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.
In order to be successful in sales, or in life, it is important that you are able to connect with others. Qualities like empathy, sympathy, vulnerability, transparency, etc., are all useful in drawing connections with others, specifically when they are genuine because they make you human. They show your prospect that you are in fact ... »
Let’s face it. Great leaders can go bad. This happens when someone in a leadership position is only concerned about themselves and their agenda and acts arrogantly rather than with humility. Authors Bill Treasurer, a corporate America veteran, and John Havlik, a Navy SEAL, combine their different perspectives and experience with leadership to discuss the ... »
If there is one thing in life that we can count on, it’s changing. Whether it’s a change in career, family situations, moving to a new place, a change in technology, change is inevitable. While change can be scary and uncomfortable, change is actually a great opportunity because it helps develop us into stronger individuals. ... »
It is incredibly easy to set self-limiting beliefs for yourself. You can tell yourself that you aren’t smart enough, strong enough, skilled enough, etc., but the reality of the situation is that you can do anything you set your mind to. All you have to do is start with a dream, and work harder than ... »
Lee Salz: Founder and CEO of Sales Architects, author of several books including Sales Differentiation which was awarded by Top Sales World the silver medal for top sales book of 2018. The philosophy of the book was developed by Lee over the last 30 years and is applicable to any industry and company of any ... »
People struggle with why they aren’t where they think they should be in their career and their life. They don’t always have the capacity to figure that out what has been holding them back for themselves. If you find yourself stagnated or not achieving the goals that you have set for yourself it is because ... »
Organization design involves the options and implications around how to make sound decisions to structure your organization. Amy discusses how in the past organizations were fairly simple. Today, leaders and leadership teams can make a smart decision about their organizational structure to grow so people can come to work and do their best. This podcast ... »
Selling is a contact sport. If you can’t roll with the sales punches, you get knocked out. You need to get back up, and close.” This quote off of Catherine Brinkman’s LinkedIn is a metaphor discussed throughout this video interview, hosted by John Golden. In sales, if you knocked down over and over again, it ... »
Debbie Qaqish, Founder of The Growth Factor, argues that human performance is the next competitive advantage in the age of AI. As AI agents take over routine sales and marketing tasks, she says judgment, empathy, and authenticity decide who wins, and that leaders must build these human skills instead of adding more tools. In this ... »
Ganzorig Ulziibayar, author of Strategy Is Attitude and founding chairman of Mandal Financial Group, joins Sales POP! to argue that strategy is a subconscious attitude, not just a set of frameworks. His core message: everyone is born a strategist, and three attitudes- giving, customer perspective, and productivity- awaken that capability. Drawing on a childhood herding ... »
Warren Kornblum, CEO of Shadow Branding and former Global CMO of Toys “R” Us, says brands win lasting loyalty by earning a share of the heart: an emotional connection built on clear purpose, consistent delivery, and human empathy rather than one-off transactions. In this Expert Insight Interview, he shares lessons from reinvigorating the Toys “R” ... »
Christopher C. Papin, attorney, CPA, and insurance producer at Papin CPA and Papin Law in Edmond, Oklahoma, joins John Golden to show how anchoring proposals to a client’s stated goals turns price objections into long-term value and ROI decisions. The episode also covers owner mindset, the accounting foundation behind good advice, and where AI helps ... »
The Apple Store Retail Playbook with Ron Johnson Ron Johnson, creator of the Apple Store and author of Shop Different: How Retail Revealed Apple’s Genius, says winning retail treats stores as experiences, not transactions — because “good things happen when people come to stores.” Twenty-five years after opening the first Apple Store, Johnson explains how ... »
Uncommon Leadership with Keith Wyche Keith Wyche, leadership consultant, Brink’s board member, and author of Uncommon Leadership, says leaders rebuild trust one promise at a time — by listening first, keeping their word consistently, and choosing people over power. In this episode, he draws on 30+ years at Walmart, IBM, Pitney Bowes, AT&T, and SuperValu ... »
