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The Psychology of Improving With Sales Expert Paul Scheper

Written by Wes Schaeffer | Aug 02, 2022

Be willing to make mistakes...once

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Professional Sales Tips you'll learn today on The Sales Podcast...

  • Author of "The Psychology of Improving From A to Z: The ABC's of Self-Improvement"
  • He gives them away to connect with real estate professionals
  • S.I.T. "Stay In Touch" if you want to succeed in sales
  • Emails monthly
  • Sends a snail mail newsletter
  • His daughter does the real estate side of things
  • He does the loans
  • You must get customers before you even have a database to market to
  • Who has a problem I can solve?

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    • YouTube
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  • He gets on Groups on LinkedIn and engages
  • Certified financial planners, Elder attorneys, etc. is where he posts and engages
  • Be careful not to oversaturate the groups
  • He posts once per week with fresh content
  • Give, comment, like, and acknowledge others
  • Contribute because givers gain
  • "It is in giving that you receive." St. Francis of Assisi
It is in giving that you receive."
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  • His son persuaded him to write a book
  • His son wrote a book when he was 22, "How to Get Focused In a Distracted World" when he was at Chapman and he learned how to focus and got straight A's
  • His son challenged him to write a book after attending his seminars because Paul always had an ABC list on how to grow and improve.
  • Paul doesn't want to write another book because it's hard!
  • Took him two years.
  • You gotta be willing to make mistakes...but never make the same mistake twice.
S.I.T.: Stay In Touch to succeed in sales."
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  • Without a goal, good luck!
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  • "If you don't do anything at all, and you won't hurt my feelings, how is your life going to get better?" Then shut up and listen.
  • Silent and listen are the same six letters.
  • A lot of times they don't trust you.
  • Go find the decision makers.
Seek progress instead of perfection."
  • Be like Larry King and Oprah.
  • Ask open ended questions.
  • Get them to recognize the problem
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  • If you wait for the perfect time, it'll never happen.
  • It's okay. Take a step.

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