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.
Most people assume the top one percent got there on raw talent. Larry Weidel, founder of the Big Hitters Community and author of Serial Winner, sees it differently. In this Sales POP! episode, he breaks down the habits, systems, and relationships that actually drive elite performance. Here’s what you’ll take away from this conversation: why ... »
You fought hard to land a great sales hire. Now what? In this episode, John Golden and Steve Radford dig into the phase that makes or breaks new sales talent: onboarding and early-stage development. Radford, a UK-based sales leader with more than two decades of experience coaching high-performing teams, shares his structured 90-day framework designed ... »
Most businesses launch Google Ads campaigns expecting a flood of leads and end up with nothing but a drained budget. In this episode of the Expert Inside Interview, John Golden sits down with Jeff Coleman, founder of Four Factor Marketing and a Google Ads strategist with more than two decades of hands-on experience, to unpack ... »
What if most of your customers have already made their buying decision before they even realize it? In this episode of the Sales POP! podcast, host John Golden sits down with Paul Larche, broadcaster, business strategist, and author of The Divided Brain: Why Customers Buy and Why They Don’t to explore the neuroscience hiding behind ... »
What would you do with an extra twenty hours every week? For most entrepreneurs, the honest answer is they can’t even imagine it—they’re too deep in the daily chaos to think that far ahead. George Rivera used to be one of them. After building a $20 million brand from scratch, he found himself working nonstop, ... »
What if the reason your business feels so heavy has nothing to do with your work ethic — and everything to do with your structure? In this episode, host John Golden sits down with Andy Clark, best-selling author and creator of the Whole Pie System, to dig into why so many small business owners end ... »
In this episode, sales influence expert Paul Ross breaks down why traditional pitching fails—and what actually moves buyers to yes. The real decision-maker isn’t your prospect’s logic. It’s their emotional state. Ross calls it the “buying state”—a feeling of focus, trust, and desire that has to exist before any pitch lands. Engineer that first, and ... »
In this episode, remote sales expert Kai Law breaks down why most remote closers fail — and it’s rarely about talent. Without an office structure, your habits become everything. Kai shares how top performers set daily activity targets, obsessively track KPIs, and treat their CRM like a truth-telling mirror. The biggest mindset shift? Stop blaming ... »
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
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 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
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
Really enjoyed being interviewed by John for SalesPop Magazine. Great conversation, very professional and insightful questions. I would highly recommend him for his podcast and interviewing skills.
Hiten Bhatt 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
John was able to draw out the similarities and differences in our way of approaching sales without it being awkward.
Shayla Boyd-Gill 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
Lane Kawaoka is a former engineer turned full-time real estate investor and fund manager who oversees a portfolio exceeding $2.1 billion. He achieved real estate millionaire status by age 31, left corporate life by 35, and has since syndicated more than $250 million in private equity while distributing over $450 million to investors. In this ... »
Gregory Kovsky is the President and CEO of International Business Associates (IBA), the Pacific Northwest’s oldest and largest business brokerage firm. With 32 years of M&A experience and more than 300 business sales facilitated, Gregory is one of the most seasoned intermediaries in the country. In this episode, he walks business owners through everything they ... »
Mark Myers is the founder of Tax Wise Partners, a former Marine Corps sergeant, and a tax saving architect who has helped 500+ high-income earners and business owners permanently cut their annual tax bills by 30–60%. In this episode, Mark reveals why roughly 90% of businesses overpay taxes every year — and exactly what to ... »
David Farrell is a 25-year sales veteran and leader at Salesloft, an AI-powered revenue platform that helps sales teams build pipeline, close deals, and predict renewals. In this episode, David joins host John Golden to cut through the hype around artificial intelligence in sales and offer a grounded, practical view of where AI delivers real ... »
Sid Bharath is the founder of Refound, an AI consultancy that helps mid-market companies become genuinely AI native. With a background spanning top-tier consulting, startup growth, and early-stage language model experimentation, Sid works hands-on with leadership teams to audit workflows, identify high-impact use cases, and deploy phased AI adoption strategies that deliver measurable results. In ... »
Richard Broo is a project management turnaround specialist and founder of True North PMP Consulting, with more than four decades of experience helping Fortune 500 companies and mid-market organizations recover projects that are bleeding budget, sliding on timelines, or losing leadership alignment. In this episode, Richard breaks down the invisible forces that cause most projects ... »
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