
The First Meeting Goes Great. Then You Get Ghosted. Lee Salz Explains Why.
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Lee Salz is back, putting his new bestseller, The First Meeting Differentiator, to the test against real sales scenarios. Jeb Blount Jr. throws three at him: a rep who gets reduced to a price quote after leading with discovery questions, a technical AE who delivers a flawless ROI pitch and still loses what looked like a guaranteed deal, and a rep who runs a great meeting and still gets ghosted two weeks later. Lee breaks down what actually went wrong in each one, why logic without emotion rarely wins a buyer's trust, and why even a strong first meeting can fall apart without the right close. If you've ever walked out of a meeting feeling great and then never heard back, this conversation explains exactly why, and what to do differently next time.
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