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The Brutal Truth about Sales and Selling - We interview the world's best B2B Enterprise salespeople.

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The Brutal Truth about Sales and Selling - We interview the world's best B2B Enterprise salespeople.

Brian Burns

Careers, Business

4.8 β€’ 1.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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0:00.0

When we're involved in a large complex sale, we have several conversations with our clients

0:06.5

over long periods of time, and hopefully more than one person within that account.

0:12.4

And during each of these conversations, because we typically don't get them live, or it's

0:18.5

through email, asynchronous communication, they have the choice to either engage or not

0:25.0

engage.

0:26.0

And they do this for one of two reasons.

0:28.9

When they have to, they need information from you.

0:32.2

They want something transactional.

0:35.7

The other is they want to.

0:38.6

They enjoy talking with you.

0:41.0

They get value out of it.

0:43.2

You're aligned on a purpose and a goal.

0:46.2

You have things in common.

0:49.4

Now if you don't have that, you're in the transactional sales rep category.

0:55.8

If you have that, you're in what I call partners of crime.

1:00.6

Now I wish there was a better description for it, but partners in crime conjures up this

1:07.4

feeling like you guys and gals have something going on together.

1:15.7

It's not malicious, it's not unethical, it is ethical, it's noble.

1:21.8

To try to improve the client's situation, modernize it in some way, automate it, whatever

1:30.4

it is.

1:31.4

It's for the betterment of the company, but the company isn't set up for quick changes.

1:37.4

It's set up for slow or no change.

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