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How To Look Good Selling by Not Looking Good #426

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How To Look Good Selling by Not Looking Good  #426

In this episode we investigate the struggle of being successful at sales and how we let our ego get in the way of success. Why do we that? Too often we have concerns of being embarrassed, saying something stupid and being called out as a pushy seller. When we’re more concerned about how to look good selling, we stop focusing on helping customers. Today we share advice on how to address the challenges of fear and success and instead focus on how the best thing we can do to look after ourselves, is to look after others.

Today’s Chapter: Fear and Success

Success is a dangerous as fear
Both generating shame and laughter,
The worry of looking stupid.
Success and fear are phantoms that arise from the self.
More concerned about how you look,
The seller stops looking.

Today’s Story

It had been a month since Chris started cold calling to set up appointments for Pat. Chris’s numbers were weak and quite frankly borderline unacceptable. Pat became concerned and at the end of the week asked “I can see that you’re not making a lot of dials and when you do connect your calls are very short. What’s going on here?”. “Well” said Chris “I’m just not comfortable calling people out of the blue. I’m trying, and I hope you can see that. But I hate to bother people. Personally I dread getting robocalls. I just don’t feel good about it” 

Pat nodded “I get  what you’re saying. But this is the thing. What we’re doing and what those robocalls are doing are two completely different things. We are only calling people we think we can help. We don’t pitch without first listening  nor do we call at odd hours.  There is nothing to be ashamed of here.

“Instead of focusing on your fear, remember the anxiety they struggle with everyday. Maybe we can help them overcome their business challenges, and help them get a good night’s rest. The only way we can help, is to reach out and ask.

“Keep dialing, in time the fear will fade”.

Take Action Quote

Salman Rushdie is quoted as saying that “Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough and it becomes part of the furniture.” Shame and guilt are founded on the belief that you’re doing something wrong and should be punished for it. But you’re not doing anything wrong here. It’s just misplaced fear. Fear is common is all of us and fear is the seed of growth. Once we overcome our fears, they are forever behind us.

Let me share an insight that has forever changed my view on sales. It’s this: prospective customers secretly hope that you have the solution to their problems. Sure they’re skeptical, that’s understandable. They may appear gruff and guarded. But deep down they would love love love more than anything to have your remove, their pain and anxiety.

It’s tough running a business in a competitive market. Let’s see what we can do to assuage some of that pain. Let’s put this fear in the rearview mirror.

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How to Connect with Pat Helmers at Sales Babble

Sales Babble shares selling secrets for non-sellers.  Masterful selling is understanding what buyers want, assessing if you can help,  showing what you have and helping them to make a decision that is good for their business. See https://salesbabble.com

You can be your authentic self when selling. It’s all about helping others with their pains and desires. I’ve interviewed 100s of sales experts and discuss all things sales: prospecting, qualifying, value propositions, presentations, demos, closing, generating referrals, earning references, upselling, marketing, lead generation, copywriting, and most important the right selling mindset. Stop fearing sales and embrace it. Learn the selling secrets for non-sellers and start making a difference today. Here is the entire back catalog of episodes in the sales podcast.  Look here https://www.salesbabble.com/sales-podcast-free-advice/

This is a production of Habanero Media https://habaneromedia.net

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How Prospects are Friends You’ve Not Met Yet #424

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How Prospects are Friends You’ve Not Met Yet #424

Are you reluctant to pick up the phone? This is not uncommon. We’re taught to fear strangers as kids and as adults we’re afraid to call and bug people. But that’s not the case when you think of family. You don’t think twice of calling your parents, or siblings. But how can you mentally treat strangers like family? That’s the topic for today. How prospects are friends you’ve not met yet.

Today’s Chapter: See Strangers As Yourself

See strangers as yourself.
Trust they will treat you as you would be treated.
Knock on the door
Pick up the phone
Seek rejection,
and leads that come as consequence.
You don’t reap what you don’t sow.

The Master Seller revels in meeting strangers,
The opportunities it may bring.

Today’s Story

Pat and Chris sat in the conference room working on a project. Deep in discussion the phone rang and Pat answered the call. It wasn’t the prospects but instead a random cold call. Pat was nice to the caller and patiently explained they were not qualified to buy, and in fact Pat gave the caller some coaching on how to improve their odds.  

Chris was surprised. First by Pat’s patience and secondly generosity. “Why did you spend so much time with that caller?” Chris asked.

