#131-What Sales and Fundraising Have in Common with Ramon Basie

Join me and my new pal Ramon to talk about similar best practices in sales and fundraising.  Ramon and I explore how bad salespeople and bad fundraisers give us all a bad name, the power of relationship and the need to invest in yourself to succeed.  Some key takeaways:

• Bringing the right energy and being in the right headspace are key to fundraising and sales.
• Invest in yourself to increase your skills--don't wait for someone else to give you permission.
• Focus on building the relationship and the rest will follow.
• Believing deeply in your product (or mission) to improve your client's (or donor's) life will drive success.

I really enjoyed this wide-ranging conversation and it was an eye-opener for me to realize how similar sales and fundraising are (and how they're different in important ways!). To connect with Ramon, check him out on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramon-w-basie/