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Are you to passive or too aggressive? How you get right in the middle?

In almost every sales process there is, “Controlled tension.” This happens when there is stress around who’s controlling the process, you or the prospect. The reason you should be in control is because you have the solution, but the prospect thinks they should be in control because they have the money. This control tension gives way to the question of, “how assertive should you be in guiding the prospect through the prospect?”

In this episode, Bill and Bryan talk about “Passivity” both from a mindset standpoint and a tactical standpoint.

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In their sales training businesses, Bill and Bryan are both often asked the question, “what is the best sales advice you can give me?”

This is usually a pretty difficult question because no one answer will fit every situation. And, with so many different sales methodologies out there, how can you know what’s best?

On this week’s episode of The Advanced Selling Podcast, they guys decided to step up to the challenge and put together their lists of the best advice they’ve either ever gotten or ever given.

If you have a sales question you want answered, send us a voice recorded message to [email protected] and we’ll answer it on an upcoming episode!

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