117: Selling During Uncertain Times with Debbie Allen

Selling During Uncertain Times with Debbie Allen “It's definitely a time to innovate and restructure.” — Ursula Mentjes  Do you think it's okay to sell during uncertain times? What should you be saying or not saying? How can you give value without being too pushy? That's the million-dollar question right now. For those of us who had any limiting beliefs in this area or any fears around selling, it's lifted everything to a new level. In this week's episode, Ursula Mentjes talks about selling during uncertain times, together with her special guest, Debbie Allen.  Debbie has been a professional business speaker for over 25 years and has presented before thousands of people in 28 countries around the world. She is an award-winning entrepreneur, and bestselling author of 9 books, including her newest books, The Highly Paid Expert and Success Is Easy, published by Entrepreneur Press. Her expertise has been featured in dozens of publications, including a regularly featured expert with Entrepreneur Magazine. Additional media includes Forbes, Washington Post, and USA Today.  What makes Debbie Allen's mentoring unique is her' hands-on'​ personalized attention to her clients. Integrity, follow up, and commitment to excellence is her core business values. Debbie has built and sold six million-dollar companies in diverse industries and has been an entrepreneur since the age of 19. Today, she is known as The Market Positioning Expert, supporting her clients in developing brand domination around their unique expertise. Debbie works with small business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers, and experts in many different niche markets. Part One of ‘Selling During Uncertain Times with Debbie Allen’ It's more difficult for those in service-based businesses to innovate at this time. But this is not a time to lay down your business or team. Even though some companies are mandated to close. It feels like there's a crack in the universe right now. But we get to change things in our business that have been bugging us anyway. We can take this opportunity to brainstorm on what needs to change. It's definitely a time to innovate and restructure. People want to hear from you more than ever. They need a lifeline right now. There's never been a more critical time for every single one of us to show up.  When you're on an airplane, and there's turbulence, the first thing you do when that plane starts to shake is you look around. You look around to see what everybody's doing. If those people are panicking on the plane, who do you look to next? You look for flight attendants. A flight attendant could probably flip over a seat, hit the floor, stand up, still be smiling and say that everything's going to be okay. That is who we are right now as leaders. You have to be the flight attendant in your business because people are looking to you right now. So, stay calm, stay grounded. Do the self-care that you need to do to just stay in this space.   “Lead a Flight Attendant. Stay calm. Stay grounded.” — Debbie Allen Fear is holding back a lot of people more than anything else in the world today. When you watch the news too much, it adds to the fear. Instead, try to watch the news just for the sake of getting enough information and turn it off. Stay in your own...