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

THE 3 THINGS THAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT TO INCREASE SALES NOW IN B2B

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 21 October 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey, if you ever notice that sales isn't getting any easier, I've noticed that too.

0:06.0

No, no, you're wreak a moment there.

0:09.0

But ask yourself this one question.

0:11.0

Is there really something in an email that's going to take you from unaware to interest it?

0:18.0

Hmm.

0:20.0

Hmm.

0:21.0

No.

0:23.0

Look, I own a business and I have probably five to ten things that I'm in market for at any one time and I get lots of email.

0:33.0

Some, let's face it, they're generated by the best of the best.

0:37.0

Some know me, some don't know me.

0:39.0

And I look at them and I'm like, oh.

0:44.0

They just don't get, I'm not going to get that far, even if I'm in market.

0:51.0

Ah, they may tickle a little bit of interest and then you get the, oh, I'm just popping this up to the top.

0:58.0

The days of being able to use an email message or a cold call to take somebody who's unaware of what you do or why they need it or what is it to, okay, I'll take a look at it.

1:14.0

Ah, not so easy anymore, is it?

1:17.0

Why do people hire salespeople then to start conversations, to talk about problems and solutions, to come up with new ideas and possibilities?

1:30.0

That's where the magic happens, it's not in the pitch.

1:35.0

The pitch is when people are already in the shark tank, when they're already sitting there looking for, let me evaluate this pitch.

1:44.0

That's not where everybody is, everybody's trying to get their job done.

1:49.0

So if you want to insert yourself into that workflow, you've got to be able to start a conversation and get a meeting.

1:57.0

Yes, and it's not about you, it's not about the product, it's not even about the problem at first, it's about them.

2:06.0

And so how do you do this magic, Brian?

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