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Small business owner? Freelancer? Sole trader? Do you like to get to know people, build relationships, connections, and collaborations? Then #JoinTheHive with Queen Bee Julie Taylor for this in-person networking event and join this supportive community, Buzz Business Networking .
No matter how big or small your company is or where you are in your business journey, building relationships with other business owners can provide you with support and much more.
Included in this session are:
*Talk from an expert speaker
*Meet new people
*A sounding board to spark new ideas
*Get referrals
*Increase sales
September Networking: Stop Guessing, Start Inviting
Sales conversations. Two words that make a lot of founders tense up, and understandably so. Between the fear of sounding "salesy," the pressure to land the deal, and not knowing quite what to say in the moment, it's easy to either push too hard or hold back entirely.
But here's the reality: most sales conversations don't go anywhere because of technique, lack of leads, or the wrong pitch. They go nowhere because nobody quite named what was really happening in the room.
In this hands-on, 45-minute workshop, we'll cut through the guesswork and focus on what actually moves a sales conversation forward. You'll learn to read where someone really is in their decision-making, know exactly what to say or do at that moment, and practise it live on a real conversation of your own, with a partner in the room.
What the session covers:
5 min warm up — the conversation that should have gone well but didn't
10 min learning as a room — the understandable ways sales conversations go wrong, and how to reframe them
15 min practice in pairs — applied to a real, current conversation
5 min share-back — what shifted, and the one line to remember
10 min open Q&A — bring your other sales struggles, time permitting
You'll walk away with:
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