Anthony Iannarino

MAY 23, 2020

You don’t want to be a vendor. The word suggests that you offer something for sale, like a vending machine. You also don’t want to be a preferred vendor, even if that means your dream client gives you more of their business than someone else. It might sound—and feel—better to be described as a supplier, another word that suggests the transactional relationship, one in which you supply something that your clients or prospects need.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 24, 2020

Regression is easier than growth. It’s easy to lower your standards , reduce your effort, and accept something that is “good enough,” a standard you might describe as mediocrity or passable. It’s much more challenging to envision a higher standard, do the work to create that standard, and maintain the new state you have created for yourself.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 26, 2020

Now that many people are working from home, there is a greater need than ever to be your own boss. There is no one there to provide you guidance, and even though we have tools and technology that can help us stay connected to our peers, including our managers and leaders, you are mostly alone. You are left mainly to your own devices (an interesting word that might now be read as literal).

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 27, 2020

Selling is a complex, dynamic, human interaction. Most people—including most salespeople—don’t find it to be easy, starting with the first commitment, the commitment for time to explore change. Most organizations leave their sales force to figure out how to improve their performance, even though their experience provides evidence that this is a poor strategy.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 25, 2020

As this crisis continues, I use the Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle to explain to leaders and salespeople exactly how to speak to their clients and their prospects by looking for signs as to where they are in the cycle. In consultative selling, it is always beneficial to be out in front of your client as it pertains to what they need to know, the things that will impact their business, and what choices they should consider.

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Anthony Iannarino

MAY 28, 2020

You have been—and are still being—conditioned. You have beliefs and behaviors that have been installed in, like an operating system. Much of your conditioning can be likened to a virus in your operating system. Here are a few examples external and internal forces condition your beliefs and behaviors: Outside Forces. The Media: You have been carefully conditioned to pay attention to the news.

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