Practices Reviewed that Actually Help You Win More Government Contracts

12/14/21 • 6 min

Government contracts consultant Rick Wimberly reviews the podcast episodes of Myths of Selling to Government from 2021 in less than seven minutes. He summarizes the 7 myths of government selling described in the book "Seven Myths of Selling to Government" which inspired the podcast.
The episode is full of tips for building government sales pipelines and winning government contracts. For regular listeners, it's a great review. For new listeners, it's a great sample of what you'll learn from Myths of Selling to Government.
It summarizes the patterns and themes of the year which relate back to fundamental beliefs of integrity and listening, both vital to accelerating government sales.

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3 More Key Qualities that Make Star Government Selling Performers

Government Selling Solutions (www.govselling.com) conducted an 18 month study and survey of top performers in the game of winning government contracts. Our analysts found 7 traits that showed up regularly among top performers. In this episode of Myths of Selling to Government, we present the final 3 of the 7 traits. The 4 others were presented in Episode 25 of Myths of Selling to Government.
Our final 3 traits that top performers seem to have in common included a true consultative nature, empathy and affinity for the sales game. They enjoy the complex process for winning government contracts.
We call these 7 traits sales accelerators and predictors of success; they help make up a sales acceleration formula. With the 7 traits understood, government salespeople can ask themselves if they have these traits, and companies can make sure the 7 key qualities can be used when they make hiring and training decisions. In the very least, discussing the 7 traits can stimulate lively and helpful conversation.
And, if you'd rather read about these 3 traits and the other 4, go to www.govselling,com and ask us to send you the white paper, "Seven Key Traits of Star Government Salespeople, Understanding What It Takes to Excel in a Difficult Government Selling Environment". On the www.govselling.com website, you can also learn about our work as government contracts consultants.

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The Actual Reality about the Myths of Winning Federal Contracts

Of all of the types of government contracts, people are often most naive about winning federal government contracts. They think they can build a government contracts sales pipeline by doing a bit of research and responding to government RFPs. Sorry, it's not so easy.
In this episode of Myths of Selling to Government, we talk about that myth about getting into the federal space. We call on an expert in winning federal government contracts. In fact, she's the Federal Sales Sherpa. Eileen Kent has trained over 10,000 people on how to to sell to the federal government. She has a three-step process, revealed in this episode of Myths of Selling to Government after we talk about the realities of selling to the government and how to find government contracts.