Cognitive Biases in the Sales Conversation

In the second episode of the Science of Sales podcast, we dive into some of the biases that your customers are predisposed to before you ever engage with them. These are important to understand because they will better inform what can feel like illogical responses to a seemingly perfect sales pitch. In this episode, we […]

Are You Getting Left Behind? The B2B Social Selling Wave

In 2002, Reid Hoffman and a few of his buddies came over from Paypal and SocialNet to start a networking site called LinkedIn. They knew people had extensive networks of people with whom they had built trust over several decades. After all, people buy from people they trust. What started with just 6,000 users the […]

Neuroscience and Sales? Really?

This first episode is all about laying the groundwork – really understanding how something as nerdy as neuroscience is related to sales situations, language and relationships. Our Founder & CEO, Jeff Bloomfield, will lay out the fundamentals of how understanding the neuroscience behind your customers’ decision-making process can dramatically increase your sales. In addition, Jeff […]

5 Reasons Your Employees Aren’t Listening To You

As leaders in today’s business world, we may or may not realize how deeply the our followers’ neurochemistry dictates how well our coaching and direction is received. My daughter used to play competitive AAU Basketball. Her coach was great at the details and fundamentals of the game, but was a very intense fella with a […]

The 3 Irrefutable Elements of Sales Growth

Over the past several decades, there have been a myriad of books written and talks given on how to grow your business, improve your marketing, increase sales performance, etc. Some of those lessons are good. Some are useless. I certainly don’t want to take the arrogant position that everything ever written or spoken prior to […]

Neuroscience: You Don’t Make a Sale Without It

Recently, I was traveling to a speaking engagement to an area of the country I had not been to in several years.  When I left the office to head for the airport, I jumped on a conference call with a client and before you know it, I was standing at the security checkpoint at the […]

The 5 Bad Habits Every Sales Leader Must Break – Immediately

Over the past two decades, I have been a sales leader and I have coached countless numbers of them. In my experience and the experience of all the leaders I have coached and interviewed, there are five bad habits that many unconsciously develop that prevent them from exceeding their revenue targets, developing themselves into great […]

The Power of Vulnerability in Connection

I was brought up to never show fear and never let someone spot weaknesses. The very thought of vulnerability was a sign of weakness. Boy, was that wrong! What I discovered over the past few years changed everything for me. When you’re raised on a farm by a Marine who served in combat in Vietnam, […]