524: Why You'll Never Hire a "Killer" Salesperson (Until You Become One First) — Ryan Fenn, CHIIRP

About this episode

Ryan Fenn shares his journey from a challenging start to building a successful software company in the home services space.

Ryan Fenn dropped out of high school at 16, washed windshields at a Chevron in Utah to feed his newborn son, and turned a $0.10-cent gumball-hustler mindset into CHIIRP — a software company now doing seven figures a month in the home services space. In this episode, Sam Taggart and new co-host James Edwards sit down with Ryan to break down exactly how he did it: the two-word pitch tweak that 9X'd his close rate at the gas station, the "bridge" framework he uses to convert cold Facebook leads ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Taggart, James Edwards

Guest: Ryan Fenn

Topics covered

• sales
• entrepreneurship
• business growth
• marketing strategies
• lead conversion

Keywords

• salesperson
• close rate
• gumball-hustler mindset
• bridge framework
• Facebook leads

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CHIIRP

Places: Utah, Chevron

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