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Contractor University’s Cracking the Code: Drive Excellence with Performance-Based Pay: Part 1
Discover how implementing performance-based pay can transform your business culture and drive higher performance. Join Weldon Long and Gary Elekes in this episode of 'Cracking...
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Gain valuable insights from Weldon Long and Gary Elekes on leveraging smart systems and people to turn urgency into an advantage. Stream the latest episode for free until May ...
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Contractor University’s Cracking the Code: 1-on-1 Coaching: The Shortcut to Contractor Growth
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Financing solutions have become a crucial strategy for HVAC contractors amidst economic uncertainty, empowering them to drive growth and stay competitive.
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Learn how to highlight long-term value and position yourself as a trusted expert by leading with financing strategies in this episode of 'Cracking the Code.' Turn short-term choices...
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Learn how to turn cost concerns into confident commitments by equipping your team with smart strategies and creative ways to subsidize costs. Increase profits and customer satisfaction...
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EGIA’s Cracking the Code Weekly Show: Dealing with Suspicious Homeowners

Here's how to eliminate the wariness homeowners might feel about having an HVAC salesperson visit their home.
Jan. 25, 2019
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Homeowners can often feel suspicious when they welcome a salesperson into their home — after all, they're aware that a stranger may be about to ask them to spend a lot of money that wasn't in the budget planning. So how can you alleviate that wariness? 

This week, New York Times bestselling author Weldon Long tackles that very question, explaining how simply running your full sales presentation can help put the customer at ease and build the trust you need to continue the relationship. Plus, Weldon talks the importance of (and strategies for) proper pricing, and he welcomes Drew Cameron to explain adapting your sales process to millennials and other demographics.

All that and more, in this week's episode of EGIA’s Cracking the Code! Watch now at EGIA.org/CBS-Show before it enters the members-only archive on February 1.

About the Author

Weldon Long

New York Times Best Selling Author & Creator of the HVAC Sales Academy

Weldon Long is a successful entrepreneur, sales expert, EGIA Contractor University faculty member, and author of the New York Times bestseller, The Power of Consistency:Prosperity Mindset Training for Sales and Business Professionals (Wiley). In 2009, his HVAC company was selected by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s fastest growing privately held companies.

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