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The Max Revenue Show — 188 episodes

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Meta's $1.4 Trillion Day in Court Just Started, and Insurance is Watching

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How To Hold Your Ground When Asked To Quote (Without Pissing Off The Insured)

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How To Qualify Prospects Like a Top Producer with David Foster

4

AI Models Are Escaping Their Sandboxes (Here's Why That Matters To Your Insureds)

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What Every Producer Needs to Know About Compensation, Valuation, and Perpetuation with Colby Allen

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PART II: How To Write $1,000,000 a Year (Yes, Revenue) | Larry Linne

7

The AI Arms Race Heats Up!

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How to Build Your Network and Master Your Energy with J Foster

9

Noob Producer BORs $75k in his First Week? (Plus, Micah's Producer Playbook is now FREE!)

10

Brown & Brown Says They've Gone All-In on AI: Groundbreaking Or Nothing Burger?

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How Brent Built a One-Man Agency Doing $400K a Year in Firearms Niche

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The Monday Brief with Brandon Schuh | July 20th, 2026

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How AI Helped This Producer Hit $800K in 7 Months (On Pace for $1.2M+) | Luke Berry

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Cold Calling Isn’t Dead - It’s the Most Efficient Way to Grow with Clayton Wood

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State of the P&C Market Mid Year 2026 with Brandon Schuh

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80% of Insureds Aren't Interested, Here's How to Move Them

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Top 10 Lessons We Learned From Interviewing Top Producers

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QUICKY: 3 Proven Talk Tracks to Win More BORs

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The Social Selling Playbook for Insurance Producers with Sims Tillirson

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How To Write $350k a Year By Just Dropping In | David Steenstra

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2026 Mid Year State of Benefits Address | Luke Berry

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How To Write $1,000,000 a Year (Yes, Revenue)

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Better Than CE: Environmental & Pollution with Tanya Andolsen

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QUICKY: How to Find 3-Star Prospects With 5-Star Potential

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From Building a $1.6M Book to Building a Best Practices Agency with Josh Gurley

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QUICKY: Micah's Simple Proposal Strategy That Wins Deals Like Crazy

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Your Pipeline is Never Big Enough with Micah Salas

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Prospect with Data, Win with Total Cost of Risk | David Carothers

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The New Reality of Winning with Captives with Will Allen

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How To Build Program Business, Automate Your Lead Gen, and Own Your Niche with Andrew Wagley

31

Due Diligence vs. BOR Only Debate | Micah Salas & Nick Aube

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Culture, Comp, Equity: The Formula for Building & Attracting Top Producers

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A Wake Up Call For Top Producers | Scott Barker

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How To Dominate a Niche with Andrew Meinster

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How To Manage Your Time Like a Top Producer with Luke Berry

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Is This AI Startup the Future of Insurance Agencies?

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How the Captive King Built a $2M Book Leading With Captives | Rich Varrato

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From Top CFB Recruit to Top EB Broker | Jeb Blazevich

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Blazing a Path For the Next Generation of Insurance Producers | Justin Tatum

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How To Build a $1.3M EB Book and Have Fun Along the Way | Alex Rodriquez

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He Wrote $1M in 12 Years, Then Doubled It In 4 | Dave Slocum

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He Built Two $3 Million EB Books Then Became the CEO | Tim Leman

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Providing Value Far Beyond Coverage Expertise with Top Producer Houston Harris

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The Huge Opportunity Most Benefits Brokers Are Ignoring with Dr. Eric Bricker and Joe Wilson

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From Stuck at $600K to Multi-Million Dollar Producer with Guffy Wright

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The Evolution of a Top Producer: From Intern to Heavy Hitter with David Goldsmith

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3 Reasons Benefits Brokers Struggle to Scale While Others Skyrocket

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How To Build a $7M+ Book of Business Team Selling with Ryan Garzon and Myriam Leal

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What Every Benefits Broker Needs to Know About Vendor Stacks in 2026

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How Trey Griffy Turned HOAs Into a $1M+ Niche Homerun (300+ Associations Served and Counting)

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My Benefits Sales Process From Start to Finish with Luke Berry

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How Bryce Ellis Built a $1.3M Book at a 3-Man Agency In His 20's!

