

CEO Sales Strategies
Doug C. Brown
Do you want to dramatically increase your sales revenue and have faster company growth? Do you want your business to run smoother, lessen your stress, and be a happier owner or executive? If you are an entrepreneur who wants to scale your business sales by millions, this show is for you!Welcome to the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, where America's number one sales revenue expansion expert, Doug C. Brown interviews CEOs with $5M plus companies to uncover and share actionable tips and strategies behind their bulletproof sales strategies.Is your current sales growth frustrating you? Are your sales numbers so imprecise that you cannot make accurate sales forecasts? Do you think your sales teams or salespeople could do better in finding prospective clients and/or selling more with higher profitably? Want to enhance your hiring process to consistently produce top sales performers for your teams? Do you wish you could sell more to clients with larger revenues?If you have experienced any of these problems, you are not alone. Many companies find themselves stuck in a futile struggle to gain more revenue and profit, get frustrated with their salespeople and sales teams, and find themselves mired in stress, burnout and even hopelessness. You may already own or run a multi-million-dollar business, but it takes quite another leap to turn your company into a major industry player worth tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars.Could there be something you can do about your pitching strategies? How is your sales process looking? Are you hiring the right people in your sales teams? How is your internal talent development? What does your company culture look like? Are your salespeople accountable enough for their numbers and performance? Most importantly, are you in the right mindset to be able to scale your business exponentially? There are but some of the numerous factors in your business that may be holding you back from growing your company beyond its current worth.How badly do you want to finally see a change in your quarters? Will you do whatever it takes to get out of that bind and take your business on a trajectory to become something bigger? Are you sick of waiting at the back of the line to be on par with the A-players in your industry? Are you willing to challenge your beliefs, change your mindset, and take steps to optimize your processes?If you are, then you have come to the right place. There is no better way to learn how to increase your sales than to take it from the people who have gone through the process themselves and succeeded. In this podcast, Doug sits down with owners and CEOs of top-performing companies, who share their failures, struggles, secrets, and processes that are all part of their phenomenal rise beyond the $5 million marks. This is your chance to take these loads of insider information and apply them to your own business!There is no better person to lead you through this learning process than your host, Doug C. Brown. Doug is a business consultant, coach, advisor, author, speaker, and Sales Optimization and Revenue Expansion Expert of Business Success, LLC.He specializes in helping CEOs, executives and business owners recognize their blind spots, discover untapped revenues and profits from within their business, and take positive steps to drive their sales forward. He has been involved in starting over 35 companies and in helping clients ranging from the likes of Tony Robbins, Intuit, Chet Holmes, and CBS Television, to small and medium business owners increase their sales – by up to 862%!There is one thing about the people who have gone past the $5 million dollar mark and keep it growing. They just happen to have learned and used sales strategies that really work! There is no doubt that you have the potential to be next in line – if you have the courage to follow the path they took, one hack at a time. Start your journey here and now!
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Feb 3, 2026 • 41min
The $400K Leak: Is your revenue rotting?
Revenue can be growing while the company is quietly losing value.
Margins thin. Cash tightens. And the math behind your valuation shifts — without triggering alarms.
This is what happens when sales, operations, and finance aren’t economically aligned. Deals close, work gets done, and revenue posts — but EBITDA erodes in small, compounding ways that don’t show up until optionality disappears.
This conversation exposes where value actually leaks inside growing companies, why “healthy” revenue often hides financial risk, and how CEOs end up scaling complexity instead of enterprise value — right up until the cost becomes unavoidable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 28, 2026 • 44min
The Million-Dollar Mistake After You Close
Closing the deal doesn’t create real growth — what happens after does. Most founders make a million-dollar mistake after they close, and they don’t see it until growth gets harder and more expensive.
The biggest risk isn’t losing deals — it’s what happens after you win them. When the post-sale phase resets instead of compounds, growth slows, costs rise, and momentum disappears. This conversation exposes why many businesses get harder to grow after they scale — and what changes when leaders stop treating the close as the finish line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21, 2026 • 48min
From Corporate Burnout to a $21M "Dirty Business" Exit [Episode 221]
Most founders wait too long to sell. Learn why timing, systems, and self-awareness are the real drivers of a high-value exit.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown sits down with Marvin Karlow—former corporate exec turned M&A advisor—who scaled a “dirty business” into a $21M exit.
They dive into why most deals fall apart during due diligence, how burnout silently reduces enterprise value, and what it really takes to pass the "Two-Week Vacation Test."
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ Why most deals die after the Letter of Intent
✅ The "Death Zone" that sabotages 8-figure exits
✅ How to use systems to de-risk your valuation
✅ The #1 question every buyer is silently asking
✅ Why burnout is one of the most expensive mistakes founders make
🎧 Full audio + show notes: https://ceosalesstrategies.com/ebitda-multiple-expansion-strategy
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Jan 13, 2026 • 39min
How Direct Mail Marketing Improves B2B Sales Prospecting and Follow-Up [Episode 220]
Is your outreach being ignored? Try the one channel your competitors have forgotten.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown sits down with Wilson Zehr, CEO of Zairmail, to break down how direct mail is making a powerful comeback in high-ticket B2B sales.
They explore how physical mail can outperform digital in both prospecting and follow-up—and how to do it in a way that’s scalable, personal, and profitable.
You’ll discover:
– Why direct mail builds trust and gets opened
– The 70/20/10 formula behind winning campaigns
– How to blend automation with personalization
– When to use mail for cold vs. warm outreach
– How direct mail fits into a modern outbound sales strategy
If you're relying on 1:1 sales, long-cycle deals, or high-margin offers—this episode is your new playbook.
