Sales objections happen. Get comfortable with that idea and then understand where they most likely come from so you can be prepared when they happen. In today’s episode of The Business Animal, Kim and Cara break down the three most common objections and give you tips on how to overcome them.

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Welcome to The Business Animal podcast. Saddle up for a

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gallop to the top of the animal industry. Where you'll learn how

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to tame your wild business beast with tips, techniques, and tools

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that will take overwhelm to obedience school and have you

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wagging your tail with joy. And now your hosts Kim Beer and Cara

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Taylor Swift.

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Hey there business animals It's Kim with

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Be More Business,

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and Cara with Fast Horse photography.

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And welcome to The Business Animal Podcast.

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Today we're going to be talking about something that makes

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people uncomfortable, Cara

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Extremely uncomfortable for most people

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So we're gonna be talking about sales,

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Ick. Just Kidding, sales are great.

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We're gonna be talking about sales, nothing

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creepy, just sales, just selling just just selling. I happen to

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be you know, me, I'm the twisted person who actually likes

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selling stuff. I honestly I like selling more than I like

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delivering. It's weird. I know, I'm the exception to the rule.

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But I don't know as though I was always this way. I don't know,

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if I was quite as happy about sales as I've gotten in the last

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like 15 years. I do know a lot of people struggle with this.

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And I have written a little pocket book called The Little

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Book of big sales moves that is available for pre order after

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this episode. And you're going to be learning a little bit

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about what is in the back of that book, which is how to

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overcome objections. So that's basically what we're talking

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about is the part of sales that is the ickiest part of sales for

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people, you know, the the selling if people are just like,

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hey, I want to buy it, it's pretty easy. But when they say I

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have an issue with this, then then you start running into a

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little bit of a problem.

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I know that's the worst part.

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It is. But it can be also fun for you to think

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about how to overcome those. And if you are prepared ahead of

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time, if you think their objections through and you have

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good answers for them. It's really not that hard. And you

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can make so much difference in the bottom line of your business

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and the lives of the people that you serve, whether you're

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selling a product, a service, or you have a nonprofit. So today

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we are going to get talking about how to have those

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conversations around the objections. So the big three for

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this, and then we're going to dive into a lot around these

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three topics are almost all sales objections can fall into

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one of three categories, money, time, or fear. So those are the

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big reasons why people throw up their hands and say no or not

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right now, or I'm not sure when you're having the sales

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conversation with them. And so you need to be prepared to

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address all three of those. Cara which one of these is the one

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that you have the most struggle with?

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I think just from a personal perspective,

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definitely money is probably the biggest one because I have

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historically had an issue where I would think that other people

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couldn't afford things that I maybe couldn't afford, or that

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they don't want to spend money on things that maybe I'm not

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ready to spend money on. And so the biggest thing that I have

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learned over the years is that I have to stop assuming that I

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know what other people's bank accounts look like. And that

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just because when I was in my 20s, or in my 30s, I couldn't

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afford something doesn't mean that somebody else in that

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situation isn't more than willing to purchase something

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that I couldn't afford at that time. So that was the biggest

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thing that I had to you know, and we've had so many episodes

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where we've talked about money mindset and where those things

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come from and all of that. But the big takeaway is that whether

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it's money, whether it's time, whether it's fear, sales

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objections are absolutely going to happen at some point. So as

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business owners in the animal, equine, or pet based industry,

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we have to get comfortable with the idea and then not only get

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comfortable with it, but we have to Okay, okay, so where do they

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come from? And that way when they happen as salespeople as

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people trained to make a living from our business, we can be

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prepared when they happen. And than it's not a huge setback to

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us and instead hopefully we pivot and can grow from it and

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hopefully fingers crossed make the sale anyway.

