Master Deal Maker Secrets

Updated: 24 Mar 2025 • 227 episodes
john-blake.com.au

A show that deconstructs world-class deal makers, digging deep to uncover the philosophies, tools, and tactics entrepreneurs can use to put together the biggest deals of their careers.

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How do I get my sales team performing better with the time they have? How can I manage my time better than I do? I constantly get these get these questions... In fact, in the 21 years I have been doing this, It would easily be the top question I get from business owners and sales reps alike. Why? We live in a world of

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In this week's episode we caught up with digital marketing strategic expert Marlon Lockyear. In our conversation we cover some really interesting ground around... How to best prepare for your transition into paid marketing  How to get the most out of your investment in a digital agency  How to know if you are being tak

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I have coached a lot of sales people over the last 21 years. In that time I’ve noticed 5 things that make the biggest difference in turning around sales people’s performance and results. In this weeks episode we will cover… 3 ways to quickly work out if someone should stay in sales or do something else The simplest and

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Relax…mate ! have a beer ! This week I had a fascinating interview with James Swanwick who is a give up drinking coach. In this fascinating conversation we cover… What alcohol really is Both James’s and my journey to giving up alcohol  How alcohol imbibes (sorry couldn’t help myself) itself into so many different cultu

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There’s no denying… Burnout in business is real  Recent data shows that 60% of people in business experience some sort of burnout at some point in their career. And guess what ?  It’s actually worse for sales people  why?  because we experience more rejection than other people in business. So how do we avoid it? Well I

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Don’t make this deadly hiring mistake Ok, that sounded a bit dramatic. But I really can’t overstate how damaging hiring a salesperson without this one thing in place can be. I mean, you could get everything else right and have the other 4 hiring pillars I talk about in place (Selection - Induction - Training and Manage

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