🎧 Full episode + show notes → https://ceosalesstrategies.com/direct-mail-b2b-sales-prospecting
🎙 Hosted by Doug C. Brown
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Jan 6, 2026 • 32min
How Score-Based Diagnostics Transform Enterprise Sales Prospecting [Episode 219]
Most sales teams don’t struggle from lack of leads.
They struggle from a lack of qualified leads.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown speaks with Maeve Ferguson—founder of The Client Engine™—about how score-based diagnostics and AI segmentation are revolutionizing the way we qualify B2B buyers.
Whether you're leading an enterprise sales team or scaling a high-ticket consulting offer, this episode will help you:
✅ Understand why forms and funnels fail to qualify
✅ Use diagnostics to separate low vs. high-intent buyers
✅ Align sales and marketing on what a real lead looks like
✅ Increase revenue per rep by improving qualification
🔗 Listen to the full episode + show notes:
https://ceosalesstrategies.com/score-based-enterprise-sales-prospecting
About Our Guest:
Maeve Ferguson helps 7- and 8-figure entrepreneurs eliminate wasted time and scale their revenue by building personalized, score-based buyer systems that convert.
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Dec 30, 2025 • 36min
Why Revenue Growth Without Profit Margins Is Killing Business Valuation [Episode 218]
Revenue growth can look healthy while quietly destroying business valuation, EBITDA, and cash flow.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown sits down with profitability strategist Ben Hansen, founder of Profit Doctor, to unpack why revenue growth without profit discipline creates risk instead of value.
Many growing businesses celebrate top-line success while margins erode, complexity increases, and valuation suffers. This conversation challenges the belief that growth automatically leads to profitability — and explains why profit improvement is a CEO-level responsibility.
Ben shares how leaders can identify profit leakage, make focused decisions, and improve margins without relying on aggressive growth.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ Why revenue growth often hides serious profit problems
✅ How low margins quietly destroy business valuation
✅ Why profit decisions must be led by the CEO
✅ The 50/20 rule for rapid profitability improvement
✅ Why cutting what loses money is faster than finding more growth
✅ How improved focus leads to stronger EBITDA and cash flow
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https://ceosalesstrategies.com/revenue-growth-without-profit-margins-business-valuation
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Dec 23, 2025 • 39min
Revenue Growth Through Strategic Thinking: How Better Planning and Resource Allocation Drive Results [Episode 217]
Most revenue problems don’t come from effort or execution. They come from unclear, outdated strategy.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown sits down with strategic thinking expert Rich Horwath to explore how better planning, clearer priorities, and smarter resource allocation drive predictable revenue growth.
Rather than adding more tactics, tools, or pressure, Rich explains how simplifying strategy improves execution, eliminates waste, and aligns teams around how to win.
This conversation is essential for leaders who want growth without complexity—and results without burnout.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✔️ Why strategic thinking—not more activity—drives consistent revenue
✔️ How simplifying strategy improves execution and team alignment
✔️ The eliminate–reduce–increase–create trade-off matrix
✔️ Why reallocating resources accelerates growth faster than new initiatives
✔️ How leaders evolve strategy to stay competitive
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Dec 16, 2025 • 52min
Remote Staffing and Outsourcing Strategies That Help Companies Scale Fast [Episode 216]
What if your next 1,000 hires didn’t require chaos?
In this episode, Doug C. Brown is joined by Pranav Dalal, founder and Chief Disruption Officer of Office Beacon, to talk about what it really takes to scale global teams—without giving up control.
Pranav grew Office Beacon to 5,500+ full-time employees across 4 countries… without outside capital or “unicorn” hires.
What made it possible?
Systems, not superstars.
Inside the episode:
✅ How to structure remote teams for scale
✅ Why bootstrapping forces better decisions
✅ How opposite thinking leads to competitive advantage
✅ The simple habits that keep you from overextending
If your business depends on 1:1 sales, offshore teams, or scaling operations—this episode is your blueprint.
🎧 Listen to the full episode here:
https://ceosalesstrategies.com/remote-staffing-outsourcing-strategies-scale
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Dec 9, 2025 • 40min
The Real Reason You’re Not Scaling — And What to Fix First [Episode 215]
You don’t have a time problem — you have a priority problem.And that’s why your business isn’t scaling.
In this episode of the CEO Sales Strategies Podcast, Doug C. Brown is joined by former $3B CEO-turned-leadership coach John Nieuwenburg to reveal the real reason most businesses stall between $500K and $15M.
They break down:✅ Why founder-led growth hits a ceiling✅ How to step out of “doing mode” and into true leadership✅ What systems to build — and what to delegate — to grow with less effort✅ How to stop being the bottleneck in your own business
If you're overwhelmed, overcommitted, and under-leveraged… this conversation is the wake-up call you need.
Listen now to shift from survival to scale.
Full episode + transcript:https://ceosalesstrategies.com/the-real-reason-youre-not-scaling
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Dec 2, 2025 • 1h 8min
Sales Prospecting and Closing Skills for Fast Business Growth [Episode 214]
Many founders chase revenue—but end up with less freedom, lower margins, and no clear exit.
In this episode, Doug C. Brown sits down with U.S. Marine veteran, executive coach, and bestselling author Richard Walsh to unpack what it really takes to grow a scalable, sellable, and self-sufficient business.
You’ll learn:
✅ The real difference between revenue growth and profit growth✅ How to implement “automate, delegate, eliminate” in a high-performing company✅ Why wrong-fit clients quietly drain your bottom line✅ What it takes to become an exit-ready CEO (even if you’re not selling yet)
If your business depends on your presence—you don’t own a business. You own a job.This episode will show you how to fix that.
🎧 Full show notes + resources:https://ceosalesstrategies.com/sales-prospecting-and-closing-skills
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