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Episode #333: It's Not What You Sell, It's What You Believe

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Does your customer believe in what you’re selling? Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale offer Julie from Grand Rapids, MI a few tips in today’s Mailbag Monday episode.

They talk about the “belief gap” — the space that exists between what you believe and what your customer believes. As a salesperson, how do you close the gap? How can you help guide them through the path to the sale, especially when that’s the part that makes your buyer the most nervous? 

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan share questions you can ask and ways to think through your own beliefs.  Do YOU truly believe in your product? You will learn Bill and Bryan’s “gut check” method to test the strength of your conviction in what you sell.  

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Episode #332: Declining an RFP

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How do you politely decline an RFP? Veteran sales trainers Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale field an emergency email from a listener who is stuck on the issue of how to say “no” to an existing client. They review the sticky situation from all angles, including corporate politics and regulation issues that may exist in any similar scenario. They walk through the Inner Game principles to determine which elements are at play and how to conquer them.

In this episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, Bill and Bryan make recommendations and provide language you can use when you have to execute the soft let-down to an existing client. You will hear Bill’s trick for creating a mindmap to gain clarity and Bryan’s tips for avoiding possible miscommunication in an email.  You’ll learn how to make yourself more comfortable in diagnosing the real issues and how to handle the situation like a sales expert.

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