Josh Braun

Be the mint scoop in a sea of vanilla sales messages so you can start more conversations with skeptical prospects.

I created the Badass Growth Guide to eliminate commission breath. It gives you the best possible chance of starting conversations with people you don't know. It's a radically honest approach where prospects feel safe telling you the truth because they don't feel "sold" or "manipulated."

💥WHAT YOU GET:
➡️ More conversations with your ideal prospects.

I post weekly content about sales on LinkedIn.  
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❤️I DON'T KISS AND TELL, BUT MY CLIENTS DO ❤️
"In one year, Josh has helped my company grow from 10 enterprise customers to over
200 with brand names like Twitter, Viacom, and Brown University" - Claire Coder, CEO at Aunt Flow

"We’ve got about 40 new meetings out of the training you provided." - Chris Murray, CEO at Oomph Inc.

“I used the email template from your playbook and it worked. I got to the decision-maker in one email and ultimately got the sale.” - Richard P. Perrott, WatchTower

💥NEWSLETTER💥
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https://joshbraun.com/newsletter/

💥WORKSHOPS💥
I facilitate workshops on two things: (1) cold calling + defusing objections (2) cold emailing. Inquire here -joshbraun.com/connect

💥PRODUCTS💥
THE BADASS B2B GROWTH GUIDE
https://courses.joshbraun.com/p/badass-b2b-growth-guide

POKE THE BEAR COLD CALLING METHOD
https://courses.joshbraun.com/p/poke

The Discovery Call Course
https://courses.joshbraun.com/p/discovery

TONGUE TIED SALES OBJECTION FLASHCARDS
Know what to say when prospects put you on the spot.
https://gumroad.com/l/objectionflashcards

💥INSIDE SELLING PODCAST💥
Learn sales tactics and strategies that will help you sell without selling your soul. 
Listen here -https://joshbraun.com/podcast
Learn more at joshbraun.com

Founder

Are you sending lots and lots of cold emails but getting little to no responses?

Wish you could start more conversations with skeptical prospects?  

Wish granted: https://academy.joshbraun.com/p/badass-b2b-growth-guide

Email me: josh@joshbraun.com

I pay $1,490 for Kit.

Today I tried to export my newsletters.
The articles I wrote. 

And Kit throws up a paywall:
“Upgrade to Pro to export.”
 $2,490 a year.

Translation:
 “If you want access to your own work, that’ll be an extra thousand bucks a year.”

There’s something gross about that.
Not annoying.
Not inconvenient.
Gross.

Any platform that locks creators out of their own content isn’t a partner.
It’s a landlord charging rent on the house you built with your own hands.

This isn’t “Creator Pro.”
This is “Creator Pay More.”

And once a company shows you how they see you,
not as a customer, but as a captive revenue line,
you don’t unsee it.

If my content needs an escape hatch, something’s wrong.

I'm out. 

Has a platform ever tried to charge you for your own work?

Struggling to book meetings? Getting ghosted? Want to sell without pushing, convincing, or begging? Read this profile.

Self-deprecating humor is underrated in sales.

Not the “I’m terrible at my job” kind.
The light, human, disarming kind.

I use it all the time with the rule of three.
Two expected options.
One unexpected one.

Like this:

“Would you be open to sharing what held you back, was it 
price, timing, my receding hairline?”

People laugh.
And when they laugh, they relax.

It drops their guard.
It evens the playing field.
It shows you’re confident enough to poke fun at yourself.

When you go first with a little vulnerability, they usually meet you halfway with honesty.

Six ways I practice patience.

1. At the grocery store, I choose the longest line.
Not to suffer, but to notice the part of me that wants to rush.
Standing still rewires the habit of hurrying.

2. When someone’s upset, I drop the instinct to fix.
Instead, I mirror what I see.
Naming their feeling allows it to breathe.

3. When a friend shares something that doesn’t interest me, I lean closer.
I listen as if the moment itself were the teacher.

4. When I’m looking for a parking spot, I take the one far away.
The walk slows me.

A small rebellion against convenience.
A reminder that life isn’t about getting to the front first.

5. When traffic stops, I stop with it.
The frustration is optional.
Traffic is just traffic.
My reaction is the turbulence.
Sometimes I imagine an accident ahead and silently hope everyone’s okay.

6. When I’m pitched the moment I accept a connection request, I pause.
Instead of feeding irritation, I watch it rise and fall.

Everyone is doing the best they can with the playbook they were handed.
Their rush reminds me to slow down.

We call it a “pitch slap” when in reality it’s words on a screen. 

Patience isn’t about calming down.
It’s the practice of staying with what is
even when your mind is already reaching for elsewhere.

I talked to a door-to-door pest control rep the other day.

I asked him how he stays motivated.
How he keeps knocking in the heat, the rain, the rejection.

He smiled and said:

“The law of averages.
If I knock on 50 doors, I know I’ll get three customers.
Some reps get more because they’re better.
Some get less because they’re newer.
But everyone has a number. And once you know your number, the job gets simple.”

That hit me.

Because most of us try to control the outcome.
The yes.
The contract.
The close.

