The B2B Revenue Executive Experience · 2026-01-27 · 53 min
Sales transparency in B2B sales has become a competitive advantage that accelerates deals, improves forecasting, and builds long-term customer trust. In this episode of The B2B Revenue Executive Experience, host Cory Cotten-Potter is joined by Todd Caponi, Founder of Sales Melon, to discuss how transparency, behavioral psychology, and historical sales practices can transform your approach to selling, negotiating, and building lasting customer relationships. Drawing on behavioral science, sales history, and real-world executive experience, Todd explains why buyers trust imperfection more than polished pitches, and how revealing trade-offs, pricing logic, and constraints actually increase win rates and deal velocity. Todd Caponi is a seasoned C-level sales leader, author, sales historian, and one of 400 active Certified Speaking Professionals worldwide, as well as the founder of Sales Melon. He’s also the Chief Sales Historian and Nerd at The Sales History Podcast . Todd is also the author of The Transparency Sale , The Transparent Sales Leader , and the Four Levers Negotiating .
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