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Absolutely. And I think the first thing I want to

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start off saying before we jump into that money objection and

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get to talking about it, because I know that's the hot topic on

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everybody's mind is that when it comes to objections, I am going

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to encourage you to shift your mindset around objections when

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they come up in your business. The first thing I want you to do

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is to stop thinking it's about you. So when a customer objects,

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it's not you, you're not the problem, it's something in their

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world, that is the problem. And there is a good chance that

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they're not even aware that it's the problem. And so

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understanding where customers have pushed back and where they

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have objections overall, will help you guide to the

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conversations so that they, at the very least, if they don't

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walk away with your product or service, they walk away with a

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better awareness about themselves and context to

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whatever it is that you're selling. So let's dive into

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money. Are you ready to talk some dollars and cents?

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Do it!

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Do it!

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I'm ready.

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So as Cara mentioned, there is the money

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objection where it belongs to you. So when we look at money,

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objections, they fall into one of two categories, or they fall

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into two typical categories, your money objections or their

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money objections. So we're going to tackle your money objections

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first. If you look at it, when you are selling, and the

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objections come up, because you aren't confident in what you're

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charging for what you're selling. In other words, you

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have questions in your mind or questions in your heart that to

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say this isn't worth it, or you're looking at the person in

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front of you going, you shouldn't be spending your money

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on this, or, you know, I think this is expensive. Is it

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something inside of you that is bringing up that objection? I

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mean, okay, so you know, there's this adage, we're all animal

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people about how animals can smell fear on people, you know,

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somehow secretly, that we're afraid of something or have an

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issue around it. So consumers can sense when you are having

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money issues. And when you're having money issues around being

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able to charge what you've said, you're going to charge or

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charging the entire fee, they're going to have issues in paying

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you. So you got to look at that money issue first and say, Is it

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mine? Or is it theirs. And if it's really yours, you need to

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own it. A very wise woman whose name is Melisa Pearce, one time

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told me to stay out of her wallet. And I wholeheartedly

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believe her. It was when I was quoting a project. And she knew

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that I had discounted at way too much. And when she asked me why

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we had a discussion around it, and that was her advice to me

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was to stay out of her wallet. And if you want to go back and

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listen to more of Melisa's wisdom around money, we've had

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her on the show twice. And she always offers such amazing

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advice that changes people's lives. So that was a big moment

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for me when it really hit me that my money issues in my

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business, my issues and charging people my issues and invoicing

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my issues and getting people to pay the amount that I really

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needed to sustain my business didn't have anything to do with

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them, it had to do with me, they were perfectly happy with it.

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But when we got to the close, and we got to the financial

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amount, I would wafer and they could sense that with me, even

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if I said it outright. So the work for you here, dear

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listener, if this resonates with you is that you have to get your

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head straight around the value of what you're selling. At this

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point in my life and my career, I am confident that what I have

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to offer brings people success, it makes an impact. And it is

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worth far more than what I am charging for it, even though I

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do charge a lot because I can see the success and I can see

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the results that it brings to people. And if you struggle with

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this, you need to take some time and really sit down and figure

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out how your product or service benefits people, and what is the

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real payoff for them. And if you have money issues in your heart

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or in your mind, get with somebody who can help you and I

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will highly recommend myself or other gestaltest who can really

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help you clear those barriers quickly and be able to get your

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mind straight around the money.

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I would add to that a third piece which is

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remind yourself what happens when you don't respect this one.

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When you don't make the money that you need to make when you

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don't stick with your pricing. When you offer a discount before

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you need to offer a discount or because you were feeling guilty

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about something or you were in your own way and you were in

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their pocket instead of where you should have been because

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what happens when for me when I do that is that I get resentful.

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I get frustrated, I want to change my business or I want to

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do something totally different. Because I took a moment and

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disrespected all of the work that I had done to understand

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that my cost of doing business to understand how much I need to

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make to live to understand the value for myself. I went against

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all of that. And now I'm in this position where I've under sold a

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product, I could be not making the money I needed to make I

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could be losing money on a job. I'm just saying, like, take that

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third step too. And remind yourself, you know what happens

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when you don't respect the money?

