Level 3 Selling | 426

Level 3 Selling | 426

Author: Victor Antonio July 3, 2024 Duration: 6:37

The key to success in sales is reaching level three selling activities, which involves proactively identifying and solving customer problems, anticipating future issues, and providing long-term value to the customer.

  • Understand the three types of salespeople and where you fit in the market to differentiate yourself in a competitive market.
  • Differentiation and cost reduction can only go so far, so the key to success in sales is reaching level three sales activities.
  • Level 3 selling is about proactively identifying and solving customer problems, rather than waiting for them to tell you.
  • Level 3 selling involves anticipating and highlighting future problems for the customer, moving beyond just identifying and solving current problems.
  • Understand the market and customer base to provide long-term perspective and value to the customer.
  • Level 3 selling involves predicting and anticipating future problems for customers and guiding them, leading to less focus on price and differentiation.
  • Companies are looking for business partners, not just suppliers, in today's hyper competitive market, so strive for level three selling.
  • A great speaker delivers real content, engages the audience, and motivates them, but the most important thing is to make the client look good, not oneself.

Victor Antonio hosts the Sales Influence Podcast, a resource for professionals navigating a marketplace where customers arrive armed with more information and inherent doubt. The core of the conversation revolves around a central idea: "Finding the Why in How Clients Buy." This isn't about rehearsed pitches or pressure tactics. Instead, episodes dissect the underlying psychological drivers and decision-making processes that actually lead to a purchase. Antonio leverages insights from consumer behavior research and neuromarketing, translating complex studies into practical strategies. Listeners will hear how subconscious biases, emotional triggers, and cognitive shortcuts shape buyer journeys, providing a framework to connect and persuade with greater integrity and effectiveness. The discussions are grounded in real-world application, aiming to equip salespeople, entrepreneurs, and business leaders with a deeper understanding that moves beyond traditional methods. This podcast operates on the premise that influence stems from empathy and insight, not just presentation. By exploring the science behind the sale, it offers a thoughtful perspective for anyone in a role that requires convincing others, making the content relevant across the business and entrepreneurship spectrum. Tune in for analysis that reframes how you think about your client's motivations and your own approach to the commercial conversation.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Sales Influence Podcast
Podcast Episodes
#343 - Sell the Pain [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:46
Loss aversion is real and knowing how to sell the pain of the same over the pain of change is a sales gamechanger.
Incentives in Selling with H. John Mejia, Sales Influence(r) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:39
H. John Mejia works in the 'incentives' business leveraging promotional strategies to get salespeople and employees to pull in the same directions (i.e., growth and profitability). Listen in as he describes what he does…
342- The Ultimate Sales Sin [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:49
Here's the one thing many salespeople do to kill a sale! It's one that's repeated time and time again!
This Week in Sales with Will Barron and Victor Antonio [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:02
EP21 - THIS WEEK IN SALES On this week in sales we'll be looking at: - The Post-Pandemic Evolution of B2B Sales - Mary Shea, Leading Analyst of Sales Technology, Joins Outreach as the First-Ever Global Innovation Evangel…
SDR Chronicle with Morgan Ingram, Sales Influence(r) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:47
If you're an SDR and you want to know what it takes to reach out and connect with new clients, this podcast is for you. Join me as I interview Mr. SDR Chronic(les) and host of Muffins with Morgan on this episode of the S…
This Week in Sales #20 - Victor Antonio & Will Barron [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:03
EP20 - THIS WEEK IN SALES The ever so brilliant @WillBarron and I talk about the following headlines: Only 23% of B2B sales reps say they sell as well virtually as offline - @gartner Can B2B sales be automated, and can b…