K2 Sales Podcast

How can you stay “others focused” genuinely make it about them to
build trust, empathy and a strong relationship. Why do so many struggle with this?

Mark Birch, Founder of Enterprise Sales Forum, Community builder, Author of Community in a box, Tech entrepreneur and presently Start up Advisor at AWS joins us on the podcast, #100daysofsales


Mark is no stranger to building community,  The Enterprise Sales Forum, a global community of over 25,000 B2B sales professionals,  share relevant ideas, grow professionally and learn from successful sales practitioners. 

We discuss how being “others focused” helps build trust, empathize with our clients and show our genuine desire to help. As well as  many choose to remain in the comfort zone and stay “me focused”.

Avoid pushing a solution that may not fit. Open dialogue to unleash trust is a difficult skill, listen to Mark's tips to work through this. Frame the right questions, don't be afraid of how and what questions. 

Tap in to your existing customer base as a starting point, a "test bed" for messaging, qualifying and discovery questions to provide more certainty for you and your customer.
Move away from pitching the idea and co-develop, invite them to take ownership of the solution. 


We discuss the importance of knowing your ICP and beyond that a solid understanding of your Buyer Persona. We can further drill down and get more clarity in to their role, motivations, influencers, personal goals etc. leading to a more relevant, personalized and timely message.

Qualification questions, focus on sweet spot, more direct path towards customer success.

Deliverables, what can you put in to practice immediately?

1) Understand industry inside out – what do your prospects care about?

2) Motivation Matrix Framework to visualize what people care about; words, phrases, focus on communication. 

3) Mindset to want to change and desire to achieve something big, even when it's beyond your grasp. Commit to learning and practicing over time, dedicate time to self improvement and skill development. 


Connect with Mark on LinkedIn at Start up Mark, https://www.linkedin.com/in/startupmark/
join Enterprise Sales forum newsletter entreprisesales.substack.com
https://www.community-in-a-box.com/

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How can you  develop a winning mindset and an unwavering sense of self belief to kick off 2021 strong?

John is a Fitness & Transformation Coach, CEO of AthleticAF, Entrepreneur, former Tight End with the Oakland Raiders and the host of a well-known Podcast, The Show with John Madsen.

In this episode, John shares his non-traditional approach to success and how he relied on mindset, self belief and hard work to achieve greatness.

Being in rapport with your conscious and unconscious,  asking yourself the right questions is essential.

He suggests to focus on your:

1) Belief
2) Behaviour
3) Outcome

The reason most people don't succeed is...they start at step 2 and start working through behaviour change. John suggests to take it back a step and create the belief, the vision first. Once this is solidified it will impact and influence the behaviour.


Deliverables, what can you put in to practice immediately?

**Hire  a coach, You don’t know what you don’t know, this could be the very thing holding you back.
If you are unable to do this, here are 3 steps to put in to place immediately:

1) Clarity of desire, what do you want? And WHY do you want it?

2) Focus relentlessly on what you want, this will shape your perspective which becomes your reality.
 
3) Get quiet, ask yourself what do you need to learn in certain situations to get the results you want.
 
Learn more or connect with John:

Instagram @johnmadsenofficial
 www.johnmadsen.com 

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