The Good Advice Podcast: Do Business Better with Blake Binns

#514 - 7 Years of Good Advice

7 years of Good Advice! We're celebrating our 7th year in business this week as we talk about some of the biggest lessons we've learned over the years.

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#513 - Sales Bros Hate This One Sales Objection

Dealing with sales objections can be hard enough... but there's one in particular that a "sales bro" really hates. We talk about it on today's show and how salespeople are missing it. 

 

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#512 - Is Humility Costing You Sales?

Humility is a great quality in business... but is it costing you your next deal? We talk about how humility can be mistaken as a lack of confidence, and the qualities people are looking for when they're willing to invest in the solution they need. 

 

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#511 - Just Another Customer

People never want to feel like they're "just another customer" to a business. Yet time and again businesses fail to show their customers that each one individually matters. We talk small  (and inexpensive) actions to wow your customers on today's episode.

 

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#510 - Managing Customer Expectations

You can do a great job but still end up with an unhappy customer. The reason is because you have to learn how to manage customer expectations, including understanding what they need to know vs. everything you can tell them. We talk about understanding how to present information to customers and avoiding mistakes in being too transparent.

 

This episode is sponsored by Equity Business Solutions. Do you want to make sense of the numbers for your business? From equity, to liabilities and assets, to understanding cash flow... sometimes you need an expert. 

 

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#509 - A Simple Sales Truth to Accept

There's a simple truth to sales that will change how you view every failed sale. Are you really bad at sales? Or are you misunderstanding this basic fact? We talk sales and how one particular door-to-door salesman got it wrong. 

 

This episode is sponsored by Equity Business Solutions. Do you want to make sense of the numbers for your business? From equity, to liabilities and assets, to understanding cash flow... sometimes you need an expert. 

 

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#508 - Now We Have AI Managers

Gallup has said the #1 reason for lost revenue... isn't some failed marketing plan. It's the cost of turnover and how disengaged, unhappy employees are costing you money. And the #1 factor in a high performing employee? It's the Manager. We talk in today's episode how large corporations are turning to AI to manage their people, and how ineffective this is in building a meaningful culture.

 

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#507 - Do Vanity Metrics Matter

Follower count. Impressions. Engagement. As these numbers increase, so does your impact. Or does it? We talk about vanity metrics and how easily these numbers affect our attention in business.

 

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#506 - Here's How to Hire Great Talent

Want to attract great talent for your business? I mean those employees who put in the extra hours, and who really represent the business well? How do you find these people? As you already know, it's not a pizza party. We talk why having a great hiring process is essential to getting the right people in your business.

 

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#505 - The AI Advice Given to 9000 Fired Employees

Microsoft let go 9,000 employees last week, but the worst part of the story came after when a Microsoft executive gave a special kind of advice on how these employees could cope with the job loss. We talk bad habits in management and what great leaders do when things go wrong.

 

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