The Barefoot Broker

How I stopped selling support: one daily habit changed everything…

I worked with a technically brilliant seller who treated every support query like an invitation to pitch.

We changed the process:

1. Log the customer’s question.
2. Answer it plainly.
3. Check whether anything remains unclear.
4. Only then suggest the relevant next step.

The client felt looked after rather than “worked on”. And the team learned something important: excellent service creates the right to discuss more business.

That is what customer-centric selling looks like in practice… less pressure, more trust, better conversations.

Get in touch via email at [email protected] to book a tailored course online or onsite.

Fear isn’t proof you’re bad at selling, it may be proof you’re trying to sound certain before you’ve earned the right to be.

Here’s what nobody tells you… confidence doesn’t come from having the perfect answer. It comes from being willing to test your recommendation.

Before suggesting anything, write down:

The customer’s problem, in their own words.
The consequence of leaving it unsolved.
What would make your solution a poor fit.

Then say that last part aloud. That is selling with integrity… and it takes the pressure off performing certainty.

Get in touch via email at [email protected] to book a tailored online or onsite course. Much love, lovely humans 💛

"I don't do sales. I'm a technician."

Heard this one before?

A client said it to me last month. Brilliant engineer. Hated the idea of "selling." Thought it meant pushing, persuading, becoming someone he wasn't.

So I asked him:

"When a customer asks a question, do you answer it honestly?"

"Of course."

"When they're unsure, do you help them understand what they actually need?"

"Every time."

That's selling. Not the pushy version you're imagining. The real version.

Understanding. Clarifying. Educating. Reassuring. Guiding.

He was already doing it. He just didn't call it sales.

You don't need a new personality. You need a new definition of sales.

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If you're a technical expert who's been told you're "too nice" to sell...

Let me guess. You're brilliant at your craft. You solve problems for clients every day. But the moment someone asks you to "close" something, your stomach drops.

That's not a personality flaw. It's a missing framework.

I teach technically skilled people to sell without becoming someone they hate. Same integrity. Same honesty. Just a process that actually works.

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You've been told sales is about being pushy, haven't you?

That's the biggest lie in business. The truth? Sales is just understanding, clarifying, educating, reassuring and guiding. No aggression required.

We teach technically brilliant people how to sell with kindness and integrity, and it works better than any hard close ever did.

Book a course tailored to your needs online or onsite at barefootselling.com

Most lead gen funnels are designed to impress the person who built them, not to help the right buyer make a decision.

So you get noise. Not leads.

Here's what nobody tells you: your best-fit customer doesn't need more information. They need permission to decide. And the fastest way to give it to them is to tell them what you *don't* do.

Write a one-page "Make the right call" offer. Who it's for. The 3 mistakes you'll fix. The exact next step. Then only contact the people who reply with the mistake they're living with.

That's the whole system.

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“He didn’t sell me… so why did I sign?”

Because he didn’t turn up with a pitch deck and a verbal crowbar.

He asked sensible questions.
He listened properly.
He explained the options… including the “not us” option.

That’s good selling, lovely humans.

Your customer doesn’t need more pressure. They need clarity, confidence and the feeling that you’re trying to help them make the right call.

The funny thing? When people feel safe, they’re far more likely to buy.

Want your team to sell with skill, kindness and commercial common sense?

Stop using "I'll just be honest and hope it lands" as your sales plan.

I see it all the time, skilled, lovely humans who freeze the second they need to sell something. So they default to honesty and pray. That's not a strategy. That's hoping the customer does your job for you.

The problem isn't you. It's that you're trying to control the outcome instead of controlling the process.

Ask permission. Clarify their situation. Then offer a specific, value-based next step they can say no to without guilt. That's it. That's the whole shift.

Get in touch via email at [email protected] to book a course tailored to your needs online or onsite.

Much love x

If you're the quiet technical wizard who freezes at networking events…

Stop trying to be charming. It's exhausting and it doesn't work for you anyway.

Instead, bring one question you can actually answer:

"What are you selling right now that's hardest to explain to customers?"

Ask it. Listen. Then say:

"Would it be useful if I shared the 2-step way we simplify that?"

That's not selling. That's helping. And helping is what you're already good at.

Save this script. Use it at your next event.

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Much love ❤️

Every "just checking in" you send is teaching your prospect something.

Not that you're persistent. Not that you care.

That you weren't listening the first time.

Here's the uncomfortable truth about lead nurturing: most people treat it like a volume game. "Stay top of mind" they say. So they ping. They nudge. They "circle back."

And every vague message chips away at your credibility.

In my training, I teach teams a different rhythm. One honest insight. One relevant question. One clear next step. That's it. Education + reassurance, not persistence disguised as care.

Because the best nurture doesn't remind someone you exist. It proves you already understood them.

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