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Happy Holidays Everyone! The year 2006 is rapidly coming to a close. And speaking of closing, in this episode of the Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan discuss some different and innovative closing strategies that will help you get more decisions, quicker. Also, email us your questions and programming suggestions for next year at listener@advancedsellingpodcast.com. So pay attention, take notes, and resolve to close more deals in the year to come.

When salespeople walk into a company for a sales call, they don't always realize the landscape they're about to experience. Salespeople need to understand the people inside the company--those stressed and overworked souls. And the executives you're meeting with don't seem to put much focus on communicating the company vision to their staff. Therefore, few know it. Therefore, when meeting with these executives, your job as a salesperson is to engage them in conversation about the company's and their pains, and their visions for the future. By discussing this, you and your prospect will have a better understanding if your product or service will be a perfect fit. In this podcast, you'll get some tips on how to better navigate through this landscape.

In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale discuss the problems associated with being too enthusiastic about your product/service. The problem is that your enthusiasm can get in the way of focusing on helping your prospect solve their problem. Enthusiasm in sales is OK, as long as you're more excited about helping your client solve his problem than you are about your product. When you show up at a prospect's office and the only thing that you're excited about is closing a deal, the prospect senses that -- thereby raising their BS detector. This is a perfect episode for the "technical seller." Pass it on to your technical team, if you have one.

Having stalled deals in your funnel is one of the hardest things to deal with as a salesperson. But have no fear, because this week Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale are here to discuss how to fix stalled deals and how to prevent future deals from stalling. By making an upfront agreement and outlining a "clear future" for your prospect, you will start to notice that you have fewer stalled deals. This is great information to keep your sales funnel running efficiently. Also, if you want to search past Advanced Selling Podcasts, go to www.podzinger.com and watch this amazing tool at work!

In this week's episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale respond to a letter they recieved from a listener. They answer his many questions about being new in sales. He wants to be an advanced seller, but he has to start somewhere. For those of you who have been in sales for years, it might make sense to listen to this --sort of a back to the basics in selling strategy. It has a lot of great information that can help to boost revenue. Remember, if you have questions that you would like answered on the air, leave us a message at 317.722.6299.

This is a special episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast. During the recording of this episode, Bill accidently recorded the pre planning part of the podcast, and forgot to record the actual podcast. Don't worry there is still so much to learn from this episode. Bryan has just returned from England, and is here to denounce some of the myths about international sales, and the problems that international sellers have in communicating to their prospects. Bill and Bryan also discuss how important it is to have high intent toward your prospects and always keeping their best interests at heart, not yours. This is a great episode with a lot of information (and more humor than usual). Don't miss it.