Franchise Sales Secrets Podcast

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The Franchise Sales Secrets Podcast offers episodes bi-weekly to bring you tips, techniques, and strategies to help you unlock the secrets to succeeding in selling more franchises, more consistently. With informative interviews, stories, and ideas, you'll hear real advice on what it takes to succeed in today's competitive sales environment.

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June 15, 202615 min

Dealing with Tough Objections that Stall or Stop Progress in the Franchise Sale

In this episode, I discuss two big ways that franchise candidates hijack the discovery process because of their fears. I also share four specific ways that you can overcome difficult objections that stall or stop progress in the franchise sale. By understanding the language patterns, steps, and tone you must have in the sales process, both you and the franchise candidate will have a clear understanding of what steps should be taken next as you progress towards the sale.

June 1, 202612 min

Bad Sales Habits Franchise Candidates Want You to Give Up - Part 3

In this episode, I conclude my discussion of bad sales habits that franchise candidates want you to give up by discussing seven more habits that you can and must avoid in your interactions with others in the franchise sales and discovery process.

May 15, 202618 min

Bad Sales Habits Franchise Candidates Want You to Give Up - Part 2

In this episode, I discuss five more bad sales habits that franchise candidates want you to give up and discuss why making those choices in the Discovery Process will yield better results with your franchise sales.

May 1, 202619 min

Bad Sales Habits Franchise Candidates Want You To Give Up - Part 1

In this episode, I talk about four bad sales habits that franchise candidates want you to give up as the first part of a three part series where a total of sixteen bad habits will be discussed. Learning how to overcome these bad habits will help you better connect with franchise candidates, eliminate resistance, and express greater empathy to those to whom you are explaining your franchise concept.

April 15, 202619 min

10 Suggestions for Better Selling Franchises to Millennials

In this episode, I talk about differences in selling to generational groups and specifically ten ways you can better sell franchises to the Millennial Generation. A franchise candidate's background affects his or her buying preferences. Franchise candidates don't buy the same way that you do, but if you can't get into their world and understand them, you'll be much more successful at establishing a meaningful connection in order to make the sale.

April 1, 202617 min

Dealing with Discouragement, Having Patience, and Better Ways to Ask for the Sale

In this episode, I talk about key ways that you can overcome discouragement when things go wrong with one of your franchise sales, how to overcome disappointments and letdowns, how to have more patience when the sale takes longer than you planned, and key ways to better ask for the franchise sale.

March 15, 202617 min

The 12 Most Important Skills in Franchise Development and Key Lessons About Presenting Your Franchise Brand

In this episode, I talk about the twelve most important skills in franchise development and how to rate yourself and your skills so that you can work on improving these critical skills. I also share key lessons about presenting your franchise brand to showcase confidence without appearing arrogant and putting together the most important KPI's (key performance indicators) that measure what you do on a daily and weekly basis.

March 1, 202628 min

Psychological Triggers that Influence Why Franchise Candidates Choose to Buy a Franchise - Part 3

In this podcast episode (the third of three parts), I cover ten more psychological triggers of why franchise candidates buy a franchise. When you understand and can tap into the psychology behind the buying decision and then utilize these principles, you will successfully motivate, influence, and persuade franchise candidates to buy your franchise from you now, rather than later. In this episode, I cover the final ten of the thirty psychological triggers you can use to make more franchise sales.

February 15, 202629 min

Psychological Triggers that Influence Why Franchise Candidates Choose to Buy a Franchise - Part 2

In this episode, we continue our discussion of psychological triggers that influence why franchise candidates choose to buy a franchise. Each trigger includes a discussion of how to use it and gives you specific assignments that you can use to start implementing these sales strategies into your daily conversations with franchise candidates so that you can sell more franchises, more consistently.

February 1, 202635 min

Psychological Triggers that Influence Why Franchise Candidates Choose to Buy a Franchise - Part 1

In this podcast episode (the first of three parts), I cover one of the most fascinating parts of selling: the psychology of why franchise candidates buy a franchise. When you understand and can tap into the psychology behind the buying decision and then utilize these principles, you will successfully motivate, influence, and persuade franchise candidates to buy your franchise from you now, rather than later. In this episode, I cover the first ten of thirty psychological triggers you can use to make more franchise sales.