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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Changing the World by Knocking On Doors | D2D Con Keynote

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

I had the honor of keynoting Sam Taggart’s D2D conference where I touched on the abundance and philosophy of asking in sales. I’ve knocked on more doors than anyone in sales and what I’ve learned is that people provide the most value to others by appreciating, acknowledging, but most importantly by asking. Dive into the pragmatic side of asking with me as I touch on the best methodologies and strategies to ensure exponential growth and statistical success in sales.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the labor.

0:08.0

Knocking on doors is an ask.

0:11.8

People are afraid to ask.

0:13.6

I did a little bit of consulting for a small company, a guy named Arthur Blank, who

0:18.8

owned the Atlanta Falcons.

0:21.4

He started a company called Home Depot.

0:25.1

And they started to sell warranties, kind of like Best Buy.

0:29.0

It's a great upsell, right?

0:30.5

Here you buy this electronic or appliance.

0:33.2

Here's your warranty for two, three, four years.

0:36.1

Great profit margins on it, and Arthur's no dummy.

0:39.3

He's figuring, Dave, how do I do this?

0:41.1

And at the time, he had three different types of check out.

0:45.0

The consumer check out, the garden check out, and the contractor check out.

0:52.0

And I came in to teach how to ask.

0:56.4

Teach how to ask for the sale.

1:01.2

And it was amazing.

1:02.2

I thought I gave great advice, to be honest.

1:05.6

Arthur came back to me and said, Dave, it's interesting.

1:08.6

He said, you increased our sales 20 percent for those three check outs.

1:17.9

But there was someone there that sold three times as much as all three of the check outs.

1:27.0

And I said, can you introduce him to me?

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