The ONE Factor 99% of Women get WRONG in Sales (and how YOU can get it RIGHT, without being a sleazeball)

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Today’s topic: The ONE Factor 99% of Women get WRONG in Sales (and how YOU can get it RIGHT, without being a sleazeball)

When I review posts, emails, sales pages, any type of offer… the ONE THING that is missing 99% of the time:

->Urgency, a reason to take action NOW.

What else is it??

::A deadline

::An expiration date

::Timers
(You don’t need a fancy plug in)

??????Why is it soooo important??????

Listen in as I give an example from my time in the field selling to businesses…(you will laugh)

HOW WILL YOU USE this ONE factor in your business?

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Welcome to the “S” Word LIVE.

It is Wednesday, twelve thirty p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and we are going to talk sales, Baby. The “S” word.

What is the one factor that ninety nine percent of the women that I work with get wrong in sales and how you can do it right without being a sleazeball? Or what I like to say, a douchebag.

What’s up, Mindy? Mindy might be able to relate.

Is this an 80s term to be like he’s a DB? Douchebag. Anybody, Carrie? Maybe, you know. Have you ever heard the term? He’s a D.B..

Ok, I might have…seriously this is just water. Maybe I wish it were vodka. But even then, I would just be taking a nap. So it’s just water, but I’m just acting a little silly.

I love Wednesdays. I love connecting with you. And I love this topic because this one little thing,

it will change, if you just use this one thing, it will change the number of your bottom line this week.

I guarantee it because this one little thing many people miss.

And whenever I work with this on my clients, they immediately see an increase in their money. When I tell them this one thing. So what is it?

Urgency. In the world of sales

urgency is king. So how do you create urgency without being douchey, or like a sleaze?

Well, you know, because there’s a lot of that out there.

We don’t like those people. So, OK, here’s how it goes. I didn’t take notes cause I get a little crazy sometimes. So what is urgency? It’s a reason to do it now.

So type yes in the comments if you’ve ever responded to a reason to do it now, like Kohl’s cash. Type yes in the comments

if Kohl’s ever got your money or a 13 hour sale at Macy’s. Oh, or

and now some of you may not be old enough to remember this, but the blue light special at Kmart, where the blue light would go off above the bin of like socks and they’re like, you know, nine cents, not ninety nine, like nine cents while the blue light is going.

So the reason to do it now. So many amazing, intelligent, wonderful women that I work with

they’re just like, well, I just forget that part. Okay, great. Let’s fix that. It’s a deadline. It’s this. Price is good until June 8th. I’d be happy to give you that price for this service or this product until June 8th.

So it doesn’t have to be hard or upsetting. It could be one sentence like that.

So another thing, we have Krispy Kreme by us in Detroit and this particular Krispy Kreme right by my house. Hey, Lisa, how are you doing?

Damn you, Kohl’s. I know the Kohl’s gets em. That Kohl’s cash, right? I gotta to go today. It expires.

That is urgency. That is you reacting and responding in an excited, good way for what Kohl’s has injected into their sales, which is Kohl’s cash.

So what is your version of Kohl’s Cash? Like I said, it could be one sentence. Krispy Kreme, like I was saying, has this big sign out front. And when it’s lit up, that means they’re making the fresh doughnuts inside. We live by one of those that has a factory inside and the trucks are all in the parking lot. So they actually ship it to all the grocery stores around us.

And if that is lit up and they’re making them you get a free doughnut.

When you go in, when you go in, do you think you just get the free doughnut and you’re like peace out thanks for the free doughnut? No, of course not. But I can not tell you how many times when we were driving by,

and of course Ben now knows that when it’s lit up it means that,

and we’re like, oh, we’ll just go in and get our free doughnut. And  we’re just lying to ourselves. Lying to ourselves. Mindy, last call. Last call for alcohol.

Right. How?

You know, the first image that came to mind, Mindy, was like barfing on the bar because I took a shot of tequila or something horrible.

Right. Those days are long gone. I would like die if I did that again, but totally. Last call or limited edition or you know what?

All that we see all the time. So why are we, why do we feel bad about doing it? It’s not sleazy. It’s true.

I only have X amount of hours in the day. I only offer one to one services in this package to this many people.

I’d be happy to give it to you if you’re able to, you know, decide by this day, you know, by June 8. It doesn’t feel like right now I’m not trying to high pressure anybody. I’m just trying to let them know that it’s not whenever or if ever.

So it’s a deadline. It’s an expiration date. Who checks expiration dates when they go to the grocery store?

I don’t want the old salad.

Mark and I went to Bora Bora on our honeymoon and it was a really nice resort. But he doesn’t like fish.

And I was like, well, you know, I’ll take some.

I want some snacks to bring back to the room. It was like one of those all inclusive joints. And we were eating these, they’re like little packets that you peel off with like the breadstick and like the fake cheese. OK. So we got married in 1999. We were like three days in and we’d look at the pack and the expiration date was nineteen ninety six.

Yeah. That was fun. I did not get sick because I’m sure it’s not even real food, but expiration dates.

You want to have an expiration date so that people can act by a certain time. It’s happening now and not later. Right?

RSVP. RSVP to a party by this date. But who is bad at RSVPs? A lot of people.

So it’s oftentimes you have to nudge them again. Right? I just hosted a baby sprinkle for my best friend and I didn’t even put an RSVP because I figure no one’s going to respond anyway. So what I did is I just made sure to ask them again. You’re coming, right? Okay, great. Or plan for more. Timers.

