From the author of Fanatical Prospecting and the company that rewrote the rules of modern selling, the Sales Gravy Podcast helps you sell more, win more, and earn more.
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If your sales organization is new and growing fast, the worst thing you can do is hire more people before you have a system for them to run. In this Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount answers two sharp questions from John, who leads sales for a Catholic nonprofit that is about to double in size through an acquisition. Jeb's core message is clear: slow down, map your system, then scale. Without a documented sales process, every new hire is an expensive experiment. With one, you can br...
Most salespeople stay busy but struggle to produce consistent results. The reason usually comes down to one thing: they treat every prospect the same. In this Money Monday, Sales Gravy master sales trainer Duff Tucker breaks down a three-variable prospecting framework built around lead temperature, sales cycle timing, and deal size. These three lenses help you decide who deserves immediate action, who needs nurturing, and who belongs in automation. 🎥 Check out Duff Tucker's courses on Sales Gra...
Sellers often know a deal is falling apart before their leader does, so why do so many stay quiet about it? Helen Fanucci joins Jeb Jr. to unpack what that silence reveals about trust on a sales team, and why forecasts fall apart for reasons that have nothing to do with the numbers. They get into why buyers are harder to win over than ever, why AI is making the trust problem worse, and what leaders unknowingly do that keeps their sellers from speaking up. Helen also previews her session at this ...
Should we remove humans from sales? Shakaib Arsalan, CTO of a software company in Pakistan, comes to Jeb Blount with a question straight from the boardroom: his CEO wants to go fully humanless in sales by replacing the sales team with AI agents. Jeb breaks down exactly why that strategy is likely to backfire, what AI can and cannot do in a sales process, and how to think about the right balance between automation and human connection. What You'll Learn: Why fully automated outbound sales is inef...
Brad Adams, senior master sales trainer at Sales Gravy, delivers a straight talk on one of the most overlooked problems in field sales today. During the pandemic, field reps were forced to prospect and manage clients virtually — and many had their best years ever. Now that in-person is back, most have abandoned those tools entirely and returned to burning hours behind the wheel. Brad breaks down why that shift is costing field sellers more than they realize, and how blending virtual and in-perso...
Most salespeople think a great pitch means a polished deck and a well-rehearsed script. Danny Fontaine, author of Pitch , is back on the Sales Gravy Podcast, joining Jeb Blount Jr. to walk through some of the most persuasive pitches in history, none of which involved a single slide. From Elisha Otis dropping an elevator three stories at the 1853 World's Fair to Cleopatra smuggling herself into Julius Caesar's chambers rolled inside a carpet, Danny unpacks what actually makes a pitch land: show d...
Sean sells a family engagement survey tool to public schools and charter systems, and prospecting is not his problem. His deals are moving through the early stages just fine. But somewhere around stage three, things slow down, conversations keep happening, and the deal stops going anywhere. In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount breaks down exactly why this happens and what Sean needs to do differently to get deals moving again. The answer starts with understanding who...
Success is supposed to be the goal. But for a lot of salespeople, it becomes the thing that unravels everything they built. Once you hit the leaderboard, start crushing your number, and get comfortable, success starts whispering that you've earned a break — that the fundamentals that got you there are optional now. That's where the danger lives. In this Money Monday, Jeb Blount breaks down why comfort and complacency are the natural enemies of sustained success, what elite athletes like Kobe Bry...
This episode features neurostrategist Jake Stahl, who introduces his STRATA framework for understanding buyer behavior. He explains how to decipher non-verbal cues, create psychological conditions for agreement, and implement effective follow-up without pressure. The discussion also covers strategies for experts to improve their sales presence and for leaders to foster team engagement by actively seeking advice.
AI call screeners are the new gatekeeper, and most salespeople are failing the relevance test before a human ever hears their voice. In this Ask Jeb episode, Cameron from the Raleigh-Durham area asks Jeb Blount how his healthcare staffing team can break through rising AI screening technology and get more physicians in front of clients who need them. Jeb breaks down why AI screeners and human gatekeepers have more in common than you think, and exactly what your team needs to say in 15 seconds to ...
