Your champion just went silent. That 90% deal just died — and it wasn't killed by the person you were talking to. It was derailed by stakeholders you never knew existed.

Host Jake Dunlap sits down with Gal Agha, CEO of Aligned, to break down why traditional sales methodologies like MEDPIC are failing in today's complex buying environment. With clients cutting sales cycles by 30% and increasing win rates by 15%, Gal reveals what he calls "buying process as a service."

What You'll Learn:

• Why MEDPIC is built for 1950s buyers, not today's complex stakeholder groups
• How to use AI for scenario planning and competitive intelligence
• The difference between hierarchy and "powerarchy" in modern deals
• Why 95% of buying happens without you — and how to influence it
• Tactical frameworks for accommodating vetted, educated, and self-service buyers

Key Takeaway: The future belongs to sellers who deliver "buying process as a service" — becoming an extension of the buyer's team rather than an obstacle to navigate.

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Most sales reps are still doing the bare minimum before a call check LinkedIn, skim a website, then hope for the best. Winners? They’re using AI to prep in under 5 minutes, crush first impressions, and dominate quota.

💡 In this episode, Jake breaks down the exact AI-powered playbook top sellers are using right now:
🔥 Step 1: Use AI to find lookalike leads (and filter out bad fits) 🕵️‍♂️
🔥 Step 2: Personalize outreach with the Triangle Method + pattern disruption 📩
🔥 Step 3: Show up prepared with AI-powered research & killer discovery questions 🧠
🔥 Step 4: Drive momentum with AI-generated recaps + creative follow-ups 🎥

👀 This isn’t theory, it’s what elite sellers are already doing:

✨ Running account research with custom GPTs
✨ Crafting hyper-relevant outreach in minutes, not hours
✨ Closing more deals by standing out in a sea of generic sellers

💥 Key takeaway: AI isn’t replacing sellers, it’s replacing unprepared sellers. If you’re still winging calls, you’re already behind.

👉 Watch now to learn how to 10x your pipeline, quota, and win rate with AI.

We explore how the sales landscape is transforming with AI, requiring leaders to rewire their problem-solving approaches and update outdated methodologies with more effective frameworks like the Four C's.

• Commitment to technology and AI proficiency is crucial for sales leaders to understand what's possible
• Most revenue leaders have outsourced knowledge of tech capabilities to overwhelmed RevOps teams
• The 80-15-5 principle helps leaders balance immediate business needs with future-focused development
• Current go-to-market strategies must evolve beyond outdated frameworks like Predictable Revenue
• Today's outbound approach should focus on meaningful conversations, not just activity metrics
• Customized sales journeys need to recognize different buyer types using the VEX framework
• The "magic email" technique helps identify buyer knowledge level 48 hours before first calls
• Companies are artificially slowing down sales cycles by treating all buyers the same
• MedPick should be used as a deal evaluation framework, not a sales methodology
• INTENT framework (Next steps, Teams, Education level, Numerical priority, Time to impact) addresses modern buying realities
• When implementing new technology, focus on solving top revenue bottlenecks and creating power users

Chris reveals why your sales outreach isn't getting results: the shocking truth is that the bar for effective sales communication has never been lower. While most sellers obsess over volume and automation, they're missing what truly captures attention: pattern disruption.

Studying the world's most persuasive communicators led Chris to develop "eloquence formulas" – strategic combinations of literary devices that make your messages impossible to ignore. Your brain filters out 90% of the patterns it encounters daily, which explains why most sales messages go unnoticed. The key to breaking through isn't just being different – it's being eloquently different.

Dive into powerful rhetorical devices like anaphora (repeating words at successive beginnings), sententia (universal truths), and the rule of three that have influenced audiences throughout history. These aren't just academic concepts; they're practical tools that transform forgettable outreach into compelling communication. Watch as Chris demonstrates how to turn a generic email into three distinctive, high-impact messages using his formula approach.

The conversation also explores how to leverage AI tools effectively by creating custom projects loaded with buyer persona details and prompting for specific literary frameworks. Unlike basic AI users who simply ask for generic outputs, sophisticated communicators push these tools to explore thousands of rhetorical devices and test combinations for maximum impact.

What separates mediocre sellers from exceptional ones isn't just persistence – it's having a bold point of view. Too many sales professionals hide behind permission-based language instead of confidently presenting insights and solutions. Ready to elevate your sales communication? Start breaking patterns, embrace eloquence, and watch your response rates soar.

Connor from OpenAI shares how revenue teams are leveraging generative AI to transform their sales processes and achieve meaningful business outcomes beyond the initial experimentation phase. He outlines a clear pattern among successful organizations: democratizing technology access, investing in AI education, and measuring impact through improved business metrics rather than just time savings.

• Three myths slow AI adoption: needing a massive project, assuming availability equals adoption, and waiting for AI to mature
• Deep research capabilities fundamentally change how sales teams prepare, turning hours of work into minutes
• Sales leaders create personalized "user guides" for team members to help AI tailor coaching approaches
• Projects and custom GPTs serve as "homes" for deal information, enabling better handoffs and customer experiences
• Successful executives sponsor AI initiatives, demonstrate personal usage, and recognize AI champions
• Most powerful implementations progress from individual impact to team impact to organizational transformation
• Future of AI includes "agentic orchestration" where AI becomes the always-on assistant for all work activities
• Frontline sellers will need increased technical aptitude as AI becomes more integrated into sales processes

Start using AI today rather than waiting for perfect understanding—dedicate time to learn this technology as it represents the future of sales. Try one use case at a time and share what you're learning with your team.

