Tonya Bjurstrom and I had a fun chat about surveys because I love Tonya's latest newsletter, where she said, "When's the last time you took an online survey and thought, Wow! This is great! I feel so valued!"?
How do you start a #buyerfirst relationship with my current customers if they've already gone through a traditional sales process? Is it too late?
Rather than a linear process, I see the collaborative selling model as more layered and cyclical. Like, an onion. You peel back the layers of an onion.
It takes too long for me to personalize my messages myself. How am I supposed to meet my activity levels and book enough meetings if I'm researching every person that I reach out to?
Great question! I hear this actually a lot from SDRs that I work...
I've heard from a lot of people and from some of those that I coach is that this fear that if they do this buyer first approach and their buyer is wrong about how they're seeing their problem or categorizing the solution:
Do you get nervous when you have to talk to your boss or anyone who has authority over you?I mean, most of us do right at least a little bit, but can you guess what's even more nerve-wracking than that? Having your boss talk to someone you introduce...
So what does it mean to be a victim of your habits? Well, it's kind of like when you just lost a whole bunch of weight. And then one day you step on the scale, only to realize that somehow 17 pounds just magically appeared.
I have spent the first week of this year coaching a lot of sellers and a lot of managers. And I have seen to notice this theme that's been coming out this week.
I was sitting here in my kitchen thinking about what is my afternoon snack going to be and what my coaching takeaway of the day going to be?
I have been working with a client for 30 days. So far, she has closed a 10k deal and has 3 more strong opportunities for over $100K/year each. She could reach her 2015 goals before the end of the quarter. When we shared her story with our other...