But the truth?

You don’t control who opens the door.
You don’t control who says yes.
You don’t control the timing in someone else’s life.

All you control is how many doors you knock on.

And when you shift your focus from the outcome to the inputs
from the yes to the attempt
from the close to the conversation
selling gets lighter.

You stop taking rejection personally.
You stop gripping so tightly.
You start trusting the process.

Know your number.
Do your reps.
Let the rest take care of itself.

Imagine meeting someone for the first time and they stick their tongue down your throat.

That’s what it feels like when you start a cold call by pitching.

It’s too much too soon.
You don’t know me.

The way out?

Calm down.

Start by detaching from the outcome.

Why?

When your intent is to get a meeting you say things that feel pushy.
Intent shapes behavior.

And when you don’t get the outcome you expected you feel rejected.

Same intent.
Same behavior.
Same feelings.
Same results.

When you detach, you shift from selling to sorting.

Your intent becomes discovering if there is a potential problem, not assuming there is one.
Zero expectations.

Instead of sticking your tongue down the prospect’s throat, you lean back.

Instead of pitching, you ask a neutral question that illuminates a potential problem. Like this:

Help?
John?
Yes.
Hi John, this is Josh. Full transparency, this is a cold call. Mind if I ask you a question or would you prefer to hang up? Either one is totally fine. I know you were not expecting it.

Sure, what’s your question?

Are you still making coffee at home or do you pick it up on your way out?

I make it at home. 

A bit out of left field…
Coffee machines have lots of spots where bacteria like E. coli, staph, and strep can grow, especially the spout, water tank, K-cup slot, and drip tray. How do you usually keep yours clean?

Then you shut the front door and listen.

Some people lean forward.
Some don’t.
That is cold calling.
There are no objections to overcome.
Either they have the problem or they don’t.
Either way, it is okay.
You calmly call the next person.

Calm calling begins the moment you stop needing a yes.

Different intent.
Different behavior.
Different feelings.
Different results.

Wells Fargo 

Responsibilities
•	Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling, cold emailing networking and social media.
•	Absorb details regarding Cash in transit products and services, aim being to dispense both benefits and values to prospects.
•	Understand all the prospects needs, problems or wants through discovery questions and listening skills.
•	Explain how our solutions align with their pain points- after proper discovery of the same.
•	Meet with potential clients and be their consultant - Face to face meeting.
•	Up-Selling or cross- selling when appropriate.
•	Preparation of proposals and quotations.
•	Where necessary ensure contracts are issued for new business.
•	Liaise with operations during proposal submission and implementation where the company 
        obtained the business.
        Maintain a prospect database for easier follow up of stalled accounts

Achievements
- On-boarded 12 new accounts within 1 year by employing strategic sales initiatives and deepening business relationship.
-Promote values, standard and mission of Wells Fargo brand.
-Implement a demonstrative selling as a result increased prospect understanding of our services hence sparked interest.
- Consistently stayed current with trends and competition, thereby being a good consultant to my prospects and clients.
- Build and maintain professional work relationship that encourage renewal of contracts.

Account Management:
Responsible for overseeing 24 accounts totaling over Kes 3 million monthly while also prospecting to increase our customer base. Improved good relationship and customer satisfaction by 30% through acting as a link between the customer and various departments within the company. Boost customer retention by paying keen attention to customer needs. Collaborate with the operations team, planning and accounts team to determine the root cause of customer complaints and resolve them, it resulted to being rated 98% in terms of service delivery.
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Sales  Executive CIT

Fargo Courier  Limited 

Identified and educated adhoc customers on the services of Fargo courier ltd while insisting on the benefits of using our services. Asked qualifying questions to determine the appropriate service to offer clients based on their pain points. Raised waybills for clients who wished to use our services such as sending of parcels. Delivered and collected clients parcels from one destination to another. Offered after-sale services to our clients. Balanced daily sales and prepared daily summery sheets. Managed to hit target by over 150% thrice resulting in getting commission.

Retail Courier Escort

Total Kimende

Directed customers to their correct pumps and offered fuel services. Provided under-bonnet services and windscreen cleaning. Up-sold other products such as solar lamps, oils and lubricants as well as advised customers on matters of car maintenance. Balanced daily sales.

Customer Attendant

KIRDI

Formulated fruit drinks, juice, nectar, cordial and concentrate. Developed fruit jam, marmalade, tomato sauce and chili. Packaged and labeled the value added products. Monitored quality control parameters such as, PH, microbial count and brix level. Advised farmers on the methods of improving income through value addition.

Attache

A sales professional with 3+ years of experience. Verifiable track record of increasing customer base and delivering revenue through outbound / inbound sales and account management. I am well versed in areas of prospecting, qualification, customer service, account management, customer relationship and able to communicate eloquently the main aim being to maintain the customer pipeline. Having dealt with a variety of customers I can perform well in a high pressure, competitive environment. An enthusiastic achiever able to complete the required projects in time. A well rounded, multilingual, culturally aware professional with a unique ability to relate to diverse population with various backgrounds.
Get in touch with me through my Phone: 0724829779 or drop a DM.

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