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AthenisProfile picture@athenis·11h

Hey guys 👋

Just published something I've been working on for a while and wanted to share it here.

I've spent years in client-facing roles, and I've always felt that a lot of sales training focuses way too much on what you're supposed to say — the perfect line, the perfect rebuttal, the perfect close — and not enough on understanding what's actually happening in the conversation.

So I decided to build my own approach around a pretty simple idea:

Trust first. Diagnose before you respond. Structure before tactics.

That became The Trust-First Close.

It's basically the sales framework I wish I'd had when I was starting out — how to structure the conversation, understand resistance instead of immediately fighting it, keep control without making it a power struggle, and help someone reach a clear decision without trying to force a yes.

I made two versions:

📘 The Trust-First Close — $15

Just the book and the complete method.

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🧰 The Trust-First Collection — $17

The book + the five tools I built around it:

  • Sales Call Navigator

  • Complete Sales Call Script

  • Objection Playbook

  • Frame Control Cheat Sheet

  • Your First 5 Clients

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And just to be clear — this isn't a “close anyone in 15 minutes” thing 😂

No magic formula, no guaranteed results, no weird manipulation stuff.

It's just a practical system for people who want to get better at having sales conversations.

This is the first release, so if anyone here grabs it, I'd genuinely love your feedback — good, bad, whatever. Tell me what was useful, what wasn't, what confused you, or what you'd want me to add next.

Hope some of you find it useful 🤝

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AthenisProfile picture@athenis·12h

Hello, anyone knows how to change category for a business ? this keeps popin up

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