Episode 105

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Published on:

16th Nov 2023

Getting Buyers to Follow Your Journey By Understanding Theirs - Amy Hrehovcik, Sales Coach

Summary

Amy Hrehovcik is a sales coach with 15 years of experience in the technology sector, where she championed the buyer experience, optimized go-to-market strategies, and led teams towards unprecedented growth.

Amy has a proven track record of successfully building and launching sales enablement programs and she is an expert in designing and implementing sales processes and training programs.

She is the co-creator of the Buyer Experience Bootcamp with Andy Paul, teaching reps how to lean into the pillars of Connection, Curiosity, Understanding, and Generosity When Amy was in a full time AE role, she boasted win rates of 75% through some of these tactics.

This episode, we really dig into how Amy communications her intentions to buyers to help guide them along their buying journey. We want buyers to follow our agenda but how do we communicate that without sounding self serving? Amy breaks it down in this episode!

Key moments:

03:20 - Stand out by silencing your own agenda. How to practice connecting.

09:02 - The four pillars of "Sell without selling out"

10:59 - How Amy sets her agenda with her buyers.

14:50 - Creating a safe space for the buyer

22:04 - the three things that every rep must account for in a sale.

25:00 - Gartner's study on the top factors clients have in vendor selction

34:10 - How to shift response in conversation to really listen to understand your buyer

39:00 - Who does this well in Amy's life

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About the Podcast

Sell By Being Human
On the Sell By Being Human podcast, award-winning sales professional Alex Smith provides the proven way to harness your innate human skills like empathy, curiosity, and kindness to learn how to sell and navigate the sales journey.
This is where human connection and sales meet. You may be someone whose success depends on influence, negotiation, and your ability to create change, but you may reject aggressive sales tactics. Maybe you feel stuck in corporate "autopilot," knowing your best asset is your genuine personality, but you struggle to use it to get what you want. Then this channel is for you.

It will teach you how to close the gap between wanting to be ethical and feeling pressured to sell aggressively. You’ll also learn actionable strategies for translating emotional intelligence into high-trust results. Join Alex and top guests, including NY Times bestsellers, keynote speakers, and global founders, as they prove that being truly human is the ultimate sales advantage.

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Alex Smith

Alex Smith is a seasoned sales professional and podcast host who champions a human-first approach to selling. With nearly two decades of experience, he explores how empathy, curiosity, and genuine connection drive influence in everyday life. Through his podcast, he highlights stories from people across all professions, showing that anyone can persuade and create impact simply by being human.