That's a Wrap!
The Why And The Buy
Well the day has come. This is the final The Why and The Buy podcast, after 5 years, 432 episodes and over 200,000 downloads. Jeff and Christie have a last co-hosting conversation about starting out, what they learned, what they might have changed, what incredible guests they've had, knowledge they've gained, value they've shared, and connections they've made along the way. To all the listeners of the show - a heartfelt thank you! There's no better time to listen to Jeff's premium podcast Use Promo code 2021 and save $20 off your first year.
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Integrity Sells with Todd Caponi
The Why And The Buy
"If the truth won't sell it, don't sell it." This is the favorite quote of today's guest. This is also the second to last episode of podcast, and the final interview. So Jeff reached out to his brother from another sales mother Todd Caponi to have that honor. Todd has written the book on transparency in sales. In fact he's written two. So it's no surprise that the conversation leans into integrity in selling. Why is it so important? It feels good to honest and trustworthy, it helps the sales profession, and more importantly, it sells better. Todd urges people to be honest with prospects...
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Increase Your Outreach Odds with Jason Bay
The Why And The Buy
As the victory lap starts to enter the final turn, Jeff and Christie welcome the foremost authority on outbound prospecting – outbound sales coach and trainer, Jason Bay. Today Jason focuses on opening up opportunities and increasing your odds of getting what you want, AND actually enjoying yourself along the way. How about decreasing the effort by reframing how you think of prospecting, and by making different decisions throughout the process? Jason also discusses the best areas to focus your time, how to place your own time constraints, not thinking of how much you can do, but the least...
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The Revealer with Mike Weinberg
The Why And The Buy
One of Jeff’s longtime best friends steps into the final few rounds of the victory lap! Mike Weinberg, best-selling sales author, trainer, consultant, and speaker is here. The group starts out talking about golf, but then use it as a metaphor for sales, and not being so tied to the securing the outcome that it gets in the way of good thinking and process. They really take a hard look at the discovery process and how to arrive at those moments where you can move someone to a different perspective, and how to unlock the deal. It’s not an interrogation, or a cursory checklist. Mike discusses...
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Bring The Value with Jeffrey Gitomer
The Why And The Buy
The Why and They Buy's victory lap marches on with arguably one of the biggest names in sales, Jeffrey Gitomer. Speaker, trainer, best selling author, including over five million copies of 'The Little Red Book of Selling,' and the man who was the catalyst for this podcast, joins the show. Jeffrey Gitomer doesn’t like shortcuts. In fact he says to “take the long cut.” This is where you will discover the value. That is the consistent theme of today’s show. Bringing the value is about more than money. If you’re a salesperson going to hear someone speak, or taking a course, then you...
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Healthy Conversations with Larry Levine
The Why And The Buy
Another big name and great friend of the show comes in for his leg of the victory lap - Larry Levine. No one knows about selling from the heart, better than him. He literally wrote the book on it. Larry talks about leading with authenticity, empathy and connection, and boils it down to the simple term: healthy conversations. To look at it from the viewpoint of the best conversations you have in your personal life, and bringing those elements to your sales conversations. He explains that salespeople are great with product knowledge and company knowledge, but often lack business knowledge and...
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Intellectual Humility with Anthony Iannarino
The Why And The Buy
So at this point in the show's victory lap, every guest is someone that you have to sit up and listen to. Today's guest is one of those people. Anthony Iannarino is a wise and calm harbor in the turbulent sea of sales. Anthony leads off the show with some tough statistics from the world of sales. People’s feelings about salespeople and salespeople’s feelings about sales. But don't fear, he brings sage advice to weather the storm. Listen to his incredible story of traveling to the Himalayas and how a Tibetan man taught him an invaluable lesson on situational knowledge and informational...
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The Great Sales Reset with Mark Hunter
The Why And The Buy
The victory lap continues with Mark Hunter, The Sales Hunter! On today's show the group kicks it off with a conversation about prospects vs. leads, and how understanding the intricacies and real definitions of these terms is so important Secondly how the amount of each of these will affect your bandwidth, and what type of leads or prospects do you really need to get to your sales goal. Mark suggests working backwards, determining the end result first, and then strategizing how to get there. Jeff starts a discussion on sandbagging which opens up some great insights from Mark on complacency and...
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Time For A Change with Liz Wendling
The Why And The Buy
If you listened to the special show on Monday, you know that The Why and The Buy podcast will be ending at the close of 2021, after five amazing years. Liz Wendling, author, sales consultant and coach, joins Jeff and Christie to kick off the two month “Victory Lap” of shows. And the subject is incredibly timely. The group discusses the importance of putting your time and energy into things that will give you the best returns. Or as Liz puts it, what do we need to put down in our business, so we can pick up something that serves us? You only have a certain amount of time and resources, so...
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Taking a Victory Lap
The Why And The Buy
Today Jeff and Christie are breaking some BIG news. So no spoilers here... Listen and find out! WANT MORE WHY AND THE BUY? Don’t forget to subscribe, rate and review our podcast. It only takes a second and helps us make more podcasts for you.
info_outlineYou know about discovery right? You just ask a bunch of questions that you already know most of the answers to, and bam! Discovery. Well maybe not.
Today's guest admits that discovery was something that he never liked, really understood the reasoning of, and frankly didn't really do. But he also wasn't getting good results. Charles Muhlbauer, Lead Enablement Manager at CB Insights, decided to try something new. Be himself. Ask more personal, disarming questions. Get the prospect to a place where they feel safe and able to actually talk freely about the needs they have and the hesitations they feel. And with this, Charles' sales took off. Listen to some incredibly important and beneficial advice along with some of Charles' uncomfortable sales experiences that forced him to pivot and sharpen his skills.
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