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Ask HN: How to learn to sell?

355 points rasulkireev | 1 comments | 16 Oct 22 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.274s | source

Hey HN,

I am a solo founder that just finished writing code for my project (MVP) and am ready to find clients.

- for the sake of the question, my clients will be small physical businesses. Think, Family Doctor's Office, Local Cafe, Small barber, etc.

I will be developing a blog for SEO purposes and doing other things to promote my business online. However, I believe the key to success here will be "Cold Sales". I have never done that before. So, if you could recommend a book, a blog post, other online resources, or you just have a random advice that I could learn from, I would be very thankful.

Suffice it to say I will be starting out ASAP, even though I don't know anything. I believe practice is the best teacher. However, if there are any resources that could help me get up and running quicker that would be awesome. Thanks a ton in advance.

1. kirso ◴[22 Oct 22 03:05 UTC] No.33295318[source]▶
Looking at the comments just realised that a person asked for how to sell advice and got a bunch of comments on validation and how they will crash and burn :)

Books I recommend is: - To sell is Human - Spin selling

However as you already know, practice makes perfect. Can't learn the language by reading a vocabulary, and sales is even more tricky with emotions being in place as well as rejection. It is the most fascinating thing I've done though for 6 years. Feel free to DM if you need help, I love helping solopreneurs!