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The podcast about Effective Communication in Business
Better communication skills will advance your career and business. Are you ready to enhance your understanding and results from better communication? Listen and learn how to deliver Your Intended Message.
Are you willing to cross-examine communication from various perspectives? Would you like to deliver your intended message more effectively?
Listen to Your Intended Message to gain a powerful advantage in your ability to convey your message to your audience, team, clients or marketplace.
Learn from the mistakes and success of communication experts from around the world from different scenarios.
The better communicator has the competitive advantage.
Imagine what that means to you when you improve the success of your next conversation, presentation or message.
Your Host - George Torok
Episodes
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Cold Calling in 2025: Strategies That Still Work
Combining Emotional Intelligence with Artificial Intelligence
Episode 269 (Ashely is based in Indianapolis, Indiana)
In this conversation we explore:
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how AI can serve as a no-cost, personalized sales coach
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why combining emotional intelligence with artificial intelligence strengthens selling skills
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the importance of reviewing your own sales calls to identify scarcity language and missed questions
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how to match your outreach method to the customer’s preferred communication style
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why cold calling still works when it’s targeted and respectful
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the fastest way to build trust in the first 30 seconds of a call
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how to sustain energy and focus during repetitive outreach
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the strengths introverts and extroverts each bring to sales
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ways to confidently discuss money by knowing your value
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why mindset, abundance, and intent matter more than scripts or tools
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About our guest, Ashely Beck Cuellar:
Ashely worked for 17 years selling to car dealers. She believes that natural curiosity is one of the greatest strengths any seller can have.
Learn more about Ashley and the sales workshops at
https://salessparkcoaching.com/
The next 6-month sales coaching programs launches in Oct 2025.
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Key Learning Points
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AI can be a personal sales coach
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Analyze your conversations for missed opportunities
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Match your communication channel to the client’s preference
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Cold calling is still effective when done thoughtfully
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Build trust quickly with honesty
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Energy and resilience are critical in high-volume outreach
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Introverts and extroverts bring different strengths to sales
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Confidently discuss pricing by knowing your value
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Clients often need guidance to make the best decision
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Mindset shapes sales performance more than tools
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Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We’ll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self.
In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.
Your host is George Torok
George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He’s fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.
Connect with George
www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com
https://superiorpresentations.net/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/
https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills
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