“Oh that’s easy to answer” said Pat. “I see all strangers as friends and family. I expect my prospects and clients to treat me the same way I like to be treated. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. In this persons case I know it’s hard cold calling. Why not be nice to them? When I’m cold calling, I start the conversations like we’re old friends asking about their weekend and what’ on the docket this week. People like that when you do it in a non-creepy authentic manner. Sure some people are rude, but why focus on the negative, when a relationship can lead to a great opportunity? When I meet strangers I just see myself“

Take Action Quote

Will Rogers, the famous Cowboy humorist  from Oologah Oklahoma once said that strangers are just friends he had not yet met. I love this sentiment. One of the problems with treating sales as a numbers game is you start treating prospects like their numbers, vs living feeling people with genuine problems and  desires. I urge you to never lose your humanity and see the whole world as a community.  Treat each stranger like family, give them the benefit of the doubt. Be generous in your listening and do what you can to help them. If you do, you will be pleasantly surprised by the opportunity it brings.

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Go to trywingman.com/salesbabble and get a free trial today. Wingman, your source for actionable sales intelligence. 

How to Connect with Pat Helmers at Sales Babble

See https://salesbabble.com

Sales Babble shares selling secrets for non-sellers. There is no need to be pushy, aggressive or uncomfortable reaching out to prospective buyers. Masterful selling is understanding what buyers want, discerning if you can help,  showing what you have and helping them to make a decision that is good for their business and yours.

You can be yourself when selling. It’s all about helping others with their challenges and aspirations. I’ve interviewed 100s of sales experts and discuss all things sales: prospecting, qualifying, value propositions, presentations, demos, closing, generating referrals, earning references, upselling, marketing, lead generation, copywriting, and most important the right selling mindset.

Stop fearing sales and embrace it. Learn the selling secrets for non-sellers and start making a difference today. Here is the entire back catalog of episodes in the sales podcast.

Look here https://www.salesbabble.com/sales-podcast-free-advice/

This is a production of Habanero Media https://habaneromedia.net

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Networking in the 21st Century on LinkedIn with David JP Fisher #395

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Networking in the 21st Century on LinkedIn with David JP Fisher

David Fisher LinkedIn SalesAre you using social media to build your sales funnel? Is online networking a staple of your selling process? If not you might want to read David J.P. Fishers just published book, “Networking in the 21st Century on LinkedIn”.   In this episode we go live, and visit Dave’s book launching/anniversary party at Sketchbook brewing. Dave shares insights in networking using LinkedIn while sharing a well brewed Oktoberfest.

Just a reminder next week I’ll be announcing great changes here at Sales Babble and Habanero Media.  Stay tuned you won’t want to miss it.

LinkedIn Networking

Sellers struggle with putting themselves “out there”, be it, social media posts, email or cold phone calls. Dave recommends starting with social media. He believes it’s a digital 1st world, but not the only world.

In his new book he shares examples to bootstrap sellers. These examples includes scripts that can be crafter to mirror your personality.

Take Action Today

Be a Sales Sherpa.   Become the trusted advisor for buyers. When they are ready to shop, you will be top of mind. LinkedIn helps sellers build credibility  which is the foundation of trust

How To Find David Fisher

Dave is all over the internet ….

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Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

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Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

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Selling Insight with Stephen Timme and Melody Astley #394

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Selling Insight with Stephen Timme and Melody Astley #394

Salespeople know that they have minimal time to catch an E-level’s interest in a product.  Unfortunately sellers often lead with a product’s benefits, features, and bells and whistles without taking the time to analyze what might be important to the executive they are pitching to.  in this episode  Stephen Timme and Melody Astley of FinListics discuss importance of understanding the needs and desires that motivate E-levels to buy. With selling insight, you can frame a persuasive pitch mapping products to buyer desires.

Buyer Driven Selling Insight

The buying journey has changed with a SaaS based economy.  According to Melody since there are so many stakeholders, sellers need to understand how they think.  In their book they found 70% of buyers  believe the sellers don’t know their business.   They have higher expectations when buying.

Stephen and Melody have created a 7-step selling framework.

    • Find out the primary buyer goal
    • Know what’s going on in the industry
    • Look the financial KPIs executives focus on
    • Map the metrics to your solution benefits
    • Understand specific goals of stakeholders
    • Give insights value solution will bring to the organization with business cases.

Take Action Today

Adopt an executive mindset by learning how executive buyers think. Build credibility by developing financially driven points of view (don’t worry, you don’t need an MBA for this). Communicate with impact by speaking your buyer’s language enable your sales force to understand the industry they are selling in.

First tell them how, then how much.  Get into the numbers later.

  • How To Find FinListics
  • To find Dr. Stephen Timme and Melody Astley of FinListics:

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Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

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Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

If so “babble me” an email here, or if you can’t wait chat Pat now.

