Paul Mencel

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2,431 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Aug

Paul Mencel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Handcrafted Podcast: The Business of making things · 5 Ways to Get Better at Sales · 10 Aug 2026 podcast

And what you want to do is get them engaged. voice-verified

And that's with you're doing like an email thing. voice-verified

Yesterday I met with somebody in person who came to the shop. voice-verified

And the entire time we were talking story, I was telling them about all the various different pieces we've done, all the different – he was asking me how I started this. voice-verified

So having a conversation around a piece in any way that you can, of course, a lot of you guys get inquiries via Facebook Messenger or email and all that stuff, and it's a little hard to engage and sort of talk story that way. voice-verified

But you need to find your own way to incorporate story into this. voice-verified

Don't just throw a price out. voice-verified

What's going to happen is they're just going to be, okay, thanks. voice-verified

See you later. voice-verified

You want to engage in the conversation. voice-verified

The other thing that's really helpful when they're talking the story is you tell the story and then you ask sort of a question at the end. voice-verified

You ping it back to them so it becomes a little bit more of a dialogue. voice-verified

If you just say $7,000, period. voice-verified

The conversation is over. voice-verified

There's nowhere to go from there. voice-verified

So what I like to do is I'll just say, hey, this is sort of the price. voice-verified

What kind of room are you thinking of putting this in? voice-verified

Where are you located? voice-verified

How big is your family or how many seats are you trying to do? voice-verified

And I try to put that back on them or like what is your aesthetic? voice-verified

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