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5 Biggest Mistakes Benefits Producers Make (And What To Do Instead) w/ Luke Berry

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WithCoverage, GLP-1s, and Affordable Healthcare

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How Michael Built a 7-Figure Book Serving Churches and Nonprofits

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Rules For Thee, Not For Me: The Hypocrisy of the Howden and Brown & Brown Debacle w/ Brandon Schuh

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How Tony Brunini Writes $750K+ a Year In This Unique RE Niche

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Live Rapid-Fire Objection Handling w/ Micah

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Maduro, McRibs, and Carriers Lighting Money on Fire

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From Selling Knives To Becoming A Multi-Million Dollar Producer by 33 with Luke Berry

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Add This One Thing to Your Routine to Make 2026 Your Best Year (Plus Q&A)

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Brown & Brown Gets Roasted In Court (And Much More)

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$1M In His First 5 Years w/ Raymond White

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How To Handle Tough Renewals Without Losing Your Client

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Micah Answers Your Questions

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LWI: Howden Goes Oceans 11 on Brown & Brown

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Break Free From The Prospect To Prospect Cycle

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How To Win Deals Even When You're NOT The Cheapest

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How Top Producers Keep Growing (While You Stay Stuck)

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How To Set Up BORs Like a Pro

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How To Get Dangerously Good At Coverage

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The Art and Science of Submissions

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10X Your Prospecting With This Pre-Game Routine

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New Producer Bob Had Questions, I Gave Him the Truth

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How To Educate Prospects (Without Being a Tool)

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6 Lessons From Starting Over 4 Years Ago

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What You Need to Know Before You Pick a Niche

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3 Rookie Producer Mistakes That Will Keep You Broke

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How To Make People Like You

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5 Keys To Effective Follow Up

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How To Keep Clients Forever

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How To Write $100k in the Next 12 Months

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How to Escape Burnout, Boredom and Start Growing Again

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What To Expect In Your First 3 Years (As a Noob Insurance Producer)

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The Daily Routine of a $1,000,000 Producer

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You Ask, Micah Answers | Listener Q&A

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A Practical Guide To Quoting | The Max Revenue Show

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The Insurances Sales Skill No One Teaches

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First Meeting Formula

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The 3 Foundations of Cold Calling

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Does Size Really Matter? Micah Wants To Know

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When They Won't Sign Your BOR

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Why Everything Gets Easier When You Pick a Niche

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Unconventional Truths Every Producer Needs To Hear

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Due Diligence Explained

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BOR vs Quote: The Strategy Shift That Grew Our Books

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7 Objections Producers Hear (And How To Handle Them)

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The Only Cold Call Script You'll Ever Need

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What It Actually Takes To Be A Successful Producer in 2025

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When To Pivot & When To Stay The Course

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Newbie Writes $450k in Year One (WTF!)

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How To Talk With 109 Decision Makers in 30 Days

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Developing a Million Dollar Mindset

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The Death Of The Old School Producer

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Why "One Agent" Is Best, Dealing With Consultants, and C.O.M.P. Updates

106

Deal or No Deal? (Trey Learns His Fate)

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Trey's First Real Opportunity of 2025, The Fastest Way To Build a Book, & Hogwash Sales Advice To Ignore

108

Why Producing Is So Hard, Follow Up Facts, and The Truth About Content Marketing

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Real Talk From The Trenches - 241206

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Real Talk From The Trenches - 241204

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What To Do After You Get The BOR (Plus COMP Updates)

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COMP 005: Micah Reviews Trey's Month 1 Numbers

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COMP 004: Trey Makes First Presentation of 2025

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Micah Reviews His Best Year Ever

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COMP 003: What If I Don't Find Anything During Due Diligence?

