The Impact Equation: New Book by Julien Smith and Chris Brogan
Yesterday was the official publication date of Chris Brogan and Julien Smith’s new book, The Impact Equation: Are You Making Things Happen, or Just Making Noise? They are doing some cool promotion for the book; check it out on Julien’s site. Meanwhile, I wanted to get out the word and give readers an early quick review, since I pre-ordered it […]
Trust-based Selling
The goal of most selling is to make the sale. The goal of trust-based selling is to help the customer; the sale is an outcome, not a goal. In trust-based selling, the right time to mention price is when it is useful to the customer to know it. In trust-based selling, you don’t “handle objections” – […]
Trust Metrics: Breaking It Down
How can you measure trust? Consider a simple equation: Trusting x Trusted = Trust In other words: if someone is trusting enough to take a risk (the trustor), and if someone else is trustworthy enough to be worth that risk (the trustee), then when the two parties are a “match” – and you get “trust.” […]
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THE TRUSTED ADVISOR FIELDBOOK
The pragmatic, field-oriented follow-on to the classic The Trusted Advisor. Green and Howe go deep into the how-to’s of trusted business relationships—loaded with stories, exercises, tips and tricks, and deeply practical advice.
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TRUST-BASED SELLING
“Sales” and “Trust” rarely inhabit the same sentence. Customers fear being “sold” — they suspect sellers have only their own interests at heart. Is this a built-in conflict? Or can sellers serve buyers’ interests and their own as well? The solution is simple to state, hard to live—and totally worth the effort.