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Absolutely. I wholeheartedly agree with that.

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And it is so true when you sit and ask yourself that question.

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And if you've come from a world that gets paid hourly, and you

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know, you've had a overview, incorporation, that takes care

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of a lot of the other parts of the business financially, and

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then you get your salary for it moving into being an

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entrepreneur is a true challenge. And this little

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objection piece here can come up, and it'll then show up in

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your customers because they'll not feel you're congruent with

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what you're saying you're charging and what is in your

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heart or in your mind. So just get it fixed. That's the bottom

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line to it, whatever you need to do to adjusted and if you don't

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know what to do find someone that can help you explore that

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until you do know it. The next step of this is if the objection

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comes from your consumer, and this happens, I mean, it happens

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a lot. Right, Cara? I mean, I have had more than once a

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consumer told me, it's just too much for me.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Yeah. And it doesn't matter what your price

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point is,

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no it does not. Changing your price point won't

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fix it.

Cara Taylor Swift:

No, it won't it like I said, it doesn't

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matter if you run a business that has maybe a price point

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that's on the lower end. Or if you run a business where you

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have really high end products, it doesn't matter which way you

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are where you are, there will always be people who are going

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to object to the price and want something cheaper not see the

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value in it one of those things, there will always be someone

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there. So just know that it doesn't matter where your price

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point is, or how much you lower it or how much you raise it you

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will come up against sales objections.

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Absolutely you will come up with objections

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around money. And you'll start to see the clues when consumers

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are having a conversation with you. And you reveal something

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about the price. And they say things like wow, that's

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expensive, or I don't know if I can afford that, then what you

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need to do at this point is to be really concrete in

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establishing the value for what it is that you're selling. So

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you need to help the customer see the benefit of the solution

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that you're providing them not necessarily product sales points

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or service sales points. But what is the true benefit that is

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going to change that consumers life, those changes may be in a

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super small way, or they can be in a super big way. But I can

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guarantee you whatever it is that you're selling offers a

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benefit. And the solution that it's solving that problem in in

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that solution. That's where the value is to the consumer if it

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relieves a pain point, and that consumer doesn't have to

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experience that pain or pinch point that is worth a lot. So

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you know, you've got to help them see that you can offer

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analytics to them, you can show them where the success has

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happened for other people. You can use that testimonials and

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social proof as well as analytics and numbers. And then

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you can also use statistical proof as well. So there's a lot

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of ways for you to really make apparent what the benefit is of

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In addition to that, get curious with them about where the money

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objection is really coming from. So you know, you can say things

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like I understand money can be an obstacle tell me if there's

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anything I could do to bring more value to you and get

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whatever benefit it is that they've stated or whatever

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solution it is that they're looking for. Again, it's not

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really about the price of what it is that you're selling. It's

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about where they are right now. And they'll say things like

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that's expensive, you respond with this, and they say

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something along the lines, you know, I get that and it sounds

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wonderful, but my son just had surgery and you know, we're a

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little financially strapped. Now you understand that it's not

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your product or anything, it doesn't have any correlation

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even to the solution to this situation. It just simply is

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money and at that point, then you can turn around and ask you

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know is there you could offer a payment plan or you can give

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them maybe a discounted lesser choice that is not the same but

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maybe carries them to a certain point in the resolution of

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whatever it is they're experiencing. But in asking

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those questions, what you do is you can get to know your

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consumers better, and you can understand exactly where that

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consumer is coming from. And then at that point, you can try

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to establish a way that you can help them get what they need by

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either bringing more value to it, or by giving them some type

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of an arrangement that will work for them.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Absolutely. I think in terms of money in any

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product that has a higher ticket item, you know, just a reminder,

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and I know we've talked about this in other episodes, but you

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should be building value all along as well. So not just in

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this conversation, it should be something that people are seeing

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across every contact that they have with you, whether that be

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your social media, your blog posts, your website, you know,

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your phone conversations with them, that's something that you

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should be building up to all along. And I would just add, you

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know, Kim mentioned, you know, you Okay, so you've established

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that it really is an issue with money, they've had an emergency

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with their animal, and, you know, maybe they had originally

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thought they were going to be able to make a payment on

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something, and then they can't, that's understandable. And we're

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all human. And we can relate to that, I would just caution that

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you have to be super careful about when you start to mark

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things down, when you start to offer discounts or payment plans

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that you want to make sure you're comfortable with that.

