Stories of Selling Human Stories of Selling Human Salespeople, Don't Be Afraid To Talk About Yourself - Amy Quick, Territory Account Manager, Fortinet - Sell By Being Human

Episode 27

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2nd Dec 2020

Salespeople, Don't Be Afraid To Talk About Yourself - Amy Quick, Territory Account Manager, Fortinet

Summary:

We sometimes think that you should always let other people talk about themselves and that's true but that doesn't mean it's at the expense of you not letting people know you.

Amy Quick originally came from customer service and she made a living letting her clients new she was a real person trying to solve their very real problems.

This episode we talk about how her parents influenced her conversational style, how to build relationships with stand off ish people, and also how to leverage your personal story in a business context. Like her tagline says, Amy is the most seriously non-serious salesperson you'll meet and she can help you find your own voice in sales.

Key Takeaways by Time!

  • 6:00 - Story of what she learned from watching her mom and Dad connect with higher up people.
  • 11:17 - How Amy's Mum and Dad met at a bar and how it applies to not being afraid of being yourself.
  • 23:40 - Energy Matching: How Amy got an irate customer to calm down and how she solved more than a "bandaid on a gunshot wound."
  • 30:55 - Amy's strategy on LinkedIN and how its evolved or devolved over the years but how its successful for her to gain 20k plus LI followers
  • 40:45 - Why you shouldnt be afraid to talk about yourself in sales.

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About the Podcast

Sell By Being Human
We all want to be heard, seen, and understood. This podcast shares stories of how all humans sell just by being great humans.
I believe that all people want to be heard, seen, and understood. But how do we get people to hear, see, and understand us effectively? Salespeople train themselves on techniques to do this but there are people doing it well without the word sales showing up anywhere in their job title or job description. This podcast is designed to help us hone our human skills, understand subtle similarities between non-sales people and salespeople, and show how we can learn from both groups the next time we need to create change and sell by being human.

You will learn from people throughout all walks of life. Nurses, coaches, janitors, event planners, HR executives, and architects. Just to name a few. We'll contrast them with trained sales people to show similarities and differences. There's an art to human connection and sales. We all do it differently and we can all learn from our every day human interactions.

Please contact me and let me know who you see in your life selling by being human! I want to shine a light on them.

alex.smith@docebo.com
215-622-6670
@asmith202
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexcsmith/

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