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Famous Chris Murray Quotes

“When your pipeline is full – with business coming out of your ears – the notion of people asking for a discount will sound hilarious, because you’ll already be at capacity”

“We all need salespeople with humility, honesty, integrity, empathy and an old-fashioned work ethic that ensures the job gets done.”

“Get up in the morning on a mission to save prospective clients from the shabby, ill-fitting, overpriced and worthless alternatives that those charlatans - who are your competition - are trying to get away with flogging them.”

“Explain the value and justify the cost - People don’t mind paying; they just don’t like to overpay.”

“Don’t tell me you’re passionate about your job – show me that you’re passionate about helping people like me.”

“We all need salespeople who deliver value that wasn’t there before they arrived.”

“The salesperson you’d ideally like to be and the salesperson you’d like to encounter as a customer should roughly be the same, shouldn’t they?”

“Salespeople who think that it’s all about price aren’t required: If it can be sold on the internet at the lowest price, you can take the huge cost of a sales team out of the equation.”

“Remember: when you walk into a DIY store to buy a drill, you don’t want the drill. Your end goal is to make a hole and, in order to achieve this, you have to buy the drill.”

“If what you sell doesn’t help me then why are you knocking on my door?”

“Think about it: if someone had found a way to manipulate human choice and free will – if someone actually had that kind of power – wouldn’t it be a tad surprising if they then decided to share their secret with the masses in a book for $20? Not to mention how it would be just very slightly unethical.”

“Focusing on Earning the Right will have an incredible effect on the success of every single sales call that you will make from this day on.”

“We all need salespeople who help people with the same enthusiasm shown by a small child describing the best Christmas present EVER”

“Solving the problem means helping the customer to understand why you’re the best person for the job”

“If you don’t earn their trust at the beginning, they sure as hell won’t trust you with their money at the end.”

“In many instances, the words “sell” and “influence” are completely interchangeable.”

“Asking the appropriate questions means understanding exactly what your customer is trying to achieve”

“Earn the Right - Ensure you put this chunk of Sales Tetris in place first and all the other pieces just take their own positions naturally.”

“22% of current business-to-business salespeople will be replaced by search engines within the next five years.”

“We all desperately need brilliant sales professionals far more than ever before – to help us, guide us, keep us informed and stop us from making diabolically stupid buying decisions.”

“We all need salespeople who understand the problem and can deliver a solution that works brilliantly for both sides.”