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And it's something that you at the end of the day that that

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works for you. And that potentially is something that's

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gonna set a precedent because I guarantee the time that I offer

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a client a discount on something, it'll be when they

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tell their friend at scheduled to work with me next week that I

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gave them a discount, you know, so I like to just caution

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people, like you want to make sure that you're super

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comfortable with all of that, and that you really understand

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what that's going to do to you and your business in this

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particular case.

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Absolutely. And sometimes you said that about

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not discounting, sometimes bringing just a little bit of

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extra value is all that it takes to get somebody to say yes, like

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I had people approached me about working with me on one of my

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monthly contracts. And there was a really small deal breaker,

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like they wanted a 45 minute appointment instead of a 30

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minute one. And I'm like, You know what, that extra 15 minutes

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if I have you, if you commit to a year with me, yes, it adds up

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over time. But it's 15 minutes here and there, it's not a big

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deal. So it's just a point of figuring out where are you at an

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impasse when it comes to money and value and figuring out if

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you can bridge that gap between the two things and get the

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person into what it is that you're selling it as you know,

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Cara I sold CSI saddle pads, which are an incredible product,

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but they're also an expensive product. And having to establish

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the value for something that on the surface, you could buy an

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equivalent product for well, less than $100. And then saying,

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you know, it's $350, $400. And I think she's even raised the

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price. Again, that was a while ago, you've got to be on the

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ball in helping people understand that and understand

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how the product or service if what they offer, or what you

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offer is really actually more valuable than what it is that

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you're charging them when it comes to the change that it

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makes in their life. So moving on to away from money, which is

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always the big topic into time. So time is another one of these

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factors that people will have objections around. And usually

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this again falls into two different categories. This time

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it's timing as in is this the right moment for the consumer or

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the time that they need to put into attaining whatever solution

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it is that they want. So if you're a business consultant, a

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lot of times you get hit up by number two, because changing a

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business or doing, you know, business coaching or anything

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like that there's some time put into that process on the clients

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end. And if they're having the objection, as in, I just don't

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have the time for this, then there's a issue there that you

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have to solve. And then timing, of course, is this the right

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moment for things. So if the timing is the objection, what I

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recommend you do is you work on figuring out a compromise that

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will make it work. So for example, if your consumer is

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only available on service calls on Saturdays, and you don't work

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on Saturdays, then you're at impasse until something else

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occurs. So maybe the consumer has a vacation day coming up or

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the like or maybe you're willing to open one Saturday a month if

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they commit to a year long service call situation or

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something or for an additional fee, you'll come on that

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particular day. So when you reach the objection, this

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objection, the best thing to do is try to map out a plan with

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the consumer working with them as their partner to eliminate

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whatever the issue is and get to where you can move forward. In

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general. I think timing is a relatively easy objection to

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overcome because it's something that is intrinsically Most of

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the time solvable, what do you think Cara?

Cara Taylor Swift:

Well, I think time is one of those things that

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if it's important, if it's a priority, if it's something you

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really care about, we will oftentimes bend over backwards

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to make the time for things that are really important to us or

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that we've invested in or that we really seek and bring magic

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to a situation or that can solve our problem. So I think being

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flexible is huge. And at the same time, defending your time

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and defending your boundaries should be a consideration. So

Cara Taylor Swift:

absolutely. I mean, I come up against this all the time as a

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photographer, and I've had to be really clear on this as when I

Cara Taylor Swift:

can shoot this is when I'm available. I'm so sorry that you

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waited until November to get your Christmas pictures done.

