When it comes to sales, it is all about understanding the customer. In this Expert Insight Interview, we welcome Gen Furukawa, Co-Founder of Prehook, a quiz platform for Shopify brands that helps merchants capture leads. Visit us on Apple Podcast You can also find SalesPOP! on all major podcast stations.Listen
The SalesPOP! The podcast is one of the world’s top-ranked sales podcasts, ranking in the top 2% of 3.3 million podcasts globally. Hosted by John Golden, Amazon bestselling author and globally recognized sales thought leader, the show features short, actionable conversations with the world’s leading sales experts, authors, and practitioners.
With over 1,500 episodes and counting, we cover everything from sales enablement and pipeline management to AI-powered selling, leadership development, and CRM strategy. Each episode distills decades of real-world selling experience into insights you can apply immediately.
You want to scale revenue, but you’re constantly hiring to keep up with demand. That’s the symptom of a broken sales process. Based on insights from process expert Nesanel Moeller, the age of “heroic” one-off sales efforts is officially over. Today, mastering sales process optimization is your key to achieving scalable, AI-ready growth. First, Get ... »
In the high-stakes world of entrepreneurship, decision-making is everything. But what if the analytical rules that served you yesterday are holding you back today? Former professional chess player and serial entrepreneur Kalin Karakehayov reveals that the key to scaling is mastering the shift from a closed-system mindset (like chess, with defined rules and calculable outcomes) ... »
Are you a self-employed professional finally ready to build absolute financial security? We recently spoke with Chartered Financial Adviser Lisa Conway Hughes, and her message is clear: the path to freedom starts with financial discipline. Here are the three non-negotiable foundations for sustainable small business money management. 1. Build the Financial Firewall (Immediately!): The single ... »
What if the secret to exceptional leadership isn’t working harder, but focusing smarter? In this powerful episode of Expert Inside Interview, host John Golden sits down with leadership expert Will Watrous to uncover the game-changing strategies that separate high-performing leaders from the rest. Watrous shares his compelling “laser versus sunlight” analogy that will completely transform ... »
Strategic sales advisor Tamara Jackson joins John Golden to share game-changing insights about integrating artificial intelligence into sales processes without sacrificing human connection. What You’ll Learn: Jackson, founder of Lead Reviver, reveals why most AI implementations fail: companies expect instant results without proper system training. “Context is everything,” she explains, emphasizing that AI needs comprehensive ... »
Did you know that by ignoring digital accessibility, your business could be missing out on a massive, untapped market? In a recent interview, Mike Barton, VP of Corporate Communications and Content Marketing at Audio, revealed that accessibility is about more than just legal compliance—it’s a powerful engine for business growth. Mike shared some eye-opening statistics: ... »
Ever feel like you’re getting in your own way at work? That’s your “shadow” at play. Inspired by the work of executive educator Steven D’Souza, we’re talking about the unconscious behaviors and hidden parts of ourselves that quietly control our professional lives. From those repetitive patterns you can’t seem to break to the unwritten rules ... »
In a world filled with “me too” products, how do you make your brand stand out? The secret isn’t just about being better; it’s about defining what you stand against. Legendary marketing strategist Laura Ries calls this a “strategic enemy.” This isn’t just about a rival company—it’s about a clear, compelling opposition that sharpens your ... »
John was able to draw out the similarities and differences in our way of approaching sales without it being awkward.
Shayla Boyd-Gill PC
John's guests are in tune with the program and always provide a worthwhile listen. Highly recommended
Ted Kulawiak PC
John is a wonderful host who creates a very comfortable atmosphere and instead of conducting a traditional interview he actually has a proper conversation with his guests.
Matthias Oschinski PC
John works to get to the heart of the matter so listeners can find what they need, wisdom to grow and advance.
Scott F. Paradis PC
I encourage successful sales professionals to tune into SalesPOP! And if their staff contacts you to appear, you are making it and a name for yourself as a one to watch in our esteemed profession.
Precious Williams PC
I am grateful to salespop.net and John for the opportunity to discuss gold and my new book, "Money and Liberty: In the Pursuit of Happiness and The Theory of Natural Money".
Jame Turk PC
He asked insightful questions that revealed aspects and nuances about the topic that the viewers will undoubtedly find very valuable.
Paolo Pironi PC
We had such a good time together exploring his questions and it always makes it good for any audience when the people doing the podcast are having fun.
Mags Bell PC
Rob Snyder—serial startup founder, Harvard Innovation Labs fellow, and author of The Power of Pull—argues that customer demand, not better features or harder selling, is the only thing that makes a startup succeed. The fastest path to growth is to find people who already feel “blocked” while trying to do something urgent, then unblock them. ... »
David Dean, author of An Inbox Between Us, keynote speaker, and self-described business AI realist, argues that you future-proof your job not by mastering tools but by deepening the human judgment, lived experience, and accountability AI can’t replicate. In this episode, Dean reframes AI as a relationship that takes time and shows how your communication ... »
Jim Effner, Founder & President of P2P Group, explains why AI won’t replace financial advisors: money is a human-behavior business, and clients need an advisor they can implicitly trust, who understands them and genuinely cares. A former top-1% advisor who scaled Effner Financial Group to nearly 150 advisors and $27 billion of insurance in force, ... »
Maximos Lih, founder and CEO of Emboldened LLC and a former operating partner at Google Ventures, argues that AI’s failures — not its successes — reveal a company’s biggest growth opportunities, and that leaders who treat AI as a one-for-one headcount swap destroy their own competitive moat. In this episode, Maximos draws on nearly a ... »
Glenn Fleischman, Chief Revenue Officer at AYTM, an AI-powered consumer insights platform, argues the biggest AI risk in sales isn’t losing your job to an agent — it’s losing it to a colleague who uses AI better than you. In this episode, Fleischman lays out a practical, “bite-by-bite” path to AI adoption for sellers and ... »
Glenn Sandifer, a 20-year sales and marketing executive at Securos USA, says AI belongs in sales only when it solves a real problem or automates a manual process — never as a mandate for its own sake. In this episode, Glenn explains how leaders can standardize AI tools across their teams, keep humans in control ... »
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