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 this podcast episode, John Golden interviews David Brock, a sales consultant and author, about the challenges in sales for 2024. They discuss the decline in sales performance, attributing it to factors like COVID-19, burnout, economic pressures, and poor company culture. David emphasizes the importance of culture and human connection in sales, and shares his ... »
As the host of a podcast that delves into the intricacies of sales and relationship-building, I recently had the pleasure of engaging in a thought-provoking discussion with Wanda Allen, an international speaker, coach, and corporate trainer. Wanda, the author of “Follow Up Savvy” and “Follow Up Sales Strategies,” joined me from Oxford, Mississippi, to explore ... »
Today, I want to share with you an incredible journey of resilience, innovation, and the art of storytelling from my recent podcast episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing Akeem Shannon, the entrepreneur behind the consumer brand Flipstick, which has made waves through Shark Tank, the Today Show, and major retailers nationwide. Akeem’s story is ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden from Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM chats with Dr. Frumi Rachel Barr, founder of Barr Business School, about retaining and engaging employees in today’s changing work environment. They discuss the importance of clear communication, proper workplace behavior, mentoring programs, and flexible work schedules. Dr. Frumi Rachel ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden from Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM hosts Dionne Mejer, CEO of Revenue By Design. They explore a three-step process for unlocking revenue growth. Dionne shares her 25 years of experience, emphasizing the importance of identifying, specifying, and testifying in the sales cycle. Dionne explains the necessity ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Josh Alltop about his move from music production to sales. Josh talks about the cultural shock he experienced and the importance of believing in what you’re selling. He compares it to recommending a restaurant. They discuss negative stereotypes of salespeople and promote a service-oriented approach. Josh emphasizes empathy ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Donald Kelly, a sales influencer and professional, on the topic of outbound sales strategies for 2024. Donald emphasizes the importance of outbound sales for scaling businesses and discusses the challenges posed by the current noisy digital environment. He advocates for a personalized and human-centered approach to engaging with ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Nick Caruso about augmented intelligence in sales. Caruso, from KnowledgeNet.ai, emphasizes that augmented intelligence aims to enhance human efficiency, not replace it. They explore its use in refining sales playbooks and ideal customer profiles at the funnel’s top, improving alignment between sales and marketing. Caruso predicts the future ... »
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 ... »
Shabnum Bi is the Founder and Director of Early Nurture Preschool in Birmingham — an Ofsted Outstanding setting that has attracted international delegates, earned a place in the Montessori International Awards finals, and brought Shabnum to a World Leaders Summit at the University of Oxford. In this episode, Shabnum shares how she rebuilt her early ... »
Lisa Pagotto is the Founder & CEO of Crooked Compass, a multi-seven-figure immersive adventure travel company specializing in small group expeditions to the world’s most remote and extraordinary destinations. In this episode, she joins John Golden to share the leadership lessons forged in the aftermath of a Shark Tank episode that nearly cost her everything ... »
Sridhar Ravilla is a fractional transformation executive and author with more than 25 years of senior leadership experience at AT&T and Tech Mahindra, where he led enterprise-scale programmes spanning cloud, AI, and digital modernisation. He joins John Golden to diagnose a pattern he has seen across industries: well-funded, well-led transformations that collapse not at the ... »
Susan Friedman is the founder of Aviva Publishing & Marketing, a nonfiction book marketing specialist with over 30 years of experience and 18 published books — including one title that sold over 500,000 copies to a single corporate buyer. In this episode, she challenges the assumptions that sink most business authors and lays out a ... »
Andy Hedrick is the Founder and CEO of Green Path Tech and author of the 2V2R Rapid Sales Growth System. With over 30 years of B2B sales experience and more than $500 million in revenue growth delivered, Andy joins Sales POP! to share a practical framework for growing faster, closing sooner, and spending less to ... »
