In this episode I need to f***ing talk to Peter Anthony.
What if everything about selling is wrong? What if, instead, you try the opposite? The opposite of selling, is building a relationship. Meet Peter Anthony the author of Collabradabra - The Magic Of Collaborative Conversations. Peter works with non-salespeople like engineers, lawyers, and accountants and helps them discover how to build the client business by not selling but by collaborating with clients to build deeper, longer-lasting relationships. He shares with us the most uncomfortable conversation he’s had: with an old-school VP of Sales who thought very differently and relied on bullying instead of relationship-building.
Collabradabra: The magic of collaborative conversations can be found on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Collabradabra-Peter-J-Anthony/dp/064681074X/
"What if everything about selling is wrong? What if you try the opposite? The opposite of selling is building a relationship. Think about yourself: if you feel you’re being sold to you distance yourself from the relationship. What if, instead, you were to get more interested in your clients' outcomes than your own? That’s the essence of Collabradabra. It's about using collaborative conversations to build relationships.”
-Peter Anthony
"Most of the people who are drawn to sales are extroverts, the kind of individuals who are used to talking to others. They’re the kind of people who go to a networking event and come away with every business card in the room. The issue to my mind is that (thus far) they haven’t been rewarded for having fewer, deeper relationships. Introverted people are people who aren’t comfortable having surface relationships. Introverted people make excellent salespeople, excuse they’re going to build fewer, deeper relationships.”
-Peter Anthony
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