Cara Taylor Swift:

I've been booked for months like that kind of thing. Like you

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really have to defend it. And recognize that, sure, it's a

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legitimate thing. But it is probably the easier of the three

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that we have here for sure to work around. And if it's

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important to people, they figure it out a lot of times.

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Kimberly Beer:

My thing with you as a salesperson is that if this

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is a customer you really want and there are occasions when

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customers bring this particular objection and you're like, Okay,

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I see that...bye, because you're like, I'm not really sure I want

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to work with this person who is maybe not flexible in some ways.

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And that's just depends on you and your brand and what you're

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willing to do with the situation. But uh, yeah, as Cara

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said, it's one of the easier ones that you can overcome, as

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long as you're willing to get in there and partner with them and

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really get down to the heart of it to see where you can

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eliminate that issue, the one where it's, it's the time the

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consumer needs to put into something to reach their goal.

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That is the aspect of timing that is a little bit trickier to

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overcome, it's usually because the person has some type of a

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block there. And that was I'll tell you, this is the biggest

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reason not the that the objection, but but part of it.

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One of the bigger reasons, I guess I should say that I got

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the certification in the Gestalt program that I went through, is

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because I am able I have this now two years of training where

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I can really in the sales conversation, see where people

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have the block, and I have much better intuition about where

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this particular block comes from. And if it's something that

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maybe they need to continue to gain awareness around until

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they're really ready to work on it, or whether the block and the

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timing issue is really something that they're really ready to

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overcome. But it feels it's actually flowing into number

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three, which is it's just a little bit on the scary side.

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And that Gestalt training has given me the ability to kind of

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reach in there and talk to people about that, especially

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when it comes to my own business where people have to make a

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pretty big commitment to reach their business goals and to make

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the changes at the level of their business and the level of

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their person that sometimes are asked for in in that achievement

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of whatever the solution is that they're looking for. So in this

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one, I feel like I have a little advantage. If you however, don't

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have that advantage, all you can do is go back to establishing

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the benefits of the solution. Again, not necessarily product

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selling points, but the things it's going to bring to the

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consumers life that are going to change them. And honestly, when

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you run into this particular objection, especially if you

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have a higher ticket item, this is the time that you need to

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lean back on your CRM software, which is your customer

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relationship management software to develop nurture sequences and

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just maintaining the contact with them until they're really

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over that block or barrier. And they're really ready to make a

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commitment and there's a lot of great wisdom out there and sales

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books about the moment that that particular thing happens,

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especially in like what I do where people are in their

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business, they're considering hiring a consultant, they look

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at the amount of time that it's going to take to maybe make the

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changes that they want to make. And then they're like, I just

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don't have time for that, I can't see it, but then they go

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back to their business. And situations just get continually

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worse, until the pain really trumps the amount of time it's

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going to take, and they get to the point, they're like, Yep, I

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see, I really need to devote the time to this. And now I'm ready

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to really do that, as a business owner, it's my job to stay in

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contact with them, until that moment really happens for them.

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And now they're ready to work with me, if that moment happens,

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and I have not maintained my contact with them, they're gonna

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hire the next business coach or business consultant that crosses

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their path. And it's gonna be on the back of a lot of my hard

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work. So I don't, I don't like that. And CRMs allow me to

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really stay in contact with people. So in the overcoming

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this objection, I feel like the long game is the really

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important piece here. And that you really need to mindfully set

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your business up for success for achieving that. And to say that

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that only works for things like consulting or services that are

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a higher ticket, I will tell you, this also worked for the

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saddle pad sales. So over time, the seeds that I planted in that

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sales conversations with people around CSI pads, and the

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benefits they offered, especially to people who rode

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multiple horses, or who had high end performance horses who deal

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with a lot of impact in their back, they over time, they

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noticed the things that we talked about in our sales

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conversation keep coming up. And then when the pain point became

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super obvious, they were back at the booth with money in hand,

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and not a lot of complaints about turning loose of it and

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willing to put in the work to learn how to saddle fit their

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horse and get the benefit out of things.

