{"id":12869,"date":"2021-08-03T16:16:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandler.dsstaging2.com\/case-study\/how-to-succeed-at-trials-and-demos\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:09:59","slug":"how-to-succeed-at-trials-and-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/podcasts\/how-to-succeed-at-trials-and-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Succeed at Trials and Demos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mike Montague interviews Hamish Knox on How to Succeed at Trials and Demos. Hamish is a Sandler trainer from Calgary, AB, Canada, and author of Accountability the Sandler Way and Change the Sandler Way, and he was our 2020 David H Sandler Award Winner. 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