Connected Leaders Academy & Schilling Sales and Marketing presents
Sales SurgePerformance System
The sales performance system that turns conversations into customers.
Stop chasing sales. Start creating relationships that lead to sales. A practical sales-development program by Jose Escobar and Scott Schilling.
- 2
- Sales experts
- 2
- Proven systems
- $50M+
- Combined sales
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- System that changes everything
You asked. We delivered.
More than a sales course. A complete sales performance system.
Sales Surge Performance System is built around the human side of selling: connection, trust, communication, questions, confidence, and action.
For years, entrepreneurs and leaders asked Jose and Scott separately to release a sales course revealing everything they know. They never did — until now. Two different styles. Two different approaches. One unstoppable blueprint for closing more deals, increasing profits, and scaling your business fast.
It's designed for sales professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders who want to increase confidence, sharpen skills, build stronger relationships, and create more sales — with less pressure and greater consistency.
What you'll master
The 7-Step Sales Cycle
A repeatable process that carries you from prospecting to closing — and beyond.
Introduction
EMPOWER Your Presentations
Understanding the Selling Cycle
Learn how to engage, organize, persuade, and inspire so your presentations create action — not just information.
01
Explore the Marketplace
Prospecting
Identify the right prospects, research your market, and focus your efforts on people who genuinely benefit from what you offer.
02
Make First Contact
Marketing
Earn attention, make a powerful first impression, and create relationships that open doors.
03
Prep for Success
Qualifying
Master the art of asking questions and uncovering your prospect's true needs, wants, desires, and motivations — before presenting your solution.
04
Offer the Goods
Presenting
Stop the “urge to purge.” Present your solution around what matters most to the prospect and make your offer compelling.
05
Weather the Storm
Objection Handling
Turn objections from roadblocks into opportunities to clarify concerns, build trust, and move the conversation forward.
06
Engage the Sale
Closing
Confidently ask for the order, confirm commitment, and make closing the natural next step.
07
Revitalize Your Future
Gaining Referrals
Discover how satisfied customers can become your greatest source of referrals, introductions, and future opportunities.
Beyond technique
The Human Side of Sales
Sales Surge goes beyond traditional sales techniques to develop the skills that make selling truly powerful.
The Art of Asking Questions
Ask better questions, uncover hidden motivations, expose objections, and guide prospects toward decisions without pressure.
Build Rapport in 90 Seconds or Less
Seven practical steps for quickly creating comfort, connection, and trust with virtually anyone.
The 3 Deadly FEARS
Recognize and overcome the fears that hold both buyers and salespeople back from taking action.
Trust Is the Foundation
Understand what creates trust — and how authenticity, consistency, transparency, and reliability create relationships that produce results.
Effective Communications
Master the words, tonality, body language, facial expressions, and presence that determine how your message is received.
Winning Friends
Build influence through acceptance, empathy, appreciation, and authentic connection.
The Three Absolutes
Understand What's In It For Them, build familiarity and likability, and recognize that people take action when they are ready.
And More…
A dynamic program that keeps growing with “Pop-up LIVE” lessons, spontaneous Q&A sessions, trend announcements, and more.
What you receive
Three distinct value centers
01
Video Lesson Package
Video lessons from Jose, video lessons from Scott, and video lessons from Jose and Scott together.
02
12 Months of Community Access
A full year inside the Sales Surge Community alongside other professionals working the same system.
03
12 Monthly Coaching Calls
Monthly implementation coaching calls with Jose and Scott to apply the system to your real deals.
Sales Surge delivers
Your outcomes
More Confidence
Know what to say, when to say it, and how to say it.
Better Conversations
Replace pitching with questions, listening, understanding, and meaningful dialogue.
Stronger Relationships
Build trust and rapport that extend far beyond a single transaction.
Fewer Missed Opportunities
Identify the real needs, address concerns, and confidently ask for the sale.
More Referrals
Turn satisfied customers into advocates who help you grow.
Greater Sales
Apply a proven, repeatable process that can produce more business at higher margins and with less effort.
Your instructors
Meet Your Instructors
Two founders with more than 70 years of combined sales experience — and one shared conviction about how selling should be done.
Jose Escobar
Founder & CEO, Connected Leaders Academy
Jose builds leaders who can hold a room, ask the harder question, and turn a conversation into a commitment. His work centers on presence, communication, and the leadership habits that make people want to say yes.
Scott Schilling
Founder & CEO, Schilling Sales and Marketing, Inc.
Scott has spent decades teaching a repeatable, human sales process — the kind that produces higher margins with less pressure. He helps sellers understand the customer journey and present to what matters most at every stage of the cycle.
Audience fit
Sales Surge is for you if…
- You want to sell more without becoming “salesy.”
- You struggle with prospecting or generating consistent opportunities.
- You want better conversations with prospects and customers.
- You need greater confidence handling objections and closing.
- You want to build relationships instead of simply making transactions.
- You want customers who become advocates and referral sources.
- You want a sales process you can actually repeat.
The result?
You don't just learn how to sell. You learn how to connect, communicate, build trust, create value, and help people make decisions.
Master the process. Elevate your skills. Build the relationships. Surge your sales.
Enroll today
Multiple payment options
Every option includes the full video lesson package, 12 months of community access, and 12 monthly implementation coaching calls with Jose and Scott.
- Best value
Single Payment
$2,000
Paid in full — one payment of $2,000.
Total $2,000
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$1,125
2 monthly payments of $1,125.
Total $2,250
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$600
4 monthly payments of $600.
Total $2,400
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