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Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount

From the author of Fanatical Prospecting and the company that re-invented sales training, the Sales Gravy Podcast helps you win bigger, sell better, elevate your game, and make more money fast.

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22:25

Stop Chasing Pipeline Multipliers: The Science of...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/06/10

Here's a question that exposes one of the most dangerous myths in modern sales: How do you set the right pipeline creation target to consistently hit quota?That's exactly what Maryellen Soriano from New Jersey asked when she called into Ask Jeb. After crushing 134% of quota in her first year selling EdTech solutions—transitioning from owning her own childcare center to selling back into that same industry—she was being told she needed 11X pipeline to maintain her success. If that number made you

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9:29

Top Sales Pros Know When to Exit Bad Deals (Money...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/06/09

Have you ever been working on a deal where you had this feeling, this intuition, this Spidey sense—something in the back of your mind telling you that this wasn't going to close? That you were going to waste your time? Maybe you had one of the stakeholders who was against you—an enemy. There was a naysayer who kept calling you out. Perhaps the stakeholders weren't engaged, or the incumbent vendor was so integrated into the organization that it would be very difficult to displace them. Whatever the

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26:59

5 Ways to Sell More by Uniting Sales and Marketing

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/06/05

Your sales team just closed a $50K deal. Marketing takes credit because the prospect downloaded three whitepapers. Sales takes credit because they nurtured the relationship for six months. Meanwhile, you're wondering why this kind of success feels so random—and why similar prospects are slipping away.Companies with misaligned sales and marketing teams waste more leads and see annual revenue decline. But businesses that achieve true alignment? They close more deals and grow revenue faster

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15:20

Why Talk Time is the Worst KPI for Measuring Sales...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/06/04

Here's a question that'll make your head spin: What do you do when your top performer is crushing quota but not hitting a required talk time KPI?That's the question posed by Josh Robich and Josh Nelson from Nashville. Josh Nelson ranked 18th out of 130 reps in his first full year at a new company, but he was consistently falling short of the company's sacred talk time metric of 3 hours per day, averaging only 2.5 hours instead. Meanwhile, his company is obsessed with using talk time as its

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12:34

In Field Sales Driving is Not an Accomplishment...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/06/02

If you are spending more time staring at your windshield instead of looking into your customers' eyes, you are doing field sales wrong. Over the past couple of years, there's been a resurgence in field sales. Businesses everywhere are adding field salespeople and sending representatives out into the territory to meet with customers face-to-face. And for good reason—human beings buy from human beings. The most powerful way to anchor relationships, solve problems, and sell more is to get in front

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1:14:50

Why Top Sales Performers Use AI as Their Secret Weapon

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/30

AI isn't here to replace you; it's here to boost your game. Used wisely, AI can be your secret weapon.AI is everywhere: in social selling, content creation, automation, to say the least. Here's the double-edged sword: If you're trying to outsource everything to AI, you won't last. If you're stuck in the old ways, refusing to adapt, you'll get left behind. Top performers are integrating AI into their workflows to make their human skills even sharper. They know AI is the edge they need to rise

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10:34

Strategies to Turn Your Windshield Time Into a ...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/28

If you're in field sales, you know the reality: You spend hours every week sitting behind the windshield, staring at traffic that's moving at the speed of molasses. Whether you're dealing with Atlanta's notorious I-285 parking lot or any other major city's rush hour nightmare, that windshield time is either making you better or making you bitter.Recently on the Ask Jeb segment of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jacob Kimrey asked about helping his field sales team maximize their productivity while stuck

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48:17

3 Reasons Most Value Propositions Fail and What to Do...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/23

Most value propositions stink. They’re boring, generic, feature-heavy garbage that make buyers’ eyes glaze over. And the worst part? Most salespeople don’t even realize their value proposition messaging is hurting them.On this week’s Sales Gravy Podcast, Lisa Dennis breaks down her process for building value propositions that actually work—the kind that grab buyers by the heart and don’t let go. But before we get to the solution, let’s talk about why most value propositions fail miserably. Reason

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7:57

How to Maintain Prospecting Consistency (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/20

John Buehler from Jacksonville asks: "How do you maintain the consistency and intensity with prospecting? I find myself doing these sprints to get momentum, but struggle to keep that momentum going for long, sustained periods of time."John's question gets to the heart of one of the most significant challenges in sales: maintaining disciplined, consistent, daily prospecting over the long haul. It's a challenge that plagues even experienced sales professionals. In this Ask Jeb article and Sales

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14:25

Scottie Scheffler, Goldfish, and Bouncing Back in...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/19

On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Looking at the final scoreboard, his five-stroke victory seemed like total domination. But I was there on the ground, and what I saw wasn't domination. It was something far more valuable for you as a sales professional and has everything to do with success. What I witnessed was a master class in mental resilience. And in this Sales Gravy podcast and article, I'm going to break down exactly how Scheffler's approach to adversity