Every salesperson hits a slump. The calls feel pointless, the deals dry up, and motivation disappears. Jessica Stokes has been there. Six months into her sales career, she was hitting her daily call minimum and still falling behind. She walked into her manager's office ready to quit. What he said next changed the entire direction of her career. In this Money Monday episode, Jessica shares the challenge that pulled her out of her slump and the four practical steps she still uses today to push thr...
AI has made it easier than ever to post on LinkedIn. It has also made it easier than ever to sound exactly like everyone else. Daniel Disney, author of The Ultimate LinkedIn Sales Guide, joins Jeb Blount Jr. to break down why copy-paste content and AI-generated messaging are flooding the platform with noise and costing sellers real pipeline. Daniel shares how elite sellers use AI as a starting point without losing their voice, why sales leaders need to lead by example on LinkedIn before they can...
When the market shifts, your salespeople won't shift with it on their own. That's your job as a sales leader. In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount takes questions from two sales leaders navigating some of the most common and costly team management challenges in sales: how to redirect high performers when market conditions change, and how to get a small team to stop chasing easy transactional deals and start closing high-value complex ones. Jeb draws on real experienc...
Most salespeople think they have a time management problem. They don't. In this Money Monday episode, Jeb Blount reveals the real reason top performers consistently outproduce everyone else, and the three choices every sales professional faces during the golden hours that determine whether they win or lose. 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills 👉 Download our free Time Audit Log! 🔗 Follow us on LinkedIn! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pri...
Jeb Blount Jr. sits down with Jack Frimston and Zac Thompson — co-founders of We Have a Meeting and co-authors of Sales is Therapy — for one of the most entertaining and honest conversations about what's gone wrong on LinkedIn. Jack and Zac have built their careers helping B2B companies fill their pipelines with qualified meetings by doing what most salespeople have forgotten how to do: pick up the phone and talk to people. In this episode, they react live to the cringiest LinkedIn sales posts t...
What if you are brand new to sales and have no idea whose advice to trust? Andrew Osborne asked Jeb Blount exactly that question, and Jeb called it one of the best he has ever heard on this show. Sales advice is everywhere and a lot of it is flat-out wrong. Someone who was number one on their team for one year is not a sales guru. A technique that works for one person in one market in one season is not a universal truth. In this episode, Jeb walks through best practices for evaluating whether so...
In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount breaks down the four principles of effective sales conversations: why emotions are contagious and set the tone before you say a word, why your stakeholders' stories hold the clues to their real pain, how questions give you control without dominating the room, and why listening builds the kind of trust that erodes emotional walls and reveals what actually closes deals. If you're talking more than you're asking, this one's for you. 📖 Purchase...
Ashley Blount sits down with Harriet Mellor, founder of Your Sales Co out of Australia, for a conversation about building a sales career on integrity, patience, and genuine relationships. Harriet shares how she nurtures prospects through years-long sales cycles without becoming a nuisance, why she refers clients to competitors, how consultative selling has driven her biggest wins, and the deal she cried over on a Friday afternoon and won back the following week. 🎥 Check out Harriet Mellor's cou...
You cannot win by pulling buyers off platforms they are already embedded in. When you are brand new to sales, your only real path to first customers is finding the people who have not committed to anyone yet. That is your greenfield, and that is where every founder and early-stage rep needs to focus first. In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast , Robert from Nashville, Tennessee joins the show with a real-world challenge: he spent years as a developer building a CRM specifically f...
Most sales reps burn out by week two of the quarter because they confuse speed with consistency. In this episode of Money Monday, Jeb Blount Jr. breaks down the pacing paradox: why sprinting through your sales activity leads to a ghost town in your CRM, empty pipeline, and the slow crawl to quota. Drawing from his own running comeback and a fresh take on the tortoise and the hare, Jeb shares how measured, sustainable prospecting activity beats frantic bursts every time. 📚 Read the blog 📖 Purch...
