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Homeowners decide within seconds whether to trust the person on their porch. Jessica Stokes shares nine door-to-door prospecting tips to make those seconds count, from the because statement that turns a pitch into a conversation to handling objections without arguing and turning a quick doorstep chat into a scheduled follow-up.
👉 Download our free 7 Steps to Building Effective Prospecting Sequences Guide
📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills
💻 Enroll in Sales Gravy University Courses with Jessica Stokes
Your CRM says the quarter is safe. So why does the forecast keep slipping? Sales Gravy Master Trainer Jessica Stokes joins Jeb Blount Jr. to explain why so many pipelines look bigger than they are, and why deals without a confirmed meeting on the calendar are the first to stall. They dig into the fear that keeps reps clinging to dead deals, a simple 15-minute calendar invite that gets quiet prospects to respond, and how Jessica became her team’s top seller with the leanest pipeline. Whether you carry a quota or coach the people who do, you’ll know exactly which deals are real after your next sales pipeline review.
👉 Download our Free 7 Step Guide to Building Effective Prospecting Sequences
📖 Purchase Jeb Blount's new book, 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills
💻 Enroll in Sales Gravy University Courses with Jessica Stokes
🔗 Watch the full episode on YouTube!
What should you say on a cold call to book the appointment?
In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount takes a question from Ryan, a real estate agent in Brooklyn, New York, who prospects expired listings and FSBOs and wants to know how to structure his because statement to land more meetings.
Jeb’s advice is to get direct. An expired listing came off the market because it didn’t sell, so call it like it is, lead with the value you bring, and ask for the meeting with a specific time. When getting in front of the seller wins you the listing most of the time, the call has one job: book that meeting.
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Colonel Sanders heard no more than a thousand times while sleeping in his car. Stephen King needed a spike to hold all his rejection letters. Steve Jobs got fired from his own company. Jeb Blount breaks down what salespeople can learn from people who got rejected more than anyone, and why the reps who make the most money are the ones willing to hear no the most.
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Your reps sit through coaching, agree with the feedback, then make the same mistakes on their next call. Jonny Holsten saw this at a company that graded every call on a 27-point sales call scorecard. Every criterion was valid, but the list was too long to remember, so the coaching never stuck. Jonny, founder and CEO of BridgeSelling and author of Fix Your Broken Sales Calls, joins Jeb Blount Jr. to break down how to rebuild the scorecard from your own calls. The moves that close deals are already in your best reps’ calls, waiting to be written down.
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Starting a sales career is hard, and the first year will test your confidence before it rewards your effort.
In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount answers a question from Calee, a former high school teacher and assistant principal who is seven weeks into her first sales role with a $1.1 million quota and a pipeline she calls a disaster. Her question: if Jeb could do year one of his sales career over again, what would he tell himself?
His answer is simple, but not easy: stop worrying about outcomes and just work the process. Jeb explains why it takes most new reps months for sales to click, why pressure only exists in the future you imagine, and how process goals keep you focused on the work that builds pipeline today.
What You'll Learn:
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Submit your question: salesgravy.com/ask
Purchase Jeb Blount's new book: 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills
Grab your tickets for OutBound Conference
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Some mornings you wake up ready to prospect. Most mornings you'd rather do anything else. Duff Tucker, filling in for Jeb Blount, explains why that feeling is exactly where freedom starts, and how top performers turn discipline into a pipeline full of options. It all comes back to a core principle: sacrifice what you want now for what you want most.
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Your best rep is sitting at 130% of quota, and every instinct says it's time to hire. So you start writing the job description for another hire, bracing for three to six months of ramp time right when you need momentum most. Kyle Willis, VP of Growth at BELAY, thinks most sales leaders are betting on the wrong rep. Jeb Blount Jr. sits down with Kyle to break down what happens when a top performer gets a virtual sales assistant and wins back 5 to 10 hours a week. One rep pushed past 150% of quota, and her self-sourced pipeline grew enough that marketing could spend less. The difference came down to which work she handed off and which old leads she went back after.
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When prospects won't share their pain, pushing harder only raises the wall.
In this episode of Ask Jeb on the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount answers a question from Laura, who sells advertising in a crowded local market. Jeb explains why pain-focused discovery sounds self-serving and walks through the five decisions buyers make before they give you money.
What You'll Learn:
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Submit your question: salesgravy.com/ask
Purchase Jeb Blount's new book: 90 Days to Level Up Your Sales Skills
Grab your tickets for OutBound Conference
Follow Jeb Blount on LinkedIn
Red herring objections are a buyer’s emotional self-protection and can derail a sales call fast. But you can break through them with the right approach. Jeb Blount shares a firsthand example from a software demo his own executive team sat through, showing exactly how a rep got baited into a defensive spiral that killed the deal. Jeb explains that most red herrings are built from a lifetime of bad experiences with salespeople and don’t always signal a deal-breaker. He lays out the discipline required to acknowledge these objections calmly, hold the agenda, and keep the sales conversation moving toward its actual objective.
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From the author of Fanatical Prospecting and the company that rewrote the rules of modern selling, the Sales Gravy Podcast helps you sell more, win more, and earn more.