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55:20

Trust Is Clutch in Sales

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/15

Sales is a trust game. Always has been; always will be. It’s not about features, price points, or flashy presentations. It’s about conviction. And conviction is born from trust: deep, unshakable trust across four critical fronts. Ignore even one, and you’re leaving deals on the table. The First Deal You Close Every Day is YOU Before you ever make a cold call, send an email, or walk into a meeting, you’ve got to sell you to you. Self-doubt is a silent killer. It creeps in, erodes confidence,

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9:49

How to Stop Prospects from Ghosting You (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/14

Brian Kemski wants to know how to stop prospects from ghosting him. He asks question that plagues salespeople everywhere: "What can I do about prospects who go through the process, seem interested, and then disappear into the witness protection program after I give them my information?"If you've been in sales for more than a week, you know exactly what Brian is talking about. You have a great discovery call, you build rapport, you send over your proposal or pricing...and suddenly—radio silence. The

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8:10

Quota Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation (Money Monday)

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/12

Your quota doesn't take a summer vacation, so your pipeline-building efforts can't afford to either. This is a reality check. Summer is coming fast, and if you don’t get your pipeline positioned for success now, you’ll be scrambling come mid-July.The summer sales slowdown is a documented phenomenon across almost every industry. According to data from HubSpot, prospecting response rates can drop by as much as 25% between June and August. Appointment conversion rates decline by similar

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38:15

5 Killer Sales Moves You Can Learn From An Entrepreneur

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/08

Here’s a hard truth most salespeople never hear: The most dangerous thing you can do is think like an employee.On this week’s episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, business consultant for entrepreneurs David Neagle says: “You've got to see yourself above the place that you actually want to accomplish.” The highest-earning reps? They think like owners. They take responsibility for their number, their mindset, and their mission. They don’t wait for leads to be handed to them or settle for “good

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16:11

How Do You Make So Many Cold Calls? (Ask Jeb)

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/06

Tyler Goss, from Tampa has two critical sales questions: 1) How do we achieve those "crazy" prospecting numbers I talk about in my books? 2) When should a lead become a pipeline opportunity?In this podcast I break down these answers in plain English. When to Create a Deal: Finding the Sweet Spot There's no shortage of opinions on when to create a deal in your CRM. Some sales leaders will tell you to create a deal before you even make the first call (ridiculous). Others won't let you create one

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13:48

You Have Anything You Want If You Are Willing to Be...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/05

At a practice round at a major golf tournament recently, one of the players hit an exceptionally beautiful shot. A fan in the gallery exclaimed, "Man, I wish I could hit a shot like that!" The player walked over to the fan and said, tongue-in-cheek, "No, you don't."The fan looked confused. "What do you mean?" The player replied, "You don't want to hit a shot like that because hitting a shot like that means hitting a thousand balls a day, every day, for the next 20 years. That's what it takes to

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33:02

Self-Awareness: The Hidden Sales Skill

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/05/01

Here's the brutal truth: Self-awareness is the ultimate sales skill.We obsess over skills like closing techniques, objection handling, and prospecting cadence. But self-awareness is the real make-or-break. Self-awareness is the lever that separates ethical, high-performance sellers from out-of-touch order takers. If you’re not self-aware, you’re leaving money on the table and damaging trust. Sales Without Self-Awareness is a Wrecking Ball Let’s get honest. Lack of self-awareness is a deal-killer

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12:02

3 Powerful Ways to Handle the “I’m In a Meeting!”...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/04/29

If you're doing any kind of cold calling or prospecting, you'll eventually hear this objection: "I'm in a meeting right now." Paul Wise, a heavy cold caller from Normandy, France, targets product managers at software companies and says that nine times out of ten when he gets a decision-maker on the phone, they claim to be "in a meeting."Three Ways to Handle the "I'm in a Meeting" Prospecting Objection As I explained to Paul, how you respond in that moment can make or break your opportunity to move

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14:26

You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought...

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/04/28

Self-talk, what you say to yourself internally, manifests itself in your outward attitude and actions. As any elite athlete will tell you, the mental games you play with yourself between your ears will make or break you. When all things are equal, mindset is one thing that separates winners and losers. This is one of the reasons that I love golf so much. Once you understand the basic mechanics of the golf swing the only thing that really matters is mindset. On every shot your ability to focus, calm

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42:37

You Need Sales Coaching

Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount ·

2025/04/24

Let’s kill the myth: sales coaching isn’t just for newbies or underperformers. It’s for closers, leaders, and the ones who want more—more pipeline, more wins, more control over their career. If you're in sales, you need coaching. Period. This isn’t feel-good fluff. Sales is a performance sport. Every high-performance athlete has a coach, and every inspiring performer has a mentor for a reason. Everyone, and I mean everyone, needs a coach. From the elite to the desperate, everyone can benefit

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