{"podcast":{"title":"Home Business Profits with Ray Higdon","slug":"home-business-profits-with-ray-higdon-1436279","podcast_index_feed_id":1436279,"rss_url":"https://rayhigdon.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://rayhigdon.libsyn.com/webpage","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/d/2/6/ed26890d88abeecebafc7308ab683e82/Ray_Higdon_-_Home_Business_Profit-FINAL.jpg","author":"Sales Coach and Sales Trainer Ray Higdon","episode_count":2957,"summary":"Ray Higdon is a bestselling author, IAOTP's #1 Sales Coach in the World, and CEO of the Higdon Group — an Inc. 5000 company that has helped sales teams generate over 300,000 new customers and 70,000+ new reps since 2017. On Home Business Profits, Ray delivers no-fluff, field-tested strategies for sales professionals who are tired of pressure, burnout, and chasing prospects who never convert. Using his proven 4P Method — Pipeline, Posture, Position, and Perspective — Ray shows you how to lead sales conversations with confidence, close without manipulation, and build a team that actually performs. Whether you sell products, services, or opportunities, the principles on this show will change how you prospect, follow up, close, and lead. Ray has shared the stage with Tony Robbins, John C. Maxwell, Les Brown, Robert Kiyosaki, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more. His podcast has surpassed 10 million downloads. His latest bestseller, Faith Driven Wealth, features a foreword by John C. Maxwell — and his training company has helped thousands of sales teams produce measurable, repeatable results across dozens of industries. New episodes drop weekly. 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Show up, do the work, and stop waiting for the applause that may never come. 👉 HigdonGroup.com/Book 👉 Network Marketers for Jesus 👉 HigdonGroup.com/Channel 👉 BrotherUp.com Ray Higdon is a bestselling author of several books, a renowned inspirational speaker, earner of multiple seven figures in a multi-million dollar home-based business, and founder of the Higdon Group, a Fortune 5000 company, where he's helped clients generate over 500,000 new customers through his proven coaching programs (https://rayhigdoncoaching.com). Ray helps sales leaders create teams that perform without draining them. Partner with Ray: ★ Become A Rank Maker: https://rankmakers.com ★ Apply for Coaching: https://higdongroup.com/coaching ★ Invite to Speak: https://higdongroup.com/speaking ★ Order his Book…","meta_description":"You can protect your image or grow your income. Rarely both. 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