Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount

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.

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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.
What You’ll Learn:
How to write a because statement that books appointments on cold calls
Why passive openers and permission-based questions invite objections
How to use the prospecting pyramid to organize your call list
Why FSBO prospecting is a relationship you nurture until the seller is ready
Why in-person meetings convert better than phone conversations
How to ask for the appointment assumptively
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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:
What to focus on in your first year in sales to avoid early burnout
Why it takes months for a new sales rep to see results
How to set process goals that keep you focused on daily prospecting activity instead of quota anxiety
How to manage sales pressure by focusing on what you can control: your actions, your responses, and your mindset
Why career changers need to stop projecting past experience onto a new sales role
How to build a sales pipeline one meaningful conversation at a time
What golf legend Ben Hogan's advice on process over outcome teaches salespeople
Why following your sales manager's system pays off even when your instincts push back
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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

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