Traveling Trust
I’m in Munich for a one-day stopover en route to Bucharest. I left New York a day earlier than planned to avoid Hurricane Sandy. And I’m realizing yet again – travel has a way of doing that – what an extraordinary level of trust we all take for granted in our modern world. Yes, the […]
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” – […]
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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.
THE TRUSTED ADVISOR
This classic book explores the paradigm of trust through the filter of professional services. It is a blend of thought and practice, clear ideas and practical suggestions, and it has found a place on many professionals’ working bookshelves.