The One Thing You Should NEVER Do on a Sales Call

Many deals are missed because of an easy yet common mistake.

It has a fairly simple fix.

Gong Labs says top sales performers have a talk-to-listen ratio of 43 to 57.

They listen more than they talk.

The problem is that many founders know this but still fall into it.

Here’s why:

  1. Technical brilliance: They overshare because they either think that’s helpful or they’ll impress the lead (but it just overwhelms them).
  2. Overconfidence: Experts don’t realize they left the lecture room and are now in a sales meeting.
  3. Stress: It’s a known coping mechanism to talk too much.

Watch the video for 2 solutions.

Feras Alhlou

Feras Alhlou

Feras has founded, grown, and sold businesses in Silicon Valley and abroad, scaling them from zero revenue to 7 and 8 figures. In 2019, he sold e-Nor, a digital marketing consulting company, to dentsu (a top-5 global media company). Feras has served as an advisor to 150+ other new startup businesses, and in his current venture, Start Up With Feras, he's on a mission to help entrepreneurs in the consulting and services space start and grow their businesses smarter and stronger.

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