Building Your Sales Engine

Building Your Sales Engine

A show where Mark McGraw, a top Sandler Sales Trainer and David H. Sandler award winner, interviews salespeople and sales managers to discover their successes and how they got to be the people they are today.

We break down the elements of selling success and share mindsets, habits and techniques that help salespeople and managers build a proven, reliable, transferable system for sales.

Recent Episodes

April 3, 2025

Selling Through Channels with Peter Ashley

Mark McGraw chats with Peter Ashley, the VP of Business Development at Applied Information, about the keys to selling through distribution. Peter shares insights on choosing the right distribution partners, gaining mindshare, reducing friction, and...

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March 27, 2025

7 Lies Salespeople Tell Themselves

Mark McGraw sits down again with Josh Pitchford to break down the 7 biggest lies that keep salespeople stuck—and how to replace them with a winning mindset. They discuss ways to qualify better, protect your pricing, and stop wasting time on...

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March 20, 2025

Managing Through Channel Partners and Third Parties

Mark McGraw and Josh Pitchford are back together, and discuss the key components of distribution sales, how to train distribution reps effectively, and the key to building strong, profitable relationships with channel partners. To find our handout for...

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March 13, 2025

Why Have a System For Selling

Mark McGraw talks to Josh Pitchford, a Sandler coach and sales training expert who is passionate about helping salespeople and sales leaders achieve their very best through sales training, coaching and sales processes. They discuss the power of having...

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March 6, 2025

Get Buyers to Chase You, Not the Other Way Around with Jordan Eisner

Mark McGraw sits down with Jordan Eisner to discuss what makes a top salesperson and why a winning mindset is super important in sales. Jordan shares how to build strong client relationships, ways to ask the right qualifying questions, and why sales...

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Feb. 20, 2025

How You Can Build a High-Performance Sales Team Using Sandler with Da…

Mark McGraw talks with Dan Ford, the director of AV at Basesix, a technology integrator that makes buildings, campuses, and environments safer, smarter, and simple. Dan shares insights on what makes a great salesperson, how to build a fun company...

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