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.
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 ... »
Chad Coe, Founder of Coe Financial Group, replaces the hard pitch with what he calls “peopleizing” — leading with genuine care so prospects hire a relationship, not a sale. In this Sales POP! Expert Insight Interview, Chad shows how thoughtful questions, the right follow-up rhythm, and patience turn cold contacts into clients who say he ... »
Dilip Chetan, founder of Recursion Lab and creator of the Defensible Zone framework, argues that leaders racing to automate ask the wrong question — the smart move isn’t “What can we automate?” but “What human value must we protect?” In this episode he maps the moats AI erodes and the judgment, trust, and reasoning it ... »
Executive coach Julian Lighton, author of Navigating Your Next and a former McKinsey associate partner, says the average professional spends roughly 90,000 hours — a third of their life — on their career, so the single most valuable move is to stop drifting and decide what you actually want before circumstances decide for you. In ... »
Curtis Sprouse, Founder & CEO of Eureka Connect, argues that behavioral science is the missing link in leadership: validated data accelerates how leaders understand their teams, and self-awareness—not title or tenure—is what actually separates strong leaders from struggling ones. In this Expert Insight Interview he explains why even successful CEOs carry blind spots, how trust ... »
Deri Llewellyn-Davies, Strategist & Board Advisor, Founder of Freedom Founders, and creator of the Ultra States methodology, says peak performance is a state problem, not a motivation problem — and accessing flow state in your first two hours delivers 500% productivity gains. Having guided over 330 boards and leadership teams, he breaks down the five ... »
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
it was a pleasure to be interviewed by John on my book "Communicate or Die: Getting Results Through Speaking and Listening." John is an empathetic, thoughtful, and dynamic interviewer
Dr. Thomas Zweifel PC
John was able to draw out the similarities and differences in our way of approaching sales without it being awkward.
Shayla Boyd-Gill PC
He clearly had done his prep work on my topic, and he really focused on what I said in the moment, so the conversation was as authentic and meaningful as possible
Stephanie Klein 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
John is a gracious host and truly has a great sales mind. Ultimately selling is about people and John understands this well. He is one that sells with dignity!
Harry Spaight PC
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 ... »
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