{"id":6867,"date":"2025-01-16T04:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T21:50:09","slug":"sales-tip-1868-so-what-jacquelyn-nicholson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/sales-tip-1868-so-what-jacquelyn-nicholson\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tip 1868: So What?  &#8211; Jacquelyn Nicholson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-6869 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/01\/Jacquelyn-Nicholson.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>&#8220;<span>I find that that&#8217;s really a deadly mistake that sales professionals can make is going on and on.<\/span>&#8221; &#8211; Jacquelyn Nicholson in today&#8217;s Tip 1868<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scottingram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scottingram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacquelyn-nicholson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacquelyn Nicholson on LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/episode-8-percolate-jacquelyn-nicholson-build-rapport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacquelyn Nicholson on Sales Success Stories Interview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dailysales.tips\/submit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit a Sales Tip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have feedback? Want to share a sales tip? Email: <strong>scott@top1.fm<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<div id=\":qj\" class=\"Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" hidefocus=\"true\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" writingsuggestions=\"false\" g_editable=\"true\" role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" contenteditable=\"true\" spellcheck=\"false\" aria-owns=\":t1\" aria-controls=\":t1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"1\">\n<p><b>Scott Ingram:<\/b> You&#8217;re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I&#8217;m your host, Scott Ingram. Today we\u2019ve got another Throwback Thursday clip. This one is from my OG interview with Jacquelyn Nicholson in episode 8 of the Sales Success Stories podcast. Listen to this:<\/p>\n<p><b>Jacquelyn Nicholson:<\/b> And then the last thing for me comes from the genesis of my career where I wasn&#8217;t always selling. Before this, I used to be the person sitting across from you, Mr. Seller, to buy something. And for me, it came down to something I call so what. So I would sit there and I would listen to these vendors coming in to talk to me endlessly. And it was really to the point where I was sitting there as they blathered on and on and on about how fantastic their product or their service was. And I just <span class=\"gmail-fade-in-scale-up gmail-before:content-[''] gmail-before:block gmail-before:w-[120%] gmail-before:h-[120%] gmail-before:left-[-10%] gmail-before:top-[-10%] gmail-before:absolute gmail-before:inset-0 gmail-before:bg-amber-400 gmail-before:dark:bg-amber-800 gmail-before:-z-10 gmail-before:rounded-full gmail-relative\">thinking,<\/span> so what? Do you even know what I do? Do you even know what&#8217;s important to me? And so for me, I find that that&#8217;s really a deadly mistake that sales professionals can make is going on and on. And so I try to always think about what is the so what or the what&#8217;s in it for me factor for the prospective customer as well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Scott Ingram:<\/b>\u00a0For links to connect with Jacquelyn and to this full original interview, just click over to DailySales.Tips\/1868. Once you\u2019ve done that, be sure to come back for another great sales tip. Thanks for listening!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I find that that&#8217;s really a deadly mistake that sales professionals can make is going on and on.&#8221; &#8211; Jacquelyn Nicholson in today&#8217;s Tip 1868 Jacquelyn Nicholson on LinkedIn Jacquelyn Nicholson on Sales Success Stories Interview Submit a Sales Tip Have feedback? Want to share a sales tip? 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