7 Killer Sales Podcasts

I really got into podcasts when I was a junior in college, studying economics. Russ Roberts, professor of Economics at George Mason University, hosted (and still hosts) a podcast called Econtalk. Each week, he held an hour-long dialogue with various thinkers and workers in fields relating to Economics. Some of the most engaging discussion and profound insight I have ever heard or acquired came from this podcast. I listened to it while I was driving, while I was walking from my car to class, while I was doing things around the house. I never had to take the time to sit down and listen to a podcast exclusively. I could always multi-task, and thought caused me to get addicted to podcasting.


Since I got into sales, I've noticed that blogging runs rampant while podcasting is scarce. Over the past year, though, I have picked up a few gems and wanted to point them out to readers who don't have time to open up a book or click through RSS feeds. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and I have an ever-expanding repretoire. So, stay tuned for a part two...hopefully, will be in the works.

1. Daniel Wood's Your Path to Your Dreams Podcast: Daniel Wood is the author of Looking to Business, a blog and platform for his sales consultancy business. Daniel sometimes goes solo on his podcasts but has also featured guests such as Anthony Iannarino and Kelley Robertson.


2. Paul Castain's Sales Playbook Podcast: Paul Castain is the author of Sales Playbook, a blog, online community, and hosting site for his sales coaching business. Paul typically goes solo on his podcasts and offers lively, motivational conversation in conjunction with his writing.


3. Clayton Shold's Salesopedia Podcast: Clayton Shold is the author and administrator of Salesopedia.com, a resource for sales professionals that includes blogs from many influential salespeople in the business. The podcast often features a variety of guests.


4. John Jantsch's Duct Take Marketing Podcast: John Jantsch is the author of Duct Tape Marketing and The Referral Engine. He is one of the most widely-known small business consultants. His podcast typically features a conversation with a guest author, recently Scott Ginsberg and Eric Ries. In addition to his podcast, John writes the Duct Tape Marketing Blog on a nearly daily basis.


5. Joe and Mike's Sales Roundup Podcast: Joe and Mike are veterans in the technology sales industry. Their podcast is often a dialogue stemming between the two of them in regards to various contemporary issues in sales.


6. Brad Trnavsky's Sales Management 2.0 Podcast: Brad is just a guy with a passion for sales and technology. His blog, Sales Management 2.0, gives weekly insight into contemporary sales issues, especially relating to technology.


7. Jeb Blount's Sales Guy: Quick and Dirty Tips Podcast: Jeb Blount is the creator and administrator of Salesgravy.com, a collective resource for sales professionals. The Sales Guy podcast is a division of the "Quick and Dirty" podcasts that range in topic from legal advice to financial advice to pet care advice. Each podcast is only about five minutes long and contains, as the title suggests, quick tips to "getting a deal done."