{"podcast":{"title":"The Sales Evangelist","slug":"the-sales-evangelist-745326","podcast_index_feed_id":745326,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-sales-evangelist/","website_url":"https://thesalesevangelist.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/fe6d6bc9-634a-4afd-b1b9-2c486ff17ad8/podcast-cover-art-min.jpg","author":"Donald C. Kelly","episode_count":2000,"summary":"I believe in doing BIG THINGS! You should be earning 6 figures easily as a sales rep. But chances are you are not...yet! Sales is the most important department in every company but many sellers are never taught how to effectively sell, much less how to earn their way to high-income status. My own career limped along until a company I worked for invested in sales training to help me succeed. Immediately afterward, I closed a deal worth 4X what the company spent on me and saw hockey-stick improvement in my performance. So I started a podcast to “Evangelize” what was working. Today I interview the world's best sales experts, successful sellers, sales leaders and entrepreneurs who share their strategies to succeed in sales right now: folks like Jeffrey Gitomer, Jill Konrath, Bob Burg, and Guy Kawasaki to name a few. They share actionable insights and stories that will encourage, challenge, and motivate you to hustle your way to top income status. If you’re someone looking to take off in your sales career and earn the income you deserve, hit subscribe and let’s start doing BIG THINGS!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T20:21:23.816716+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sales-evangelist-745326"},"episode":{"title":"The Biggest Reason Why Your Sales Pipeline Is Not Converting As It Should | Gearoid Cox - 2001","slug":"the-biggest-reason-why-your-sales-pipeline-is-not-converting-as-it-should-gearoid-cox-2001","published_at":"2026-05-11T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sales-evangelist-745326/the-biggest-reason-why-your-sales-pipeline-is-not-converting-as-it-should-gearoid-cox-2001","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sales-evangelist-745326","url":"https://thesalesevangelist.com","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/471a15ed-ec39-414f-9f3a-b46246e9959b.mp3","summary":"AI can help you move faster, but it can also help you make mistakes faster. Too many sellers rely on automation while skipping the fundamentals that actually help deals close. One of the biggest problems? Poor qualification. I sat down with Gearoid Cox, CEO of SalesPipeline, to share advice on how sellers can build healthier pipelines, qualify deals more effectively, and stop wasting time on opportunities that are never going to close. Meet Gearoid Cox Gearoid is the Founder and CEO of SalesPipeline, a revenue growth partner that helps SMBs build and run effective sales operations. With nearly 15 years of experience across startups and Fortune 500 companies, he has led teams of more than 100 people. He saw that many SMBs lacked the structure, talent, and systems needed to scale their sales efforts, so he built SalesPipeline to solve that problem by hiring, training, and managing high-performing sales and marketing teams. Originally from Ireland and now based in Tbilisi, Gearoid specializes in building high-performing sales systems that drive revenue growth. Why Qualification Starts Earlier Than Most Sellers Think Qualification doesn’t always begin on the discovery call. It often starts with the outreach itself. Gearoid explains why sellers need to stop chasing volume for the sake of activity and focus more on understanding the actual problems buyers are facing. Instead of trying to book as many meetings as possible, the goal should be booking meetings with people who are genuinely qualified and have a real reason to buy. How Bad Pipeline Data Hurts Sales Teams When dead deals stay in the CRM too long, it creates a false picture of what’s really happening inside the business. Sales leaders struggle to forecast accurately, reps waste time chasing stalled opportunities, a…","meta_description":"AI can help you move faster, but it can also help you make mistakes faster. Too many sellers rely on automation while skipping the fundamentals that actua…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1714,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sales-evangelist-745326/episodes/the-biggest-reason-why-your-sales-pipeline-is-not-converting-as-it-should-gearoid-cox-2001/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sales-evangelist-745326/the-biggest-reason-why-your-sales-pipeline-is-not-converting-as-it-should-gearoid-cox-2001.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}