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Want To Be More Successful in 60 seconds? Maximize your sales success potential by making your minutes matter. A minute isn’t a lot of time…just 60 seconds. What you do with those minutes can make
Welcome to the Sales Gravy blog, where salespeople and sales leaders get better every week. We publish new sales training articles and podcast episodes three times a week, covering prospecting, cold calling, objections, negotiation, and leadership, written by Jeb Blount and the Sales Gravy trainer team.

Want To Be More Successful in 60 seconds? Maximize your sales success potential by making your minutes matter. A minute isn’t a lot of time…just 60 seconds. What you do with those minutes can make

Why Leadership May Be The Most Important Sales Trait “Sales is leadership and leadership is sales.” It’s been said that to be a successful salesperson, not only do your listening skills have to be

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount (Sales Gravy CEO and author of Sales EQ) and Graham Hooper (CEO of Ellison Technologies) discuss the keys to leading your sales team in

Sales Preparedness is the Hardest Part of Sales Effectiveness Get ready. Get set. Go! The hardest part is “get ready.” In sales, it’s known as “preparation.” If asked, most salespeople, if not all, would

How NOT To Respond to ‘No’ There are six common mistakes salespeople make when they hear “no” from a prospect. They might take it personally, not understand the reasons for the rejection, and give

On this special episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Sales Gravy Senior Master Sales Trainer Brad Adams and bestselling author of Coffee’s for Closers, Tony Morris, dive into the art of great discovery, how

Email Prospecting Doesn’t Work If Your Email Gets Deleted Crazy busy prospects make decisions to read or delete your prospecting email in 3 seconds or less. This is the Glimpse Factor. Three Seconds to

Pain Motivates Buyers to Act A universal and timeless truth is that pain is a greater motivator than pleasure. Therefore, to compel prospects to buy from you, sell the pain. “So, what exactly is

On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with celebrity chef and entrepreneur Vera Stewart, to learn how persistence and a “never take no for an answer” mindset helped her

The Six-Figure Secret While being a top 20% producer and income earner is obviously a nice place to be, the next question I get is, “How do I get there?” The answer to that

3 Lies About Rejection Salespeople Need to Stop Telling Themselves Lying to customers is a big no-no in sales. What about the lies salespeople tell themselves? Yet salespeople continuously sabotage themselves with lies about

On this fun episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by the incredible social media influencer and successful real estate agent, Alexander Zakharin. Jeb and Alexander discuss that when the going