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A few years ago I ran a poll as part of a webinar I was running on “heart-centred sales”. To my surprise over half of the respondents answered that their biggest sales challenge was “Closing the Sale”. This response was not what I expected, and for me it marked one of those big “Aha!” moments that helped me understand my…
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Today I want to talk to you about why selling your services by the session or by the hour is not only hurting your business, but it’s also hurting your clients. I’ve had two recent personal experiences that have really highlighted this for me and have inspired me to record this video for you. Watch the video or scroll down…
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My client (let’s call her Jane) was having a great sales conversation with a potential client for her Big Leap Programme and it was clear just how much this lady would benefit from working with her. But when she asked “would you like to book your first session?” the client said: “Oh, I would love to…. but I just can’t…
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Today I want to talk about a phrase that I often hear: “I really struggle when it comes to selling myself.” Every time I hear it, I just think: “Ouch, no wonder you’re finding it difficult!” You see, to me the idea of needing to sell yourself, feels like such a lot of pressure. In fact, I would hate it…
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Having taught hundreds of heart-centred business owners over the past decade I know that one area of sales most people struggle with is the whole “following up” bit. You’ll probably recognise it – it goes something like this: You meet someone while networking (this could be online or offline). You introduce yourself with your Captivating Introduction. They indicate that they…
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Ever been working on a really important project and found yourself getting stuck and just not making the sort of progress you want to? This was me a couple of years ago – I had something relatively straightforward to do, but ended up spending a WHOLE day on it – and at the end of that day, I still felt…
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There is a block that is really surprisingly common amongst the types of heart-centered business owners that I tend to work with: Doubting the value that you can bring your clients, doubting your own value, and doubting the value of the work that you do – they’re all slightly different, but closely related. Watch the video or scroll down to…
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I might be at risk of showing my age with this one… but do you remember Zippy from Rainbow? Poor old Zippy, he had a zip instead of lips so when he went “on and on” talking too much his friends would just grab one end of the zip and pull it round to shut him up! Do you need…
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