Understand Customer Acquisition

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If you want to sell what you've built, keep it simple.

NewStop lying!
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Stop lying!

How honesty can become a tool in customer acquisition

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7 Sales Myths Costing Founders Real Revenue
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7 Sales Myths Costing Founders Real Revenue

Two sales leaders break down the common advice that sounds right, kills momentum, and leaks deals across your pipeline.

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You’re not selling anything
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You’re not selling anything

How one re-frame can change the way you approach customer acquisition

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Simple Customer Acquisition
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Simple Customer Acquisition

How you can create a system that turns strangers into buyers (as a small business)

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Simple Closing: The 3+1 method
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Simple Closing: The 3+1 method

After 13 years in sales this is how I end every sales call (and I think it's the best method for every "not salesperson")

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Customer Acquisition Strategy in Three Questions
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Customer Acquisition Strategy in Three Questions

It sounds like it needs a degree. It needs three questions.

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9 Questions That Turn a Boring Service Into a Compelling Offer
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9 Questions That Turn a Boring Service Into a Compelling Offer

A hotel, a slow elevator, and a psychology student

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Great Sales: Foundation Offer II (Premium)
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Great Sales: Foundation Offer II (Premium)

How to Make More Money Without More Customers

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The End of Sales
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The End of Sales

Why AI Destroys Trust (And Why This Is Good News For You)

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Great Sales: The Foundation Offer (Part 1/2)
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Great Sales: The Foundation Offer (Part 1/2)

How to get great at selling even if you have 0 talent

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Read this before the next time you let a warm lead go home to think about it. Time kills deals.
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Read this before the next time you let a warm lead go home to think about it. Time kills deals.

Why giving prospects time to think is costing you customers you already won — I learned this the hard way.

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Great Sales: Door Offer
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Great Sales: Door Offer

A Door Offer Can Change Your Conversion

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Every business has three levers to grow. Most entrepreneurs only know one.
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Every business has three levers to grow. Most entrepreneurs only know one.

Advertising is the one lever everyone knows. Here's what the other two look like — and why they don't cost a cent.

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What do you do when your service is brilliant, but your customer doesn’t know they have the problem it solves?
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What do you do when your service is brilliant, but your customer doesn’t know they have the problem it solves?

You stop selling to everyone and start selling to someone.

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