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Who Care The Most Sell The Most with Mareo McCracken #393

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Who Care The Most Sell The Most with Mareo McCracken #393

Mareo McCrackenWhat is the true secret if sales success?  According to our guest Mareo McCracken, the secret is caring. Caring for others, caring for results, caring for growth. According to Mareo, those who care the most, sell the most.

Why You Should Care

Mareo wrote the book   for sellers who want to learn to do sales the right way and with the most success as fast as possible. The book helps readers escape adversarial, competitive, self-destructive sales behaviors.  It does it by developing a collaborative, trust-based approach to selling in a way that builds value and trust.

Mareo shares that most sales books teach what to do.  His book teaches HOW to do it. The real differentiator in any deal is the salesperson and how they sell. He challenges sellers to help people find interest, before they show interest.  The best sales professionals inspire growth, creativity, compassion, accountability, and courage.

 

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  • Find Mareo here

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Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

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Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

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Sell Different! with Lee Salz #392

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Sell Different! with Lee Salz #392

Lee Salz Sales Babble

 

Our guest is Lee Salz a leading sales management strategist, bestselling author and CEO of Sales  Architects.  Lee is a three times returning guest with a new book titled Sell Different! All New Sales Differentiation Strategies to Outsmart, Out Maneuver and Out sell the Competition  In this episode  we talk about the strategy side of outreach with the goal of getting your company to stand out from the rest. From the buyers point of view, all vendors look alike. Today we talk about how to beat the competition to win more deals at the prices you want.

Selling Differentiation 16 Day Prospecting

We talked about his process of using email, LinkedIn InMail, phone and texts to engage with prospects. It includes calling at different times of day, mixing of messaging, create curiosity with a cadence that seeks to find a time to connect with your prospect.

Phone Calling and Voice Mail

As in his previous books, Lee is a proponent of using the phone for cold outreach. Odds are your prospect won’t answer so leverage voice mail. Leave messages that spark intrigue; “I’m not expecting you to call me back”. 

To use this system effectively when you get in front of person in real life or on the phone ask clients and prospects advice on what to do, how to add value e.g. where they hang out, what are common industry issues.  Focus on wanting to “meet people like you”.

How To Find Lee Salz

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Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

Image result for linkedinImage result for emailImage result for telephone icon

Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

If so “babble me” an email here, or if you can’t wait chat Pat now.

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Pick Up The Phone and Sell with Alex Goldfayn #391

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Pick Up The Phone and Sell with Alex Goldfayn #391

In this episode Alex Goldfayn returns to babble about his new book:  Pick Up The Phone and Sell: How Proactive Calls To Customers and Prospects Can Double Your Sales.   Alex and I chat about his comprehensive roadmap to one of the most important weapons in any salesperson’s arsenal: the phone. Stop avoiding the phone with emails but instead create a real connection with clients and prospects. Great advice that will have you nodding your head affirmatively the entire time.

Selling Boldly But On The Phone

Previously Alex babbled on the podcast about his  books: Selling Boldly and 5-Minute Selling,  books that  teach techniques to supercharge your sales by making the proactive call the tip of your selling spear. In this book Alex takes this to the next level.  The “phone” is a hidden gem of an app on your phone.

    • Start your by calling clients you already know
    • Always leave a voice message, otherwise they’ll never know you tried
    • Send a text after leave a voicemail, ask “when can you talk….”
    • 2/3 people will call you back and of that group 2/3 will text you back

The best way to warm up is in the morning. Start the day by calling people you already know or at the very least, know your business. The conversation will go smooth and positive. Existing clients love to catch up and learn what’s going on.   Any empathy you share will be MUCH LOVED.

Use the pandemic as a opener. Everyone has a view they want to share.

Take Action

    • You only need to make three calls/day
    • That’s 780 calls /per year
    • If you bump it up to 5 calls, it’s 1300 calls per year.

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We help busy B2B companies  attract new customers and clients through the magic of podcasting! Start your B2B podcast today and grow your brand, authority, influence and trust.

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Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

Image result for linkedinImage result for emailImage result for telephone icon

Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

If so “babble me” an email here, or if you can’t wait chat Pat now.

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Top 100 Sales Skills with Alex Dripchak #390

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Top 100 Sales Skills with Alex Dripchak #390

We’ve had hundreds of authors on Sales Babble. So it begs the question,
if you desire to grow your sales skills, which of the books should you read and which ones should you skip? Our guest Alex Dripchak solves that problem with a new book that surveys 27 best selling authors and then ranks the hundred most critical skills. In this episode Alex and I  babble about the 100 sales skills of the successful sales professional.

