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 from Sales POP Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM interviews Blair Siegler, CEO and founder of Quantico. They discuss the role of negotiation intelligence in B2B sales, focusing on how discounts and concessions affect profitability. Blair shares insights from his time at Meta, emphasizing the importance of a value ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden from Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM talk with marketing consultant Zack from Think Alike Media about the strategic use of intent data and storytelling in sales outreach. Zack advocates for a personalized, multi-channel approach, focusing on building trust and understanding the prospect’s problems. They discuss the ... »
In this episode of the podcast, John Golden chats with Diane Strand. They discuss how creativity, marketing, and business blend together. John and Diane stress the key to success: being real and building a personal brand. They talk about how social media influences how people see us. Diane offers tips from her long career in ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Scott Greenberg, who shares insights from his experience managing hourly employees and his book “Stop the Shift Show.” Greenberg discusses the importance of leadership and management training, the need for managers to adopt a coaching mindset, and the significance of creating a sense of purpose and ownership among ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden from Sales POP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM hosts Ray Rike, a seasoned subscription software leader and co-author of “Data and Diagnosis Driven Selling.” They discuss the intricacies of sales in the unique microclimates of San Francisco, the necessity of a data-driven sales process, and the difference between ... »
In this podcast episode, John Golden interviews Jason Yarusi, a successful private fund manager and ultramarathon runner. Jason shares his philosophy of the “100-mile mindset,” which involves breaking down significant goals into daily, manageable tasks. He parallels his approach to running ultramarathons and achieving professional success, emphasizing the importance of persistence, specificity in goal-setting, and ... »
In this podcast episode, host John Golden and sales expert Gil Cargill explore the transformative effects of generative AI on sales. Cargill, with 48 years of sales experience, discusses how generative AI can perform tasks like appointment setting and customer prospecting, freeing salespeople to focus on more valuable activities. He underscores the need for sales ... »
In this insightful conversation, a remarkable individual, Eric Recher. He is a dentist, husband, father, speaker, coach, author, pilot, and mountain climber – shares his profound journey through severe burnout to self-discovery and balance. After nearly walking away from his dental practice due to immense stress, a pivotal moment led him to find a partner, ... »
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 ... »
Tony Paquin is a healthcare technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience founding and scaling companies in regulated markets. As CEO and co-founder of iRemedy Healthcare, he leads an AI-enabled procurement platform that connects manufacturers directly with hospitals, government agencies, and patients — cutting costs, eliminating middlemen, and reshoring the US pharmaceutical supply chain. ... »
The AI Accountant: How Sai Dhanak Is Replacing the Billable Hour Sai Dhanak is the CEO and co-founder of Deduction, a two-time startup exit veteran with four patents spanning cybersecurity, IoT, and service design. In this episode, Sai explains how a structural crisis in the US accounting industry — with 55% of CPAs approaching retirement ... »
What if the biggest thing holding your consulting practice back isn’t your expertise — it’s your pricing model? In this episode, pricing and business development expert John Ray joins host John Golden to make a compelling case for leaving hourly billing behind. Drawing on over a decade of advising consultants, attorneys, coaches, and fractional executives, ... »
