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.
Most luxury brands sell products. Kelly Faetanini sells transformation. The founder and lead designer of Kelly Faetanini Bridal joins John Golden on Sales POP! to explain why she rebuilt her business around the bride’s experience rather than the dress alone — and how that decision continues to shape every part of her brand more than ... »
Dominic Forth, CEO of Thought Leaders America, spent years in broadcast journalism with the BBC and major U.S. networks before turning his attention to how executives and founders convert credibility into revenue. In this episode, Dominic unpacks why technical expertise alone loses deals, how media principles translate directly to modern selling, and what top performers ... »
April Martini and Anne Candido are the co-founders of ForthRight People, a leadership performance company focused on building high-performing leaders from the inside out. Anne spent her career at Procter & Gamble—a decade in R&D and product development, then a decade in brand marketing and communications—giving her deep expertise in the link between brand building ... »
Cory Dunham is a values-driven executive advisor, keynote speaker, and co-owner of a 46-year-old family marketing firm, where he has spent four decades, from errand-runner to co-owner. He partners with founder-led service businesses to clarify their message, align their teams, and turn core values into bold, decisive action. In this Expert Insight Interview, Cory joins ... »
Jon Benson — the copywriter who invented the video sales letter format in 2010 and founder of BNSN AI — joins John Golden for a candid conversation about the marketer’s new reality. Marketing teams everywhere are caught between excitement and dread as AI takes over tasks that once filled entire roles. Jon argues that the ... »
Justin Goodbread is a globally recognized business strategist, keynote speaker, and founder of Relentless Value Coaching. He has built, scaled, and successfully exited seven companies across multiple industries — including a Registered Investment Advisor firm that reached an eight-figure enterprise value in under four years. In this Sales POP! Expert Insight Interview, Justin joins John ... »
Laura Kriska is the founder of We Building Solutions and a globally recognized expert on building trust across cultural, language, and organizational divides. The first American woman to work inside Honda Motor Company’s Tokyo headquarters, Laura has spent 30 years helping Fortune 500 companies across four continents turn fragmented teams into united “we” cultures. In ... »
Derek De Vette is Co-Founder and Head of Strategic Communications at Halo Communications, where his team has spent three decades building visibility for brands ranging from enterprise tech to Harley-Davidson. In this Expert Insight Interview, Derek joins John Golden to explain why the old PR playbook — chase cover stories, rack up impressions, measure vanity ... »
Greg Hoover spent four decades climbing the ranks at major American companies. As CEO of Bekins Van Lines, Arnold Relocation, and New World Van Lines, then president and chief marketing officer at Atlas Van Lines and Atlas World Group, he watched countless teams stall because employees believed leadership was reserved for people with executive titles. ... »
Menil Vukovic is the CEO of Pear Shadow, a software development and venture-building company partnering with startups and enterprises to ship maintainable web and mobile products at scale. Before founding Pear Shadow, Menil led engineering at a Shopify agency working with Philips, Mayo Clinic, and other major brands. In this episode of Expert Insight Interview, ... »
Dustin Kenyon, Chief Revenue Officer at Motivosity, joins John Golden to unpack what authentic leadership looks like when AI can track every metric, draft every message, and surface every insight in seconds. Drawing on nearly two decades of leading revenue teams, Dustin makes the case that the leaders who thrive in this moment are those ... »
Athena Brownson is a Denver-based real estate broker, developer, and chronic illness advocate with more than twelve years in one of the country’s most competitive markets. A former professional freestyle skier who skied roughly 300 days a year before her career pivot, she battled Lyme disease for a full decade while continuing to grow her ... »
Ilana Golan went from F-16 flight instructor and the first female squadron commander in the Israeli Air Force to one of Intel’s youngest hires and Silicon Valley VPs, contributing to a $300 million exit along the way. In this episode she joins John Golden to unpack what mid- and late-career professionals must do right now ... »
Chad Coe, Founder of Coe Financial Group, joins John Golden to share a giver-first sales philosophy he calls “people tithing” — a habit of sharing referrals, connections, and attention before ever asking for business. Chad has built his financial advisory practice on this principle since 1997, and in this Expert Insight Interview, he explains why the ... »