Traditional battle cards are costing you deals. While your enablement team spends months creating static competitive guides, your competitors release three new features, leaving your sales team armed with outdated information that buyers can fact-check in seconds.

In this episode of AI-Powered Seller, Jake Dunlap exposes why competitive battle cards are dead and demonstrates his revolutionary AI-powered approach to real-time competitive intelligence that's helping sales teams win 3x more deals against superior products.

Most B2B sales reps rely on generic battle cards when they should be leveraging AI for dynamic competitive positioning. Jake reveals his exact ChatGPT prompt that analyzes competitors in real-time, identifies deal-specific landmines, and provides tactical positioning strategies that traditional sales enablement can't match.

Using a live demonstration with his custom Competitive Intelligence GPT, watch Jake analyze a real competitive scenario between SalesLoft and Gong at Okta, uncovering job postings, integration details, and strategic insights that would never appear in static battle cards.

This competitive intelligence episode covers:

• Why 91% of sales enablement battle cards fail in today's fast-moving market
• The critical difference between knowing features and understanding competitive positioning psychology
• How to identify real-time competitive threats using AI sales tools
• Jake's complete framework for dynamic competitive analysis and deal strategy
• Specific positioning tactics for different competitive scenarios and buyer stages • Warning signs your competition is outmaneuvering you with better information

Every enterprise sales rep, sales manager, and sales enablement professional needs to be running this AI competitive analysis on every deal. The gap between traditional sellers and AI-powered sellers is widening fast - which side will you be on?

📍 Chapters

00:00 Why Battle Cards Are Killing Your Deals

02:27 The Fatal Flaws of Static Competitive Intelligence

05:26 AI-Powered Dynamic Positioning Revolution

08:39 Live Competitive Analysis Demo with ChatGPT

14:24 Real-Time Insights That Beat Traditional Battle Cards

17:34 The Future of Competitive Sales Intelligence

New episodes drop every other Wednesday @ 8 AM CT / 9 AM ET

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Your champion just went silent. That $100K deal you've been forecasting is officially dead, killed by someone in a completely different department you never knew existed.

In this episode of AI-Powered Seller, Jake Dunlap reveals how to use AI for sales stakeholder mapping to identify the TRUE power dynamics in any organization before your deal gets derailed by internal politics.

Most B2B sellers focus on organizational hierarchy when they should be mapping the "powerarchy", the real influence networks that determine whether enterprise deals live or die. Jake demonstrates his exact AI sales prompt that identifies ghost stakeholders, maps informal approval processes, and gives you tactical strategies to navigate complex organizational politics in B2B sales.

This sales AI episode covers:

• Why traditional B2B stakeholder mapping fails in today's complex buying environment
• The difference between your sales champion and THE decision maker (and why it matters for deal closing)
• How to identify the "shadow CIO" and other hidden decision makers using AI
• Jake's complete AI framework for political deal analysis and sales strategy
• Specific discovery questions to ask different stakeholders based on their motivations
• Warning signs your enterprise deal is about to be torpedoed by internal dynamics

Using a live demonstration with ChatGPT for sales, Jake walks through analyzing a fictional deal scenario, watch how AI identifies informal power structures, predicts potential deal blockers, and provides actionable next steps to win the political game in enterprise sales.

Every enterprise sales rep and mid-market seller needs to be running this AI sales process on every deal.

📍 Chapters

00:00 Your Sales Champion Went Silent - Here's Why

02:30 Why Traditional B2B Stakeholder Mapping Fails

05:15 Hierarchy vs Powerarchy: Understanding Real Sales Influence

08:45 Live AI Political Analysis for Sales Deals

15:20 Tactical Next Steps and Enterprise Deal Warning Signs

18:30 How to Future-Proof Against Political Sales Landmines

New episodes drop every other Wednesday @ 8 AM CT / 9 AM ET

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AI won't replace salespeople. It will replace salespeople who rely on templates | AI-Powered Seller EP12

In this eye-opening episode of AI-Powered Seller, Jake Dunlap sits down with Sean Mooney, Founder and CEO of Blue Wave, to explore the uncomfortable truth about AI's impact on sales teams.

While most leaders are panicking about AI replacing their teams, they're missing the real threat: AI will first replace the salespeople who've been trained only to follow scripts and processes without adding unique value.

Sean, who advises hundreds of PE firms and their portfolio companies on AI implementation, shares his insider perspective on:

• Why template-focused sellers are most vulnerable to AI disruption
• How the remote work era eliminated the learning-by-osmosis that created great sellers
• The three critical implementation roadblocks 80% of companies hit with AI
• Why creativity is becoming the most valuable skill in modern selling
• How custom GPTs are eliminating the need for complex prompting

If you're a sales professional worried about your future or a leader wondering how to implement AI effectively, this conversation provides the strategic framework you need right now.

The skills that make sellers irreplaceable in the AI era aren't what most think. Discover what they are in this must-watch episode.

📍 Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Sean Mooney

02:15 The Template Generation Problem in Sales

05:40 Who AI Will Replace First (And Why)

10:23 Three Implementation Roadblocks to Avoid

15:37 Making AI a Tactic vs a Technology

22:14 Why Creativity Trumps Process

28:45 Custom GPTs and the End of Prompting 34:19 Future-Proofing Your Sales Career

New episodes drop every other Wednesday @ 8 AM CT / 9 AM ET

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