Cara Taylor Swift:

That's such an important piece of the puzzle

Cara Taylor Swift:

there. Because I think when it comes to time, a lot of times as

Cara Taylor Swift:

business owners, we can say, well, that side of things, it's

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really out of our hands, like either they're ready to do it or

Cara Taylor Swift:

they're not or they understand it, or they don't, and we just

Cara Taylor Swift:

need to wait for them to be ready. And that is what you're

Cara Taylor Swift:

saying. However, you're saying you have to use your CRM, you

Cara Taylor Swift:

have to use those tools that you have in order to be in the

Cara Taylor Swift:

forefront for when they're ready. And that's the missing

Cara Taylor Swift:

piece I think a lot of us just forget about or we give up on

Cara Taylor Swift:

them, or we write them off, as opposed to always just being

Cara Taylor Swift:

there. Because at some point, most likely, if they needed it

Cara Taylor Swift:

at one point, they will understand the value it will

Cara Taylor Swift:

come around, I mean, a great example, I have a client that

Cara Taylor Swift:

reached out to me in 2018, for a photoshoot with her horse, and I

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mean, I have our correspondence from 2018 that I could pull up

Cara Taylor Swift:

and you know, I've continued to be out there and in the

Cara Taylor Swift:

forefront will she contacts me in 2021 to photograph that same

Cara Taylor Swift:

horse under completely different circumstances. But it took all

Cara Taylor Swift:

that time for her to get to a place where it made sense or

Cara Taylor Swift:

that she was ready. And she could have used any

Cara Taylor Swift:

photographer, you know, that was there in the area and was

Cara Taylor Swift:

available, but because that relationship had continued

Cara Taylor Swift:

throughout when her time came, even though it was years later,

Cara Taylor Swift:

you know, we were there. I was there Fast Horse was there. So

Cara Taylor Swift:

such an interesting point, because I think a lot of us

Cara Taylor Swift:

would write that side of the time issue off and just say,

Cara Taylor Swift:

well, when they're ready, they'll be ready, you know, or

Cara Taylor Swift:

they're not ready right now, I can't control that. But the

Cara Taylor Swift:

truth is, is you can you do have some control over your presence

Cara Taylor Swift:

there.

Kimberly Beer:

Yeah, and staying present with them and allowing

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them the grace to have the process to be able to complete

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what they need to complete to come to your product or service

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with their whole heart versus feeling like they were dragged

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into it, I think is another piece. So you know, for so many

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of us, I guess we expect sales success to be so immediate. In

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other words, if it doesn't happen right then in there, it

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doesn't happen. And that's not the reality of sales, sales, I

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don't care what kind of business you're in, it's a long game.

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It's something that you are going to be doing often and

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frequently and forever. And all of the work that you do when a

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person walks away from your sales conversation without a

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purchase. Never, ever consider that a failure, you're sending

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that person away with one of two things, you're sending them away

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with the knowledge that your business is not for them. And

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that eliminates a huge weight for you and to them because if

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they purchased it and it wasn't right for them, then it wouldn't

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be a good relationship and it's a benefit that they're walking

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away or you've sent them away with some awarenesses around

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what it is that you have to offer. And now it's just got to

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cook for a little while and it just has to roll around in their

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mindset and they need to think about it and go back into

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whatever it is that drew them into you to begin with. and

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really consider the things that you've said in your sales

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conversation with them. And over time, that will play huge

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factors in their decision to come back and purchase from you.

