How did Shelby Sapp go from selling rat poison door-to-door to becoming a 24-year-old founder making 8-figures per year? It's the same trick she uses to win arguments with her fiancé and pick the wedding venue she actually wants... In this episode, Shelby breaks down the tactics she's used that can win over anybody.
Shelby Sapp is a high-ticket sales coach who teaches sales psychology to other women. She started knocking on doors at 18 selling pest control, became the top first-year rep in the entire company, and was making $300K a summer by 21 — before going all-in on remote high-ticket sales and building a training program that turns servers, nurses, and bartenders into five-figure-a-month closers.
Chapters
00:00 - The Bartender Who Made $62K in Sales Her First Month
01:16 - Why You Don't Need to Be Extroverted to Sell
02:16 - From Zero Sales to Breaking the Company Record
08:07 - Top Confidence Tips
09:04 - Female-Specific Sales Tips
10:38 - The Sales Trick That Closes Deals
13:49 - Why She'll Never Take a Brand Deal
14:34 - When to Quit Your 9 to 5
16:28 - From Door Sales to High-Ticket Closing
19:22 - Why You Have to Be a Psychopath in Sales
20:14 - Using Sales Tactics in Your Relationships
29:48 - Making More Than Him
33:22 - If She Started Over at 20, What She'd Do
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