Tonya Bjurstrom from Dirby Solutions joined me for my July #BuyerFirst Ask Me Anything. Tonya and I have gotten into many conversations (both on the phone and on social media) about being #BuyerFirst.
Janice asked, “The research shows that buyers now have a preference for self-service. Is #buyerfirst giving them what they want?” Love this question.
I was talking with one of my coaching clients earlier today. And he said: “You know, I blocked my time to do these things on my calendars. But for whatever reason, it doesn't seem like I actually do those activities in the time that I blocked for”.
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...
How do you handle the constant “No’s” that you're going to get at every step of your sales career? I have three ways that I handle it. I call it the “Expect, Accept & Deflect.
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.
One of the things that I love about my work is that I get to work with every level of the sales organization- from the frontline BDR to the president of the company. And not only sales organizations, but also self-employed and small business owners...
Okay, super quick coaching tip for y'all. Have you ever wondered why our buyers recoil from us? Perhaps it is because we are so often told in sales that it is our job to dig for, discover, and uncover the pain. Then we become so laser-focused on the...
We have to make sure that we're focused on sounding more like a human than our email sequences do. This kind of goes along with the thinking that you have to be able to add more value to the conversation than Google or your website does.
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?
