Yesterday I was sleeping in bed at 7am next to my beautiful wife.  I was awoken by not one, not two, but three text messages in a row.  With it being so early I assumed one of my friends or clients needed me immediately.  I sprung up out of bed only to see this text message. 

Can you imagine my rage?  I don’t get to sleep past 5am very often.  It just so happened that this guy messages me but crack early with a 3 part text sales pitch.  WTF?  I was not asked “how are you?” or “Are you alive still?” nothing.

I’ll admit, I was quite an asshole to the guy but I felt like he needed someone to be straight with him.  I also felt if he was doing this to me, how many other people where geting hit up?  I might have saved the guy from a bunch of angry ex-friends.  

So the incident got me to thinking…

I started thinking about what common mistakes sales people are making that end up giving the whole sales industry in general, a bad name.  Unfortunately this not the first time I have received a sales pitch as foul as this text.  Because of what I do for a living, I am constantly pitched with biz ops and all sorts of cool stuff.  I’ve had to learn to say “no” over the years and sadly it has become a lot easier due to these types of interactions.

This week’s show is all about the average sales mistakes and how you can avoid making them.  I line everything out in clear format so you can rate yourself on if you are an asshole salesman or a person providing value to clients.  

I also got a private message from a SEO friend of mine Charles Key.  In his message he told me I should live stream the radio show to my youtube channel.  Well I did and I have to say it was pretty cool.  I think I will continue to do a live show once a month.  Thanks Charles.