31 simple sentences that'll teach you more about sales than a $4,995 course:
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“If you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.”
“If you want to make money, you have to help someone else make money.”
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“Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.”
“Establishing trust is better than any sales technique.”
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“Outbound prospecting is all about quality, not quantity.”
“Outbound prospecting is all about quality, not quantity.”
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“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourself.”
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them yourself.”
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“It’s not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to ensure they don’t have the chance to forget you.”
“It’s not your customer’s job to remember you. It is your obligation and responsibility to ensure they don’t have the chance to forget you.”
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“Engaging people is about meeting their needs — not yours.”
“Engaging people is about meeting their needs — not yours.”
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“As marketing converges with customer service and sales, marketing today is more about helping and less about hyping.”
“As marketing converges with customer service and sales, marketing today is more about helping and less about hyping.”
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“No matter how many customers you have, each is an individual. The day you start thinking of them as this amorphous ‘collection’ and stop thinking of them as people is the day you start going out of business.”
“No matter how many customers you have, each is an individual. The day you start thinking of them as this amorphous ‘collection’ and stop thinking of them as people is the day you start going out of business.”
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“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
“Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the mouth.”
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“Treat objections as requests for further information."
“Treat objections as requests for further information."
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“I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.”
“I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes.”
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“One of the best predictors of ultimate success … isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.”
“One of the best predictors of ultimate success … isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how you explain your failures and rejections.”
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“Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.”
“Practice is just as valuable as a sale. The sale will make you a living; the skill will make you a fortune.”
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“I never lose. I either win or learn.”
“I never lose. I either win or learn.”
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“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
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“To build a long-term, successful enterprise, open a relationship when you don't close a sale.”
“To build a long-term, successful enterprise, open a relationship when you don't close a sale.”
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“Value the relationship more than making your quota.”
“Value the relationship more than making your quota.”
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“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.”
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but they don’t quit.”
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“How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.”
“How you think when you lose determines how long it will be until you win.”
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“The best salespeople know that their expertise can become their enemy in selling. At the moment they are tempted to tell the buyer what "he needs to do," they offer a story about a peer of the buyer.”
“The best salespeople know that their expertise can become their enemy in selling. At the moment they are tempted to tell the buyer what "he needs to do," they offer a story about a peer of the buyer.”
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“Do, or do not. There is no try.”
“Do, or do not. There is no try.”
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“Don’t sell the product. Sell what the product can do.”
“Don’t sell the product. Sell what the product can do.”
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“Sales are contingent on the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect.”
“Sales are contingent on the attitude of the salesman, not the attitude of the prospect.”
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“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.”
“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.”
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“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
“People don’t buy for logical reasons. They buy for emotional reasons.”
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“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
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“Nobody likes to be sold, but everyone likes to buy.”
“Nobody likes to be sold, but everyone likes to buy.”
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“There is incredible power in leading with research and leading with relevance.”
“There is incredible power in leading with research and leading with relevance.”
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“90% of selling is conviction and 10% is persuasion.”
“90% of selling is conviction and 10% is persuasion.”
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“Most people think ‘selling’ is the same as ‘talking.’ But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job.”
“Most people think ‘selling’ is the same as ‘talking.’ But the most effective salespeople know that listening is the most important part of their job.”
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
Annnnnd that’s a wrap! 🌯
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