Ben Albert: The Art of Genuine Business Connections

About Ben Albert: Ben Albert is the owner of Balbert Marketing LLC. He found in marketing that he has a unique opportunity to empower business people to reach the RIGHT community, the RIGHT clients, and the RIGHT partners, who share the same beliefs and values as the clients. He is also the curator of The "Real Business Connections Network," where he hosts five podcasts: "Rochester Business Connections," "Learn Speak Teach," "Ben's Bites," "Five Minute Fridays," and "Real Hits." Ben chats with everyone from executives, entrepreneurs, convicts, behavior scientists, sales trainers, wellness experts, and more. It's his role to extract the best nibbles of wisdom from these experts so we can compress decades of wisdom into minutes for the listener. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Ben.

In this episode, Nancy and Ben discuss the following:

• The Real Business Connections Network podcasting umbrella
• Benefits of Podcasting: Building genuine connections and Reputation gain
• Importance of human-to-human connections
• Authenticity as a core value of LinkedIn's algorithm
• Crucial importance of sharing successes, asking for testimonials, and leaving feedback in the business world
• Video Marketing as the fastest trust builder
• Importance of mindset and inner work in sales

Key Takeaways: 

• We want to reach the audience where they are rather than where we are.
• It's better to be different than just a little bit better.
• If someone helps you, leave them an endorsement, a testimonial, and a review.
• The inner work makes you a way better sales representative than any specific tactic ever could.

"Great minds think alike. You understand that in sales, in general, the best way to get a sale is from a referral. Like that's kind of simple, common sense. And I don't even like to call them referrals. I like nominations or recommendations. And at the end of the day, when you're, um, creating content and sharing influence with brilliant people, it leads to reputation gain. It leads to thought leadership, which leads to people talking about you and being impressed with you because you're adding value to their lives. What do you think that leads to? That leads to recommendations, nominations, and referrals. It's simple." – BEN.

"AI and tech are taking over the world in one way. But at the core, humans purchase solutions from other humans. We're fulfilling products and services for humans, by humans, to help humans. All the tech is just facilitating that process. Really, marketing, adding value, and then making the sales process so simple for you or your team will never go away. The better you are at building those human-to-human connections, and that can be in person, but it can be through social selling. It can be through content marketing or podcasting. The better you are at building those human-to-human connections, the better art you are going to be in business. And the AI can't replace you because there's only one you." – BEN.

"There's so much going on in video at the core. People say, "I don't have all the lights and the setup." But if you have a phone that can take videos, you can share them. And I think the biggest reason it's hot is that it's such a trust builder. It shows your face, expressions, style, and personality. So, when someone gets on a call with you when someone does meet you, there's already a rapport built because they've watched you, know you, and listened to you. So I think the reason video is so popular is one, it's entertaining, but two, in a sales and marketing context, it's the best way to build easy trust because you're unveiling the person behind the profile, behind the phone. You're showing an extra part of yourself." – BEN.
 

Connect with Ben Albert:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/realbenalbert/
• Balbert Marketing LLC:https://balbertmarketing.com/
• Real Business Connections: https://realbusinessconnections.com/

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