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April 7, 2025 24 mins

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EPISODE 382: Are you struggling with closing deals? Do you think hiring a unicorn salesperson will scale your construction business fast? 

Well, if you believe you need a unicorn, you’re secretly sabotaging your success.

In this episode of The Construction Leading Edge podcast, we’ll dive into the seven sales pitfalls that are costing construction business owners their profit and freedom.

I’ll break down the critical sales errors construction business owners make, such as relying too heavily on referrals and failing to implement a repeatable, consistent sales system. Plus, stick around for a bonus pitfall that many of us are too familiar with.

Learn how to create a robust sales machine that runs smoothly even when you’re not in the room.

Tune in now!

 

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

Hiring a salesperson will fix your sales numbers (01:40)

You need more leads to scale (03:46)

Relying too much on referrals (05:56)

Clients buy just because of you (10:32)

You can’t train anyone to sell as you do (12:16)

Clients will call you back (13:30)

Chasing a unicorn salesperson (15:17)

Bonus: estimating and sales are the same (16:33)

The Sales Machine Program (18:26)

 

Additional Resources:

- Schedule your free business evaluation call with our team HERE 

- Help us by taking a 2-minute survey about The Sales Machine program HERE

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