRIDGE (Bridge to Consistency)' on the right, depicting a coach and sales rep applying skills via 'Observation (Field Rides, Side by Sides)' and 'Feedback & Adjustments.' The loop then leads back upward, indicating the cycle repeating for 'Next Skill, Next Level, Next Challenge.' The color palette uses professional blues and teals, highlighted by prominent Sales Gravy tangerine orange (#FF8200) for all arrows and coaching actions.

The Training-Execution Gap: Why Coaching is the Secret to Performance Consistency

Summary at a Glance: Training vs. Coaching: Training provides the raw material (knowledge and skills), while coaching provides the refinement and application needed for mastery. The Execution Gap: The difference in performance after training is rarely about the curriculum; it…

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AI Will Not Kill Sales. But It Will Punish Mediocrity. (Ask Jeb)

Caroline from Dayton, Ohio asked a question a lot of salespeople are wrestling with right now: How do you use AI efficiently without losing your human touch? It is a great question. And the answer is simpler than you think,…

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Why Your Best Salespeople Make Terrible Sales Leaders 

You just promoted your top performer to your newest sales leader. They crushed quota six quarters in a row. Closes deals in their sleep. Customers love them. The team respects them.  On paper, it's a no-brainer. Six months later, the…

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Why Your Prospects Are Ghosting Your Meetings (Ask Jeb)

Here's a question that should stop you in your tracks: What do you do when you're booking meetings but prospects keep ghosting you? That was the challenge posed by Brittany, a sales rep watching her show rates crater quarter after…

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When Your Product Is a Commodity, You Are the Differentiator (Ask Jeb)

Here's a question that cuts to the heart of what makes sales hard: What do you do when your commodity is identical to every competitor's, the buyer knows it, and the only lever they want to pull is price? That's…

Sales will always be a grind. The calls don't make themselves. The pipeline doesn't fill itself. The deals don't close themselves. But grinding without certainty is just another form of suffering. It's unsustainable. Eventually, you get frustrated, burn out, and give up. Certainty doesn't eliminate the hard work but it does make the hard work sustainable.

Why Grind Without Tenacity is Not Enough to Hit Quota (Money Monday)

You've heard people say, "Sales is a grind." And they're right. Sales requires relentless effort. You've got to make the calls, run the process, deal with internal roadblocks, handle piles of rejection, and show up every day with a smile…

I spent an afternoon at Ramsey Solutions in Tennessee with Jason Williams, Vice President Sales for the EntreLeadership Divison. What stood out wasn't the size of the operation or the fancy building. It was walking into a room where sales reps genuinely wanted to talk to their leader. Most sales floors feel like number factories. Reps avoid their managers. One-on-ones get rescheduled. And everyone wonders why performance stays flat despite "investing in our people." Sales leaders say coaching matters. They talk about developing talent. Then they spend their days staring at dashboards and asking why the team isn't getting better. Real sales coaching looks nothing like what most organizations call coaching. And after watching Jason work, I'm reminded why so few leaders actually get this right. Listen to the full episode of the Sales Gravy podcast with Jeb Blount, the number one sales training podcast.

Inside Ramsey Solutions’ Coaching Framework for High-Performance Sales Teams

I spent an afternoon at Ramsey Solutions in Tennessee with Jason Williams, Vice President of Sales for the EntreLeadership Division. What stood out wasn't the size of the operation or the fancy building. It was walking into a room where…

Jeb Blount is the world's most sought-after sales coach and speaker. He is the CEO of the international sales training and consulting firm Sales Gravy, an adviser to a who's who of the world's leading organizations and their executives, and author of 18 of the most definitive books ever written about sales.