Mark Hunter has trained elite sales teams all over the world, but in this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast with Jeb Blount, Jr., he gets real about the deals he's blown, the mistakes he owned, and why selling with integrity isn't just the right thing to do — it's the only way to build a sales career that actually lasts. 🔗 Learn more about Mark Hunter and his new book, Integrity First Selling 🎟️ Grab your tickets for OutBound Conference 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Y...
Enterprise selling is evolving fast, and the salespeople who understand what is coming are going to pull away from the rest of the field. In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast , Brian, a sales leader in Canada managing an enterprise team selling into large organizations, brings a big question: where is AI taking enterprise sales over the next few years, and what does that mean for sellers and their teams today? Jeb's answer might surprise you. He believes AI is about to flip the ...
In this episode of Money Monday, Keith Lubner fills in for Jeb Blount and breaks down the one metric that actually predicts sales success: the First Time Appointment (FTA). Using the Moneyball story as a framework, Keith explains why FTAs are the sales equivalent of getting on base — and how tracking them can transform your pipeline, your coaching conversations, and your close rates. 🎟️ Grab your tickets for OutBound Conference 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales S...
Buyer resistance is higher than ever, and most salespeople are losing deals because they lack the emotional intelligence to push through it. In this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount Jr. sits down with Colleen Stanley , Founder of SalesLeadership and author of Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success , ahead of her keynote at Outbound 2026. Colleen breaks down why delayed gratification, internal locus of control, and assertiveness are the real drivers behind consistent pipeline move...
When prospects jump straight to “How much does it cost?” it’s usually a sign you’ve lost control of the conversation. In this Ask Jeb episode, Jeb Blount breaks down how to handle early price questions with confidence, avoid sounding desperate, and redirect the conversation toward value so you can secure more appointments. 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills 👉 Read the blog 📝 Download the FREE 25 Ways to Ask for an Appointment on a Cold Call 🔗 Follow us on...
Before you say a single word, buyers are already reacting to your energy. In this episode of Money Monday, Jessica Stokes breaks down why your attitude walks into every call and meeting before you do, and how one simple 30-second reset can change your outcomes on the phone, on Zoom, and in person. 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills 👉 Read the blog 📝 Download our FREE Prospecting Call Tracker Sheet 🔗 Follow us on LinkedIn! Advertising Inquiries: https://re...
Most sales reps figure out the fundamentals too late — after the missed quotas, the lost deals, and the hard conversations. In this Best of Q1 episode, Jeb Blount Jr. and Ashley Blount pull the most impactful sales performance insights from the last quarter into one place: goal setting, prospecting discipline, communication channels, and what top performers do differently. 📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills 👉 Read the blog! 📝 Download our FREE Prospecting ...
Are your daily sales meetings actually driving results, or just taking up time? In this Ask Jeb episode, Jeb Blount answers two real questions from sales leaders: how to run effective morning sales meetings that energize your team without wasting time, and how to balance empathy with accountability when coaching reps. You’ll learn how to structure daily huddles that reinforce skills, build consistency, and keep your team focused—while still holding the line on performance. 🎤 Ask Jeb a question ...
Why do buyers say no even when your solution makes sense? In this Money Monday episode, Jeb Blount breaks down why people buy based on their own priorities—not your pitch—and how to align your conversations with what actually drives decisions. Learn how to shift your approach to close more deals by focusing on the buyer’s world, not your own. 👉 Download our free A.C.E.D. Buyer Style Guide 🔗 Follow Sales Gravy on LinkedIn Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...
What happens when you stop waiting until you feel ready and just say yes? In this episode, Jeb Blount sits down with entrepreneur Vera Stewart to break down the mindset that separates top performers from everyone else—confidence, asking for more, and creating opportunities instead of waiting for them. If you’ve ever hesitated to go bigger in your accounts or held back from asking for more, this conversation will challenge the way you sell. 👉 Read the blog - "The Power of Relaxed Assertive Confi...
