Episodes

July 19, 2022

Conversations with Nate Tutas Part 1: Marketing Messages and Life Preservers

Sales and Cigars Episode 59 Part 1 Conversations with Nate Tutas: Marketing Messages and Life Preservers Walter sits down for another in a series of conversations with Nate Tutas on How to think about sales. In part one of t…
July 19, 2022

Conversations with Nate Tutas: The Recession Is Coming

Sales and Cigars Episode 59 Part 2  Conversations with Nate Tutas: The Recession Is Coming In part two of this double episode Walter and Nate talk about the inevitable recession and how to prepare and build your team to with…
July 12, 2022

Sales and Cigars "Cold Calling and Flight School"

Sales and Cigars Episode 58 Chris Beall “Cold Calling and Flight School” Walter sits down with a nice cigar and a glass of rye for a conversation with Chris Beall, CEO of Connect and Sell. Walter and Chris talk about cold ca…
July 5, 2022

Sales and Cigars Technical and Creative Marketing with Jon Tsourakis

Sales and Cigars Episode 57 Technical and Creative Marketing with Jon Tsourakis Walter sits down with Jon Tsourakis of OYOVA. Jon talks about problem solving for clients and creating engaging marketing.  Creating a marketing…
June 28, 2022

Shorty Best Sales Guy

Sales and Cigars Episode 56  Shorty: Best Sales Guy Walter sits down with a Cigar and tells you exactly what’s on his mind in this Shorty. How are you defining who is your "Best Salesperson"? Just because they are bringing i…
June 21, 2022

“Hiring and Onboarding Better Salespeople” with Mike Koory

Sales and Cigars Episode 55 “Hiring and Onboarding Better Salespeople” Walter sits down with new member of the Helix Sales Development team, Mike Koory. Mike talks about the great resignation, the shift in the workforce and …
June 14, 2022

Jack Witte “Creating a Successful Sales Culture”

Sales and Cigars Episode 54 “Creating a Successful Sales Culture” Walter sits down with Jack Witte the President and owner of Corrective Asphalt Materials. Jack talks about being an engineer who also does sales and taking a …
June 7, 2022

Phil Parks "Fractional Sales Management"

Episode 53 Phil Parks “Fractional Sales Management” Walter sits down with Phil Parks; Phil is an outsourced sales management guru and the author of the book “Where Price Never Matters.” Walter and Phil discuss fractional sal…
May 31, 2022

Veronica Romney "Building Your Dream Team "

Episode 52 Veronica Romney “Building Your Dream Team.” Walter sits down with Veronica Romney, a Dream Team Architect, a Fractional Chief of Staff, and a Certified Master Marketer. Veronica explains what exactly a Fractional …
May 24, 2022

Conversations with Nate Tutas: Change Management

Sales and Cigars Episode 51  Conversations with Nate Tutas: Change Management   This is part of a series of conversations between Walter Crosby and Nate Tutas on how to think about sales. This time Walter and Nate breakdown …
May 17, 2022

Conversations with Nate Tutas: Disqualifying Questions

Sales and Cigars Episode 50  Conversations with Nate Tutas: Disqualifying Questions This is part of a series of conversations between Walter Crosby and Nate Tutas on how to think about sales. This time Walter and Nate breakd…
May 10, 2022

Adapting To Sales In A Virtual World With Steve Brossman

Sales and Cigars, Episode 49 Steve Brossman “Adapting to sales in a virtual world”   Walter sits down with Steve Brossman from Sydney Australia to talk about how selling has changed with zoom and other virtual programs. Stev…
May 3, 2022

Don't think of it as sales think of it as helping people, with Terry Begue.

Episode 48 Title: Don’t think of it as sales, think of it as helping people, with Terry Begue. Summary  Walter sits down with Author, International Speaker and Business Owner, Terry Begue. Terry talks about developing your b…
April 19, 2022

Proven Repeatable Sales Process with Scott Arnold

This week Walter welcomes Scott Arnold of Concord Sales Leadership. Scott talks about strategic engagment and and reviewing your sales infostructure to document a Proven and Repeatable Sales Process.(PRSP) If you are a busin…
April 12, 2022

SHORTY: Cross Cut and New Stuff

This Episode is what Walter calls a "SHORTY". It is Walters chance to just speak what is on his mind. Walter talks about a new technique  he learned called a Cross Cut. He also talksabout some new things with the Podcast. Ep…
April 5, 2022

Brendan Shanahan The Podcast ProShop

Walter sits down with Brendan Shanahan of the PodCast Proshop. Brendan has been a radio and media personality for over 20 years. His voice has been heard all over the world in commercials, video games podcasts and more. Bren…
March 29, 2022

Marketing Incentives with Marco Torres

For today’s episode, Walter welcomes Marco Torres, co-founder of MarketingBoost.com. Marco has helped thousands of business owners worldwide, ranging from hotel and accommodation owners, insurance agents, realtors, and more,…
March 22, 2022

Corporate Sales Enablement with Curt Tueffert

Today’s guest is Curt Tueffert of DXP Enterprises. Curt is the VP of Sales Development for DXP, a Houston-based industrial distributor. He handled several roles in the past, which include, but are not limited to being the VP…
March 15, 2022

Culture vs. Performance

Walter had one nagging notion all week, and here is where the focus of this shorty will be. He will discuss his thoughts on why people accept mediocrity and explain it by citing core values and culture. Listen in as Walter s…
March 8, 2022

Qualifying MQLs with Nate Tutas

To continue the How to Think About Sales series, Walter welcomes Nate Tutas for the third time. In this episode, Walter and Nate tackle topics on qualifying leads and MQLs, to put them into the sales pipeline. Tune in to kno…
March 1, 2022

What Salespeople Should Know About Marketing with Susan MacConnell

LinkedIn is a professional social network. You can look for new clients, build professional connections, and discuss other business-related topics with people of the same interest. But is LinkedIn an important tool of the tr…
Feb. 22, 2022

Coaching Winning Sales Teams with Lynn Pickford

What is the key to coaching a successful sales team? How can you ensure that your team’s performance is optimized for greater results? For today’s episode, Walter welcomes Lynn Pickford. Lynn is the author of Coaching Winnin…
Feb. 15, 2022

Creating a Podcast Community with Corinna Bellizzi

Is it difficult to start a podcast? Walter and Corinna prove it isn’t. In this episode, Walter discusses Corinna’s journey from starting small in podcasting to creating her own podcasting community. Corinna also talks about …