Close The Deal .Com Podcast / Entrepreneurs / Franchisors / Sales / Marketing / Franchise Investing
Hosted by Ewell Smith · Ewell Smith
5.0from 8 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 8
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Close The Deal .Com Podcast / Entrepreneurs / Franchisors / Sales / Marketing / Franchise Investing
Most people aren’t stuck—they’re living with broken promises to themselves. This is where that changes.The Close The Deal Podcast features real conversations with high achievers who are facing the decisions they’ve been avoiding and committing to what comes next. Hosted by Ewell Smith. Visit www.CloseTheDeal.com (http://www.CloseTheDeal.com) to put you name on the Close The Deal Board
- Publisher
- Ewell Smith
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Feb 2021
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 198 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The AI Sales Trap: Why Human Connection Still Matters with Christopher Hughes #140 Close The Deal
10 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Private Equity Buyouts: The Risks Business Owners Overlook | John Scott #139 Close The Deal
4 Oct 2026
Your Time Management Problem Isn’t What You Think: Amanda Van Der Heiden #138 Close The Deal
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The AI Sales Trap: Why Human Connection Still Matters with Christopher Hughes #140 Close The Deal
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And some of the negatives could, it could be this repetitiveness of the sameness, the averageness, because when you pull information from AI, you're really pulling an average of everything that's ever been written. And that's dulling down the human interaction. And in sales, if you're automating your calls going out, at a level that everything looks the same, you're just becoming noise, right? And I'm really putting a message out there to people to keep it human. I've also worked in staffing for many, many years. And we're seeing new candidates optimize their resume to beat the applicant tracking system, the AI for the company, while no two humans are speaking. […]
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- Christopher Hughes
- John Scott
- Amanda Van Der Heiden
- Andrew Hurteau
- Sara Skowronsk
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 60
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Who hosts Close The Deal .Com Podcast / Entrepreneurs / Franchisors / Sales / Marketing / Franchise Investing?
Ewell Smith host the show. Published by Ewell Smith.
How often do new episodes come out?
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