I see a lot of people in the online space. You know, they have this fancy timer plug in. Those are great. But I don’t need to invest. I don’t even know how much they are. I haven’t even looked into it. But I see the validity of it. This is the time or it’s good now. But it’s not, it’s not good later. Like you have this many minutes until it’s done.

The point is, is it has to come from a place of genuineness. It can’t be B.S. You know, that’s how I kind of feel maybe a little bit about the plug in timers, but that’s OK as my own personal opinions. The point is they put a timer on it. Congratulations. That is great.

Oh, who else has ever had a friend or a couple that got engaged and never set a wedding date and then they never got married?

I think that’s a bad thing.

But I have lots of friends that are still engaged. I mean, they’ve been engaged for like 20 years. Set a date. Why is it so important? Because we are all inundated with lists of things to do. Lists of things we want to do. Like, it’s just lists like, oh, I got to get to it.

It’s things we actually want to do. Hey, hey, hey.

How you doing ladies? So glad you’re here. Use this. Use this.

Give an example. Hey, Elizabeth here, too. We made a summer bucket list when Ben started his summer break. Who here has made a summer bucket list? Type Yes in the comments, if you made a summer bucket list for your activities that you want to do with your family this summer? Write Yes in the comments if yes you made a summer bucket list.

I did. So.. at the beach listening to you? Wow you’re at the beach, listening to me? That is so cool. Oh, I wish I was there. I would splash some water. The sea air.

Love it. Oh, yes. Make the list. Excellent. So here’s what happens to our summer bucket list. The first week we did like six things on the list.

We’re going to go here. We’re gonna go there. We are gonna do this. We’re gonna do that. And we did. Now we’re like two weeks into summer break. And what do you think is happening?

We went on a bike ride that wasn’t on the list. We went to the movies, but that wasn’t on the list.

So what’s going to happen the last two weeks of summer?

We’re going to do the rest of the list because that is the expiration date. That’s how you, that’s humanity. This is a list of things we want to do, but it’s human nature to do a lot all at first and then let it go. And then quickly do the rest right before it ends. So this is also the sales cycle of launches, right? The sales summer camp, like three a third of the people bought the first day and then one and then one and then one.

And then the rest bought literally the last minute. That’s human nature.

But you have to put a deadline on it, so that whether you’re an early, you know, early adapter or you slide in just as the buzzer creaks that you appeal to everyone, you gotta have a deadline.

Put a deadline on it for yourself. Put a deadline on it for your clients. Put a deadline on it. Create that urgency so that everybody wins. Because even if the person wants to buy what you have, they get busy.

And if they’re like, well, I’ll do it, I’ll do it. I’ll get to it. I’ll get to it. I’ll get to it. Happens to me all the time.

They never get to it because they’re just busy. Give them a reason to do it now. Carrie says, My workshops always sell that way.

One or two at first and then eight on the last day. Hundred percent. You gotta have a deadline. This is also my issue with Evergreen products, but we’ll get into that another time. Evergreen products, don’t love them. But anyway, so gotta have a deadline. Don’t fight it. Embrace it.

This isn’t something that is just true for the online space.

This is true for everywhere we go. Use Kohl’s as an example. We use RSVP to parties as an example. And I’ll tell you, in the fields, every territory I ever got, the last day in the territory was always the best day. Why can you come back tomorrow? No, sir, I can’t. I’m getting moved to different territory. Are you sure? I just have to talk to my partner. Can you call him? I can’t come back. Okay. I’ll call him right now. Right.

So what I figured out pretty quickly was that I was gonna make every day the last day in my territory.

Because people need a reason to do it. Now they see you. They like what you have, what you have. You made an offer. They’re like, OK. And you’re like, great.

And then if they don’t do it, it’s because you didn’t give them a deadline. You say, great.

I’m going to send you a link. Or great I’m ready to get started. Now I can send you a link right here. I make sure you got it. OK, great. Did you get the link? Great. Well, okay. Okay. So keep it.

Well, that link is gonna be available and able to be purchased through tomorrow at noon. Right. So like make sure that they know in their head that there is an expiration date.

Carrie says I love evergreen items. Kind of like toilet paper. Gotta have it sometime. Yeah, but it’s always good to say OK, so items are always available, open and close a promotion for them so that they know that there’s a date when it’s available and maybe a date when it’s not available.

So how are you using that one factor in your business? You know, I really want to encourage you to use it today.

You know, when we talk in the group, I have an amazing group of amazing people, entrepreneurial parents movement. We dive deeper into this topic every single week. And tomorrow is my “S” Word LIVE after party. So I want you to come into the group. To the group if you haven’t joined already. We’re gonna dive deeper into urgency and the other factors that put money in your pocket and lead to sales tomorrow in the “S” Word LIVE after party. Carrie says you’re brilliant, Renee. Thank You. Seriously, the info you give is

stellar. Thank you very much. Can I do it for direct sales? Well, Jenny, I think so, because I’m sure there’s limited edition lipstick colors. There’s you can offer a special service to go along with a product if you buy this product or this bundle now. I’ll throw in this. Jenny, does that sound good to you so you can design a special offer that you’re willing to give as a bonus? See you guys in the group. And and Jenny, come on. I know you’re already in the group. Come on in the group room. We’ll talk more about it tomorrow or message me.

Thank you so much. Happy Wednesday.