Stop Making a B2B Podcast! Start Making a SALES Podcast.

If your B2B podcast sounds "fine" but nothing ever really seems to come off the back of it, the problem probably isn't the content. It's the label. You need to stop making a B2B Podcast and start proactively designing your sales podcast."B2B podcast" has slowly come to mean a very specific thing. And the moment a show accepts that label, it's off the hook commercially. It doesn't have to do a job. It just has to exist.I'm Neal Veglio, and in this episode of B2B Podcasting Insights, I'm making the case for a completely different framing: the sales podcast.Not a salesy podcast.Not a weekly advert with a theme tune.A show deliberately designed to accelerate a buying decision your ideal customer is already edging toward.Useful linksPodknows Websitehttps://podknows.co.ukSales Podcast Self-Audit (one-page PDF)https://podknows.co.uk/sales-podcast-testB2B Podcast Growth Diagnostichttps://podknows.co.uk/diagnosticPodcast Auditshttps://podknows.co.uk/auditsTimestamped summary00:00 A B2B podcast parody01:32 Why "B2B podcast" has become the wrong label02:38 A LinkedIn company page with a microphone03:24 What a sales podcast actually is (and isn't)04:09 Why marketers flinch at the word "sales"05:51 The B2B dodge and its commercial cost08:14 The three-question sales podcast test11:23 What changes when your podcast earns its keep13:38 Pre-sold prospects and a shorter pipeline15:00 Why most B2B podcasts were built to fail16:08 Founder FAQ — Gareth on first-episode nerves17:54 Quick tip — your cover art isn't a logo19:13 The Sales Podcast Self-Audit and next steps