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And during that time during that process, it is your job to just

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simply be there waiting with the open door and gentle nudges and

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draws back into your business. And that's where your social

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media, that's where your CRM, that's where all of those

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support tools that you all that hard work you put into that,

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that's where then it pays off is that that conversation comes

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back around to you. So I never consider sales conversations

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that don't end in a sale as being a bad thing. I actually

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think that regardless of which of those two things happen, it's

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it's a good thing for your business. And you learn a lot

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along the way as well. Anything else you want to add about time

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before we move on to fear?

Cara Taylor Swift:

Nope, let's move on to fear.

Kimberly Beer:

Fear is another objection that like money can

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really be divided into yours and theirs. And I've already given

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the example of you know, the that people can sense that it is

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very real and palpable, if you have fear of selling whatever it

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is that you're offering. And a lot of times that does have to

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do with our perceptions and values around money. But it can

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be a lot of other things. When you're a brand new business, you

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may be a little concerned, you can't deliver what you've just

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said, you maybe don't have the greatest confidence in what it

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is that you're selling, that's on you to work on fixing that.

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And sometimes it's just practice and experience is all that's

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gonna do to fix it, the remedy is really for you to do your

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emotional and mental work. And again, to really establish for

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yourself the value of what it is that you are selling, if you

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don't believe in it, and you don't believe in it

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wholeheartedly. Your customers are going to know that. And if

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the fear is with your customer, just like with timing and money,

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it this is an opportunity for you to double down on showing

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them the value in the benefits and then also double down on

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staying in contact with them and making sure that as they go

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through their process to resolve that fear that your solution is

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in front of them waiting there for them to pick it up and reap

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the rewards from it.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Absolutely. I think the education piece is

Cara Taylor Swift:

huge here as well. Are there other ways that you can educate

Cara Taylor Swift:

and build confidence in your client, you know, what are the

Cara Taylor Swift:

tools that you've put into place to help instill confidence, you

Cara Taylor Swift:

know, is that something like a money back guarantee, or a great

Cara Taylor Swift:

return policy or customer support along the way, I mean,

Cara Taylor Swift:

these are all things that you can do to help ease the fear

Cara Taylor Swift:

factor. But also, that education piece is huge. A great example

Cara Taylor Swift:

that I have of this is I have been working with a client now

Cara Taylor Swift:

we've worked together a couple times. So the confidence in our

Cara Taylor Swift:

relationship is there. And the value that I provide is there.

Cara Taylor Swift:

However, they had a unique space in their home that they needed

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to fill with artwork. And I had an idea for a particular type of

Cara Taylor Swift:

artwork that I thought we could hang there that would hold value

Cara Taylor Swift:

over time and be a longer lasting product for them. The

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space was a pretty sunny, well lit area. And I was really

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worried that some of my usual products wouldn't stand the test

Cara Taylor Swift:

of time, like I was hoping this piece would for them. So I

Cara Taylor Swift:

decided to try a new product with them that I have wanted to

Cara Taylor Swift:

try for a long time. And they had some fear around that, well,

Cara Taylor Swift:

you know, when we were in your studio, I didn't get a chance to

Cara Taylor Swift:

touch that product to fill that product to, you know, really

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know what it was gonna look like on the wall. So I was able to

Cara Taylor Swift:

educate them with some tools that the vendor provided, which

Cara Taylor Swift:

was awesome. And then I included with that something that I felt

Cara Taylor Swift:

very comfortable with, which is if we get this on your wall, and

Cara Taylor Swift:

it doesn't look exactly like you want it to look, then I will

Cara Taylor Swift:

order the other product for you and save this one as a sample

Cara Taylor Swift:

for my office. And I felt really comfortable doing that because

Cara Taylor Swift:

it wasn't a new product. And I knew this client in terms of the

Cara Taylor Swift:

fear factor, you know, we had an established relationship. So

Cara Taylor Swift:

there are times when you can educate, and then use those

Cara Taylor Swift:

other tools that you have, you know, around you to help with

Cara Taylor Swift:

the fear piece of it. I just wanted to give that as an

Cara Taylor Swift:

example of how you know, I was able to be flexible in that

Cara Taylor Swift:

situation. And I'm excited, you know, to have the new product

Cara Taylor Swift:

and part of the line. But anyway, that was just a great

Cara Taylor Swift:

example I think I had about dealing with the fear and how I

Cara Taylor Swift:

dealt with it in that situation.

