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

THE TOP 3 THINGS THIS REP DID TO BECOME GREAT AT B2B SALES

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 6 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0

I talk a lot about us being professional communicators, that it is our job to understand the

0:09.1

client and have the client feel that we understand them, that we get them.

0:16.6

And today's guest has a unique background in growing up in this type of situation where

0:24.6

he was kind of forced into empathy, slow down the communication.

0:31.8

I don't want to spoil the suspense here.

0:35.8

But it's a great example, probably not repeatable by most people.

0:42.1

But if you kind of get it, if you kind of say, okay, why don't I just slow down my communication?

0:51.0

Why don't I really check in with my client during the conversation to ask, did I get that right?

1:01.2

Let me repeat that back to you.

1:03.0

What I heard was these little moments of clarity, because often it's the first time we're

1:12.0

speaking to that person, or it might have been a while since we spoke with that person.

1:17.6

We have to get on to the same wavelength, the same bandwidth, so that we understand and

1:25.9

can build trust, because that's why we have salespeople.

1:31.7

You know, because if it's just passing information, we can have videos and content to do that.

1:38.5

But we still need salespeople.

1:40.8

Why?

1:41.8

Because the client doesn't want to read all the content, wants to talk with somebody, wants

1:48.2

to be interactive, and even I have this challenge with the courses.

1:55.5

Everybody wants to talk about their situation before they buy the course, and I get it.

2:01.2

But the courses, they're kind of priced for self-selection, so I try and give you as

2:06.6

much content as possible, and I do have somebody on the team available for calls.

2:12.9

And people rarely show up with questions.

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