Orvel Ray Wilson is co-author of the book, “Guerilla Selling”, and five other books in the “Guerilla Marketing” series, the best-selling marketing series in history. He is a Certified Speaking Professional, a coach to those who want to build their practice as an author, a speaker, and a thought leader. Through The Guerilla Group, he helps professionals build and grow their business by focusing on writing, stagecraft, and marketing. Orvel Ray is Mark Stiving’s personal business coach.

In this episode, Mark and Orvel Ray talk about the former’s newly released book, Selling Value, as they both share stories in all ways connected to his account.

 

Why you have to check out today’s podcast:

• Learn about the importance of translating what matters to your customer into something of real value, like measurable dollars
• Discover what the book, Selling Value, is trying to show salespeople
• Find out how the Guerilla series was able to move a lot of people, including product managers, product marketing, and other VAs

 

“If you're closing more than about 70% of your opportunities, you're not charging enough.”

– Orvel Ray Wilson

 

Topics Covered:

01:55 – The story of how Mark and Orvel Ray met

02:40 – Working with Mark for his book, Selling Value: Taking note of what’s important to your customers

06:19 – What the book is showing salespeople how to do + how the ‘Will I? In which one?’ concept came to exist

10:03 – Orvel Ray’s friend, Jordan, who was able to close an $85,000 deal as he learns from Mark’s book

14:59 – Why should salespeople and pricing people care about selling value?

18:14 – Send Orvel Ray a message and get one free hour of free consultation on how to become a speaker and/or an author.

19:20 – Orvel Ray’s piece of pricing advice

21:43 – What anchoring is all about

 

Key Takeaways:

“Salespeople need to understand how this really works, not only to convey and do the math and show them that this is a good investment, but to do that in terms that are important to them.” – Orvel Ray Wilson

“I might have 100 good reasons why you should buy my product, but your decision is going to hinge on the three or four reasons that you think are important. And if you can isolate what those are and sell to those, then two things happen – one, the sales process is a lot simpler, and your offering is going to be irresistible.” – Orvel Ray Wilson, Guerilla Selling

“Many times, we fail, we lose the sale, not because our product isn't a good fit, or because we don't have superior technology, or aggressive pricing, but simply because we haven't got the customer to make the ‘will I?’ decision in the first place.” – Orvel Ray Wilson

“Just putting this technology in the hands of your sales team is going to make an immediate and measurable impact, as I've already said, and certainly more so than any other sales book I've read recently; and I've read them all.” – Orvel Ray Wilson

“Build value, include everything, load up the table like it's Thanksgiving dinner, and then if you have to talk about reducing your fees, you can take things off the table and still defend your value.” – Orvel Ray Wilson

 

People / Resources Mentioned:

• Selling Value: https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Value-Deals-Higher-Prices/dp/1737655217/
• Houghton Mifflin:https://www.hmhco.com/
• Guerilla Selling: https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Selling-Unconventional-Weapons-Increasing/dp/0395578205/
• Impact Pricing: https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Pricing-Blueprint-Driving-Profits/dp/1483489701/
• Patricia Fripp: https://www.youtube.com/user/PatriciaFripp

 

Connect with Orvel Ray Wilson:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orvelray/
• Email: [email protected]
• Website: https://guerrillagroup.com/

 

Connect with Mark Stiving:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiving/
• Email: [email protected]