Why Crying In Your Beer is Just a Waste of Good Beer
(Today's post is a rework of an earlier one, focused on trust and reciprocity of emotions). One of the great things about country music is how it speaks to the…
Trust Matters, The Podcast: How to Present Choices to Clients (Episode 7)
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Trust-based Selling, Redux ca 2018
Over a decade ago, I wrote Trust-based Selling. As I said in the opening paragraph, "You don't often hear those two words mentioned in the same sentence." What that book…
Trust Matters, The Podcast: Creating Trust After The Sale, for Account Teams (Episode 6)
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Trust Matters, The Podcast: How to Manage an Untrustworthy Client (Episode 5)
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Can You Ethically Sell to a Friend?
Maybe you have a college classmate in a company your firm would like to sell to. Maybe a neighbor down the street works for an organization you wish you could…
How the Best Leaders Build Trust
Building trust is one of the most important responsibilities facing leaders today. While organizations go to great lengths to establish a culture that encourages trust, it falls upon individual leaders to bring that level of trust to their teams.
Trust Matters, The Podcast: Stepping Up To The C-Suite Client (Episode 4)
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Why You Should Refer Your Competitors to Your Clients
(I dug this out of the old chest; it still holds up). Refer your competitors to your clients in the sales process. Yes, I do mean it. This is not…
Seduced by Tools and Processes
One of my favorite newsletters comes on Sunday mornings from Andy Paul. It’s called The Weekly Sales Fix. (He also does a great weekly podcast). While he focuses mostly on…