HOW IS SALES DIFFERENT THAN PICK UP AND WHY IT FAILS - B2B SALES
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How is treating sales like pickup misleading salespeople?
treating sales like pickup. Pickup is, I'm trying to remember the, what is the method? The mystery method. I remember listening to this book on tape and I was doing it more out of, I was in a relationship at the time, so I had no reason or need for pickup, but I was learning it from a sales standpoint because I was like, can we really get sales down to that level where there is a certain sequence and And the thing is, certain parts you can't. Certainly like pickup is really a five-minute sales call. What you're trying to do is get someone's attention, build some interest, build some curiosity, and start a conversation in a public venue or on the street or somewhere. And yes, they've broken it down into a science and are able to do it.
And the sequence is pretty well known, is pretty simple. But what we're trying to do in sales is a lot more complicated than that. And of course, I did a video and I posted it on LinkedIn. Of course, the sales rep goes, oh, sales is just like that. And he missed the whole point of the video. Yes, you can get someone's attention. You can build a little bit of interest, but you're not selling them. You're not convincing them to take action with that. It gets infinitely more complex. It's like a chess game. It's like when you start a chess game, there's only like, what? 10, 20 possible moves. But as soon as you get into the chess game, two or three moves, what ends up happening is the number of possible moves goes up exponentially, goes from 20 to 200, from 200 to 2,000, from 2,000 to 20,000, from 20,000 to 200,000.
Meaning that all the possible sequences, this is why a computer can beat a human being because they can take into consideration all of those possible moves and the effects of them two or three moves in advance. We can't as human beings. So trying to systematize sales like pickup, like a script, goes away real quick. Why? Because no one gives the prospect, the customer, a script. They react the way they react. And human beings are very different. Yes, there's commonalities. Yes, there's most likelies. And yes, it's worth building out role plays and scripts and sequences. They're utilitarian.
What similarities and differences exist between pickup techniques and short sales interactions?
They're helpful. They're a tool. They're an assistance. They're not a sure thing. They're good for practice, and I encourage you to practice it. And of course, everybody's like, well, can you map it out? And this is why I use a map to money, because you can map out stages, and you can map out prevention, and you can map out statements, questions, and responses, and preventions of things. To a certain extent. Will it work every time? It will not work every time. But is it worth doing? It is. It's a great exercise. The problem is people run into, oh, it didn't work, so it doesn't work. No, it does help, but nothing works 100% of the time. And this is one of the conditioning things as salespeople that mucks us up.
We continually look for something that will work 100% of the time. And we're uncomfortable as soon as it doesn't work. And instead of owning it, instead of learning it, from the lesson that we just paid for, what do we do? We blame the person who taught us that and say it doesn't work. It doesn't work in every case. Nothing does. Nothing ever will. We have to be artists. We have to be performers to understand the context that we are under and pick what we feel will be the best response to try and move us forward. And own it. The minute we relinquish ownership of our choices and our decisions, we are hurting ourselves because what we're saying is it's not my fault that I picked the wrong thing or I didn't read the situation right, which it never will.
We're all human. What we're trying to do is pick the most appropriate, the most likely, and work with it within that context, within understanding what the other person is going through. So trying to treat sales like pickup is misleading us. You can learn the lessons. You can develop the skills. But you can't assume that it's going to work 100% of the time because it doesn't. And everybody wants it to be a science.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How is treating sales like pickup misleading salespeople?
0:00–2:39
2
What similarities and differences exist between pickup techniques and short sales interactions?
2:39–6:16
3
Why can't scripted sequences fully capture complex B2B sales dynamics?
6:16–9:15
4
How should salespeople use scripts and role plays without over-relying on them?
9:15–9:58