Prepare for the Economic Storm
Sales Gravy: Jeb Blount
Jeb Blount
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🗓️ 23 October 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Economic winter is coming. Storm clouds are brewing. And with it is going to be a recession. On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount discusses why you need to prepare right now for the economic storm.
This Time Will Be Different
This recession will be different than anything we’ve recently experienced because we’ll also be dealing with inflation. There will be the potential for the long slog of stagflation in some some economies.
We are still going to have some supply chain issues and interest rates are going to be crazy. If you need to borrow money, it will be painful.
There will be poverty and hunger. People who can’t afford the cost of energy will be shivering in the cold. In the midst of this economic downturn and disruption we’ll be dealing with war and the potential for a nuclear confrontation.
All you need to do is look at your news feed and it’s frightening.
Get Right With Reality
If you are a sales professional, the big question is what should you do to prepare for the storm right now?
Helping you to prepare is one of the key reasons I wrote my new book Selling In A Crisis.
Sales professionals are always on the leading edge of the economy. We are going to get hit hardest by the economic storm and we’re the ones that are going lead the world out of this mess.
The most important thing you can do is to be right now. Focus on what you can control in the present. You’ve got to get right with reality and reality is, winter is coming.
This Ain’t Easy Street
It is not going to be easy. A few months ago your phone’s ringing off the hook today. Today, nobody is going to call you.
Therefore, you are going to need to start hunting to find the money that’s still moving. And there’s always money moving. But it’s going to be a tough grind to find it.
Look around. Half the people that you work with right now won’t be here when we get to the end of this economic downturn. They won’t be willing to step up to the plate and do the hard work.
This ain’t easy street. That’s why you have to get right with reality. Right now and prepare to work harder. Start With Right Now Actions
What can you do right now to:
- get your mindset right?
- get connected to reality?
- let go of your need to find Easy Street?
- protect your income, family and career?
- invest in yourself?
- improve your sales skills?
Rather than worrying, focus on the three things you can control. Your actions, reactions, and mindset.
In Selling In A Crisis Jeb gives you 55 easy to consume tips, techniques, and tactics that are time-tested and proven to help you stay on top when everything and everyone else is down.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the sales gravy podcast. Hi, I'm Jeb Blunt, bestselling author, fanatical prospecting, |
| 0:07.3 | objection, sales EQ, and ink, and I'm here to help you open more doors, close bigger deals, |
| 0:12.6 | and rock your commission check. Last night I got a phone call from Mike Weinberg. |
| 0:26.3 | If you don't know Mike, Mike is the best-selling author of the new sales simplified, |
| 0:31.5 | sales management simplified, and sells truth. |
| 0:34.4 | And Mike's also a really, really good friend. |
| 0:36.9 | And I was excited to get his call because I |
| 0:38.3 | always like talking with Mike. And he called me to tell me that he was excited. He was pumped up for my |
| 0:44.4 | brand new book selling in a crisis. He said, I really think this book is going to be your best |
| 0:49.5 | seller ever. And he's right. I have the same feeling. You know, and look at the tea leaves on this book |
| 0:55.4 | and watch the velocity of sales right now, just how fast the book is selling, the comments |
| 1:01.0 | that are coming in, the random text messages I'm getting from people with hashtags B the Squirrel. |
| 1:07.4 | It's really is exciting to have produced a book that people are really clinging to. |
| 1:14.0 | And I was happy to hear Mike say that because as an author, you're always looking for some validation that what you're doing is the right thing. |
| 1:20.4 | And I started this book back in early July, and I basically sequestered myself for about eight weeks to write the book and then started pushing my publisher to get it on the street because the way publishing works is they want to push books way out into the future to give them time to print it and get the distribution going. |
| 1:38.9 | And I've just been, I'm sort of a pain in their rear end because I'm like, you've got to get the book out right now. |
| 1:44.2 | People need the book. |
| 1:45.0 | They need the book. |
| 1:45.5 | They need the book. |
| 1:46.6 | And Mike was telling me about how many of his clients are starting to hurt. |
| 1:50.3 | He said some of the same experiences that we've had where we've watched some of our customers start pulling back on their spend because they're afraid. |
| 1:58.5 | And then he said something to me that, |
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