Top Three Sales Skills

Alex found common themes among the authors. The top sales skills include:

    • Approach each sales from the buyers point of view
    • Be resilient, there are ebbs and flow with you deals. You will not win all deals.
    • Ask questions wisely and ask carefully in tone and style
    • Don’t focus on closing techniques. These no longer work, especially with complex sales

Take Action

I particularly liked Alex views on the silliness of studying closing techniques. If you’re having an authentic conversation with the prospect and able to show the value of your solution in the context of their pains and desires, they are going to buy! Collectively the two of you will agree this is a good fit. You don’t need tricks and traps to close deals..

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We help busy B2B companies  attract new customers and clients through the magic of podcasting! Start your B2B podcast today and grow your brand, authority, influence and trust.

Download “Why Your Business Needs a B2B Podcast” here.

Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

Image result for linkedinImage result for emailImage result for telephone icon

Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

If so “babble me” an email here, or if you can’t wait chat Pat now.

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The ABCs of Selling Worksheet with Diane Helbig #389

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The ABCs of Selling Worksheet with Diane Helbig #389

Did you listen last week to the ABCs of selling? This week  returning guest Diane Helbig.  Diane shares the ABCs of selling worksheet and focuses on the importance of first selling YOU as a person, then the company, and lastly, the product or service.  Let’s get organized!

Sales Worksheets Mentioned

In the interview Diane and I walked through the following worksheets.  We gave examples on how they can be filled out and used when selling.

    • Why people buy worksheet
    • Top Client characteristics worksheet
    • Top Client origins worksheet
    • 30 second introductions options
    • Discovery meeting questions worksheet
    • e-Newsletter and social media postings
    • Prospect script worksheet

Take Action

During the pandemic it’s been hard to connect with prospects. Use the phone. Call them up and find out first what’s going on with their business. Many companies are struggling, some finding huge success, most challenged by staffing.   Start with asking “how are you?”  Then listen and respond with help if you can.

How To Find Diane Helbig

Diane on Social Media

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Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

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Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

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The ABCs of Selling with Diane Helbig #388

Did you know that the more you think about selling, the less you sell?
Our guest is author and sales consultant Diane Helbig. Diane shares the ABCs of selling and those ABCs are not what you think. Learn how to succeed in selling, without selling.

Don’t Sell Focus on the ABCs

The more you think about selling, the less you will sell. The story arc is that too many non-salespeople are using practices that don’t work and aren’t enjoyable. So they aren’t getting the results they want.

    1. We need to change our mindset about sales.
    2. Curiosity so important
    3. There are better way to network.  Ask how you can help, be curious of their challenges.
    4. Don’t try to make a sale, just try to schedule a meeting

ABC – Always Be Curious

Take Action

Reach out to five people and inquire:

    • how’s business?
    • how’s it going?
    • how are you doing during the pandemic?
    • how are you moving forward?

How To Find Diane Helbig

Diane on Social Media

Thank Our Sponsor Vidyard

Vidyard is an easy-to-use yet powerful video solution that makes it simple to create videos, host them ad-free, share them with others, and track their performance. Whether you’re recording a video for one person or sharing it with the world —– on your website —-, it’s easy to manage your video content. Vidyard’s solution is built for business, with robust analytics, integrations with top enterprise tools,  and customization options that answer businesses’ unique needs

Sign up for Vidyard free account today by going to vidyard.com/babble. Start using Vidyard completely free and as a bonus get their High-Conversion Virtual Sales Playbook.

Thank Our Sponsor Habanero Media

We help busy B2B companies  attract new customers and clients through the magic of podcasting! Start your B2B podcast today and grow your brand, authority, influence and trust.

Download “Why Your Business Needs a B2B Podcast” here.

Sales Consulting To Grow Your Business

Pat helps technology startups and businesses discover the true value they bring to market, find customers who deeply appreciate that value then scale that process to extraordinary profits. We do this with modern 2020 sales and marketing techniques. 

Image result for linkedinImage result for emailImage result for telephone icon

Pushy sales doesn’t work! The key is to build trust over time. What  tools do we use?  LinkedIn, Email and the power of the Voice Mail.

We believe and teach the value of a helping mindset. Your prospective customers have challenges, hopes and aspirations. They need your help. All you need to do is build their trust, and faith, in your organization. Learn  how we help here. Once it’s clear you can help, you will have loyal clients for life. When you bring value you make sales. Or if you’re a startup, learn sales for engineers and skills to promote your new venture.

Got a Question?

Something about today’s episode got you thinking? Do you have a question or a comment you’d like share?

If so “babble me” an email here, or if you can’t wait chat Pat now.

Maybe you’d like to share your musings on the podcast? Leave a voice message here. We’d love to hear your thoughts. Don’t worry about babbling, we prefer it.

Listening Options

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