Sales, Psychology, Business, Customers, Decisions
Summary
As leaders, we know it’s incumbent upon us to understand the values and needs of those we wish to lead. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, renowned sales authority Jeff Shore teaches us how to think like a buyer. That and more on today’s show.
Bob's Thought of the Day
You’ll discover:
- What it means to “get inside someone’s head” in a good way, according to David Novak in his book Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen.
- Why “getting inside their head” is the only way one can effectively and sustainably lead and influence others.
- A reminder from Dale Carnegie’s classic How to Win Friends and Influence People: “People do things for their reasons, not our reasons.”
Interview with Jeff Shore
You’ll discover:
- Why it’s the job of a salesperson to make it easy for the customer to buy.
- The value of understanding the psychology of a purchase decision so you can reverse-engineer the presentation to match the way the person wants to buy.
- Why we need to stop thinking that we really understand our customer.
- One of the surprising insights Jeff has learned since he started his podcast.
- What we can understand about ourselves to be better decision-makers.
- Why your customer wants you to win.
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- It doesn’t matter how cool your product is if it’s not a good solution to the customer’s problem. @jeffshore #sales
- We make #decisions emotionally but we back them up with our logic. @jeffshore
- In between our circumstances and our response is a choice. ~Viktor Frankl @jeffshore
Interview Links
JeffShore.com
The Buyer’s Mind Podcast
Sales Leadership Summit 2017
Closing 2.0 by Jeff Shore
Be Bold and Win the Sale by Jeff Shore
Follow Jeff on Twitter
Connect with Jeff on Facebook
Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn
Watch Jeff on YouTube
Resources
Taking People With You: The Only Way to Make Big Things Happen by David Novak
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Sell The Go-Giver Way Webinar
GoGiverSalesAcademy.com
The Go-Giver Leader
TheGoGiver.com
GoGiverSpeaker.com
Burg.com
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