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April 10, 2025 36 mins
The Emotional Secret to Better Sales Conversations Why Raising Your Prices Could Be the Fastest Way to Grow Your Business

Episode 252 (Robin is based in the UK)

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In this conversation, we explore:

  • Why so many business owners undercharge—and how to fix it

  • How fear of rejection limits pricing and profitability

  • The fastest path to growing your business (hint: it’s not more marketing)

  • What it really means to sell results instead of services

  • How to confidently handle pricing conversations

  • The emotional dynamics of selling and buying

  • Why shouting into the void (aka social media) doesn’t work

  • The five stages of market awareness every buyer goes through

  • How to identify client pain points and use them in messaging

  • How to build a business model that’s both sustainable and scalable

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About our guest, Robin Waite:

Robin is founder of Fearless Business and author of "Take Your Shot" a guide to grow your business, attract more clients ad make more money.

He has surfed 12 foot waves in Morocco and ridden his bicycle downhill at 52.5 mph.

You can get your free hard copy of his book at  https://www.fearless.biz/tys

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Key Learning Points
  1. Raising prices is often the fastest path to growth

  2. Most businesses undercharge and oversell features instead of outcomes

  3. Emotional resonance is essential in sales conversations

  4. Fear of rejection holds back price increases

  5. Sales and pricing confidence grows through practice

  6. Prospects go through five stages of awareness – don’t rush the sale

  7. Your messaging should speak more about the client than yourself

  8. Identify and speak to client pain points clearly

  9. Marketing is more effective when it follows structure, not desperation

  10. It’s crucial to communicate the ROI in client terms – money, time, or fulfillment

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Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We’ll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self.

In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.

 

Your host is George Torok

George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He’s fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.

 

Connect with George

www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/

https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills

https://www.instagram.com/georgetorok/

 

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