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July 18, 2024

Buyer Fear in B2B Sales: How to Identify It, Address It, and Win It

The Whale Hunters constantly preach about the The Buyers’ Table and the whale’s fears. Understanding fear is a sales breakthrough. We have detailed processes to help your company’s cross-functional team identify all of the reasons that buyers might be afraid of you, and then detailed methods for creating the fear-busters that will help to put the fears at rest. The bottom line is this: the whales (big company buyers) will not buy your advantages unless you can alleviate their fears.

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February 22, 2011

Is Everyone in the Same Boat on Sales?

Are sales professionals trying to sell out of fear instead of quality? It seems they sell to “stay alive” just because they want to keep their jobs. More than ever, this is when we need to be sure everyone is on the boat! Sales team members can’t be expected to sell alone. If we expect sales professionals to land bigger deals, then we need to send them out with the tools to be successful, and the most powerful one, is a full boat!

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