“He’s talkative. He presents so well. He’s a people person. He looks sharp.”
That’s how most people get rolled into sales.
But sales isn’t about charm.
It’s about evidence. About digging till you uncover the one thing no one else has seen.
Spot the overflowing racks from the first floor and slam that photo on page one of your ERP pitch.
Trace high rejection rates back not to machines, but to two managers who stopped talking months ago. Put their photos in your pitch deck.
That’s sales.
A crime scene. A mystery. A case to be cracked.
And you are the detective.
You don’t win by smooth talk. You win in the court of decision makers by presenting evidence that shocks even them.
Next time you step into a sales call, don’t walk in like a showman. Walk in like Sherlock.
And leave them thinking “Damn, how did he know that?”