Building Relationships During the (Pre)Sales Cycle
Check out Brian Lewis (Homerun Presales Co-Founder and CRO) and Ramzi Marjaba (Founder and Podcast Host of We the Sales Engineers) talk about how to build relationships during the (pre)sales cycle. Critical skills for every SE/SC/SA! 😊
Episode # 253 “Relationships Are Not Built Overnight, But They Start With A Question” covers a lot of ground, including:
✅ Ideas on building relationships with customers
✅ How mindfulness helps in being present in conversations
✅ Approaches to first meetings with potential customers
✅ How to get customers to actually talk
✅ Strategies for talking with customers who don’t seem too eager to talk
✅ How to keep customers talking when they have started to engage
✅ The importance of providing context to your discovery questions
✅ Why the roles of everyone in a sales call should be clearly defined beforehand
✅ How to work smoothly even with team members you don’t easily jibe with
✅ The process of building relationships with customers after the first meeting
✅ The importance of taking notes during calls
✅ Drawing a line between manipulative and helpful behavior
✅ How the pandemic improved how sales are done
✅ The benefits of meeting customers in person
✅ How many meetings it takes to build a “real” relationship with a customer
✅ Balancing the art and science of sales engineering
Link to the show: https://wethesalesengineers.com/253-relationships-are-not-built-overnight-but-they-start-with-a-question/
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