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.
Ever feel like your website is a revolving door? You’re getting the traffic, but not the sales. You’re not alone. In a recent conversation with conversion expert Trevor Levine, we uncovered a few simple but powerful shifts that can transform your business. The biggest mistake most people make? Selling with adjectives. Words like “innovative” and ... »
Ever wonder why you’re working so hard but not getting the results you want? In a recent episode of Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine, four-time TEDx speaker and former pro athlete Dre Baldwin revealed the secret. His “Work on Your Game” system proves that effort alone isn’t enough. Dre’s blueprint for success centers on four ... »
In a world saturated with impersonal transactions, Together Digital offers a refreshing alternative: a business model built on trust and community. Drawing lessons from a recent conversation with CEO Amy Vaughan on the Sales POP! podcast, we explore how genuine connection can lead to lasting success. Amy’s key insight? Prioritize quality over quantity. Together Digital ... »
In the world of sales, we’re taught to “Always Be Closing.” But what if that traditional approach is holding you back? In her upcoming book, Never Ask for the Sale, Sue Heilbronner argues that the explicit “ask” can actually put you in a subordinate position, making you seem desperate. Instead, she advocates for a new ... »
Investment advisor fraud is a growing concern for entrepreneurs, often beginning with subtle red flags. So what does a scam actually look like, and how can you recognize the signs before it’s too late? Financial expert Timothy Smith shares critical insights, explaining that most fraud schemes rely on a few common tactics. They promise “guaranteed” ... »
Are you still investing like it’s the year 1999? If so, you could be putting your financial future at risk. Our economy has fundamentally changed, shifting from a model of growth to one of massive debt. Financial expert Brandon Thor recently broke down this critical change. He highlighted that the strategies that worked in a ... »
Are you spreading yourself too thin in sales? Are you casting a wide net and only catching “sharks and trash”? In this episode, we’re talking with sales expert Katie Nelson, founder and CEO of Sales Uprising, who’s here to debunk a major myth: that a bigger pipeline means more sales. Katie, with over 30 years ... »
What if you could build a business where 95% of your work came from referrals? That’s the reality for legendary landscape architect Steve Griggs, and in this week’s episode, he’s sharing his playbook. Steve breaks down his core philosophy: it’s not about what you do, but how you make people feel. He discusses why he ... »
John is a wonderful interviewer, exuding warmth and insight. It's clear he cares deeply about elevating the conversation about all things leadership and motivation.
Amy Wong 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
Thoughtful and respectful, John managed to create an incredible environment to talk and share ideas. It was a rich experience to participate in this interview. Thank you, John and SalesPOP!
Felipe Zamana 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
I appreciate how John highlighted the value of my lived experience in helping others change their mindset, because people live in all kinds of prisons in their heads
Trish Jenkins PC
John asked meaningful questions that are relevant for his audience and was spirited in his interview approach with curiosity and enthusiasm. It was an honor to be able to spend the time on his show and become a new raving fan of his content.
Rhonda Petit PC
I had the joy of being a guest on John’s SalesPop Podcast with John on Thursday. He is a wonderful host and we had a great and relaxed discussion.
Dr. Lizz Bernthal PC
He asked insightful questions that revealed aspects and nuances about the topic that the viewers will undoubtedly find very valuable.
Paolo Pironi PC
Laura McCracken, Founder & CEO of Blackheath Advisors and The Board Alchemist, explains that a board of directors exists to provide oversight, manage risk, and own company culture — not to confer prestige. In this Sales POP! episode, she reveals why boards only prove their worth in a crisis and how management can turn them ... »
Kevin Cope, Founder and CEO of Acumen Learning and author of Business Acumen for Sales Success, explains that modern selling is won by understanding how a customer makes money, not by knowing your product best. He shows reps how to read a P&L, decode an earnings call, and pair that business insight with the EQ ... »
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 ... »
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