Today we’d like to introduce you to Lynn Whitbeck
Hi Lynn, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I discovered my joy of sales when I was only 11 years old in Girl Scouts. My fellow scout and best friend Judy and I were on a mission to earn the coveted cookie badge and set records.
The mission started with a little red wagon full of cookies and a lot of doors to knock on. We traveled door to door…. knowing we had to sell a truckload of cookies to earn that badge. I quickly discovered selling cookies door to door was not easy.
Challenge #1: Not everyone was home or bought.
Challenge #2: Hauling my little red wagon was time-consuming.
Challenge #3: My best friend Judy was so shy and introverted, she refused to leave the wagon at the sidewalk.
So, if I got a sale, I had to run back to the wagon to get the cookies, and then back to the door to hand over the product.
After my first day selling cookies, I was really discouraged. How was I ever going to sell enough cookies to earn the badge? After sharing my tale of woe with my parents, my father asked me a single question, “Lynn, where do people normally buy their cookies?” It only took me a few seconds to reply, “The grocery store.”
A plan was born. We ditched the wagon, loaded up our table, and set up shop. We now had unlimited potential clients. Our buyers came to us. We capitalized on our strengths: Judy in the back of the house and me in the front. Challenges 1, 2, and 3 gone.
Needless to say, Judy and I sold a truckload of cookies.
We were the only two girls in our district to earn the coveted cookie badge. And the youngest two girls in our state to get it that year.
This experience is where I discovered sales could be joyful. We accomplished record sales due to our belief in the value we provided, thinking like our clients, and by executing a consistent, repeatable sales blueprint.
I am Lynn Whitbeck, known as the Queen of Sales. Today, Business Owners & Entrepreneurs hire me to ignite winning sales, because most fail to connect, capture, and close their ideal clients. So, I help sell with intent for maximum impact, influence, and income. Bottom line: sales, love it or hate it, you won’t survive without it.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
There are always bumps in the road, and there are times I’ve taken the long road around to travel a short distance.
From starting in the small B2B business arena in outside sales, to corporate sales flying all over the world closing multi-million-dollar deals, and now running an exclusive sales consulting business – it’s the belief in the results and value I deliver that drives me forward.
Sales is a gift. I am truly grateful I get to serve my clients, to embrace the gift of sales, and create impact every day.
We’ve been impressed with Petite2Queen, but for folks who might not be as familiar, what can you share with them about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
When you engage with Petite2Queen, what you will discover is that sales is a gift. Where you joyfully help and serve your clients. Creating lasting impact.
There is a common myth you need to get more, and more, and even more leads to be successful in sales.
The truth is you do not need more leads to close more sales and grow your business.
The secret to success is not more and more leads. The secret to success is having a strategy to consistently attract, connect, and close your ideal clients.
Perpetual sales success is driven by thinking like your ideal clients, following a proven sales blueprint centered around your client’s perspective, and delivering value with consistent follow-up to close the sale. You need a plan.
Our focus is on the sales results you desire. Embracing your unique business, approach, and style. Our exclusive VIP private client program is unique to each client. We want all of our clients to experience the joy of sales. Closing more sales with ease. Seeing their business soar to new heights.
We implement strategies that will change your sales and business. Not for a week, or month, but forever. Helping our clients maximize their impact, influence, and income.
Are there any books, apps, podcasts or blogs that help you do your best?
I have 5 favorite sales books that support selling with worthy intent. Each of the books demonstrates how to leverage strong sales principles in your business. These 5 books will shift your sales mindset to a world with infinite possibilities.
Book 1: Getting Naked
By Patrick Lencioni
2010
Book 2: How to Win Friends & Influence People
By Dale Carnegie
1936
Book 3: How to Master the Art of Selling
By Tom Hopkins
1982
Book 4: Selling to VITO the Very Important Top Officer
By Anthony Parinello
2010
Book 5: Who Moved My Cheese
By Spencer Johnson, M.D.
1998
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