{"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 | Wesleyne Whittaker - 1999","slug":"the-biggest-reason-why-your-sales-pipeline-is-not-converting-as-it-should-wesleyne-whittaker-1999","published_at":"2026-05-04T10:00:00+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-wesleyne-whittaker-1999","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/79cc5cb7-2b79-420c-9898-e65285609417.mp3","summary":"Should your demo and discovery call happen in the same meeting? If you’re combining the two, it may be the reason your pipeline is not converting the way you want it to. Wesleyne Whittaker, sales professional and author of Sales Reset, joins me to challenge how most teams run demos and discovery and why it might be the reason deals are stalling. She also shares practical frameworks from her book Sales Reset to help you run more effective discovery calls. Meet Wesleyne Whittaker Wesleyne Whittaker is a sales strategist, coach, and author of Sales Reset. She’s known for helping sales professionals rethink how they approach conversations so they can stop going through the motions and start actually closing deals. What makes her approach stand out is how she blends mindset with real sales execution. She does not just talk about what to do. She shows you how to do it in a way that feels natural and effective. She works with sales teams across different industries, helping them run stronger discovery calls, ask better questions, and create demos that actually connect with buyers. At the core of her work is a simple idea. Sales is human to human. And when you focus on understanding people first, everything else starts to fall into place. Why Discovery Should Come First Wesleyne believes deals begin to close during the discovery call. If that conversation is weak, your pipeline will reflect it. Instead of jumping straight into a demo, she explains that discovery should focus on listening. You should be talking about 20 percent of the time while your prospect does the rest. That is how you uncover the real problems, not just surface level requests. What an Effective Discovery Looks Like A strong discovery call starts before the meeting even begins. Research the company, underst…","meta_description":"Should your demo and discovery call happen in the same meeting? 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