Kimberly Beer:

Yeah, that is a great example. Another thing

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that I was just thinking about, as you were saying that that

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helps really assuage fear in clients is social proof. So this

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is a place where if you notice a consumer is feeling a little bit

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hesitant, this is the place to have a really solid set of

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testimonials and customer case studies that you can share with

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them. Even if it's case studies where you're reporting it back

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to them. It's not necessarily even in the customers voice or

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words, where you tell them I, you know, I had a customer who

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was in a similar experience. And you know, Cara could use this,

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if she runs into this, again, she could use the story for that

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she just told you about this client, she could bring that

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story to the person who has the same fear and talk to them about

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the result, which turned out really positive. But social

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proof is a place here where it does bolster confidence in your

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client, it does bolster confidence in consumers that

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haven't worked with you. And it really does do a lot to

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alleviate that fear point for them. Again, when I mentioned

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this, at the top of my very open to this episode, I said, you

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need to be prepared for these things in advance, because you

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are going to run into these three objections, they're going

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to happen in your sales conversations. And I said, you

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need to be prepared. So that really looks like doing your own

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work for each and every one of these and understanding how each

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one of them impacts your clients. And then also

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understanding what tools and resources can you put at your

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disposal when you're in the heat of the moment for a sale to be

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able to help move that sale through these objections? And I

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think that's probably the most critical piece. And then what if

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you can't get a good close at that moment, then what do you

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have already put in place that you can just use as a gentle

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guidance tool to help that consumer find their way back to

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you if they are drawn to you as their solution for whatever

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they're experiencing?

Cara Taylor Swift:

Absolutely. And I would just encourage folks

Cara Taylor Swift:

that are listening, if you want to hear more about this, this

Cara Taylor Swift:

isn't the first time that Kim and I have talked about sales

Cara Taylor Swift:

conversations. Look back to episode number 19, where we talk

Cara Taylor Swift:

about how to get comfortable with sales conversations. It's a

Cara Taylor Swift:

really great episode that gives a lot of examples of the types

Cara Taylor Swift:

of conversations and objections that people might have and what

Cara Taylor Swift:

they mean. And I would definitely suggest hopping into

Cara Taylor Swift:

that episode digging in a little bit deeper in terms of sales

Cara Taylor Swift:

conversations. And then of course, as Kim has mentioned,

Cara Taylor Swift:

she's got her Are you calling it a book or booklet or are you

Cara Taylor Swift:

calling it Kim?

Kimberly Beer:

I'm calling it a little book. It's a little book,

Kimberly Beer:

a little book? Yeah, it's twenty typed pages. By the time it gets

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in the book format, it'll probably be closer to 50 or 55.

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But it's readable within a couple of hours at most. And I

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don't spend a lot of time just rambling we get to the point and

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I really happen to like these small books where if you want me

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to ramble, come read some of my fiction or my poetry, but this

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is to help you get to sales and sales is about getting to the

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point.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Absolutely. And I would say I got to read

Cara Taylor Swift:

the book already. So go ahead and look for her pre order

Cara Taylor Swift:

option. It comes highly recommended. As you know, I've

Cara Taylor Swift:

like I said I've got to preview it already. And it's it's really

Cara Taylor Swift:

good. I think you guys would enjoy it. Is that it for us

Cara Taylor Swift:

today Kim?

Kimberly Beer:

That's it for us today. We've overcome all the

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objections.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Excellent. So you guys, thank you so much for

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you know hanging out with us again today. We really

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