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Is Quoting UnEtHiCaL?

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COMP 002: Follow Up, Focus, and Active Listening

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COMP 001: Trey Struggles To Hit 200

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Confessions of a Mediocre Producer

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Be Bold Or Get Rolled (Here's How)

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Micah Gets His Azz Handed To Him

122

Is InsuranceXDate Really Worth It?

123

What The Gurus Get Wrong (And What To Do Instead)

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Listener Q&A

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Top 5 Mistakes New Producers Make

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Are You Prospecting Like A Pyramid Scheme? (And What To Do Instead)

127

Stop Overcomplicating Prospecting (Here's How)

128

Who's Gonna Buy From Me?

129

The Great Banff Debacle of 2024

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The Curious Case of Ruben M. (Plus Q&A)

131

How To Sell Risk To Underwriters

132

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Coaching Call)

133

The World's Greatest Voicemail Strategy (Plus Q&A)

134

Busting Common Myths About BORs (Plus HQ Q&A)

135

A Conversation with Sales Superman, Justin Michael

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How To Move "Stuck" Prospects

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How To Sell More With LinkedIn (Even If You're Ugly, Uninteresting, and Unoriginal)

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How Often Should I Follow Up With Prospects?

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Tales From The Trenches #003

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7 Things I'd Tell Myself As A New Producer

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The 3 Types Of Prospects (And How To Sell To Each Of Them)

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Networking, Due Diligence, and Mardi Gras

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We Made Something For You (Details Inside)

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How To Play The Long Game

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The Ozempic of ProducerLand

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045. How To Crush Your 2024 Goals (Just Do This 1 Thing)

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044. The Lazy Producer's Way To $1,000,000

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043. Talking All Things BOR

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042. The 10 Commandments of Cold Calling

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041. Micah's NEW "Super Duper Special" Cold Call Opener

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040. A Better Way To "Network"

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039. Our 2023 Numbers Revealed (Plus Our 2024 Goals)

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038. The Pitfalls of Mentorship & Team Selling

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037. John's On The Chopping Block (Here's Our Advice)

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036. Ian Cognito Update and the Producer Metrics That Really Matter

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035. DOANP, Mentorship, & A Producer's 2 Best Friends

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034. Biz Owners Are Like Horses (Here's Why)

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033. Dynamite Drop-Ins (For Scared-ey Cats)

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032. The "Big League" Account With A "Bush League" Agent

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031. The Secret "F Word" of Top Producers

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030. Tales From The Trenches #002

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029. How To Defend Your Accounts (From Other Agents)

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028. How To Close BOR's

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027. Stop Selling Insurance, Start Selling Due Diligence (Here's How)

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026. The 3 Types of Producers & 10 Lessons From New Nike "Air" Movie

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025. Two Goobers Getting Deep & The Producer Playbook

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024. How To Get Past The Gatekeeper (5 Strategies For The Not-So Faint of Heart)

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023. 3 Common Hurdles You'll Face When Selling With BORs (And How To Overcome Them)

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022. 3 Cold Call Openers That Actually Work In 2023

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021. Subscriber AMA #001

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020. Tales From The Trenches #001

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019. How To Win When You're The Underdog

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018. When To Quote & When To Walk Away (The Quoting Filter)

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017. How To Write Bigger Revenue Accounts

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004. Weekly Scorecard, New Tech, & The Producer's Journey

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015. The Killing of Max Revenue & How To Grow On LinkedIn

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014. How To Run A Research Meeting

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013. Listener Q&A

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012. Peaks & Valleys & Focus, Oh My!

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011. The 5 Most Common Objections Producers Hear (And How To Overcome Them)

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010. How To Pick Your Niche

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009. What Is A Tech Stack?

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008. How To Bulletproof Your BOR

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007. Overcoming The Fear Of Cold Calling

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006. The Million Dollar One-Sheeter

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005. How To Sell With BOR's

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003. Our Week 1 Scorecards & Enjoying The Process

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002. The Ups & Downs of Starting Over