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Sales Without Selling

How Founders, Consultants, and Experts Win Customers by Being Useful Instead of Pushy Calvin MurthyBy Calvin MurthyNarrated by Aidan Roche
Length5h 8m

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**Sales Without Selling — Audiobook · Narrated by Aidan Roche.** 🎧 Listen time: 5 hours 9 minutes **Sales Without Selling: A Consultative Approach for Founders, Consultants, and Freelancers Who Hate Traditional Sales** Calvin Murthy remembers the first sales call he ever made for his own business. Determined to sound professional, he filled the conversation with buzzwords, rehearsed pitches, and aggressive selling techniques that felt completely unnatural. When the call ended, the prospect declined to move forward. Murthy realized he had spent forty-five minutes trying to perform the role of a salesperson instead of helping someone solve a problem. That experience became the foundation of this book. Sales Without Selling is written for skilled professionals who love their craft but dislike the pressure, manipulation, and theatrics often associated with traditional sales. Whether you are a consultant, freelancer, coach, designer, therapist, or founder, this book shows how to win clients by being useful rather than persuasive. Drawing from more than a decade of experience building a successful consulting firm, Murthy walks listeners through every stage of the client acquisition process. He explains how to conduct discovery conversations that uncover real needs, qualify prospects effectively, ask better questions, and identify situations where the best decision is to walk away from a deal. The book also covers pricing conversations, proposal creation, objection handling, and follow-up strategies that maintain professionalism without creating pressure. Listeners learn how to discuss fees confidently, communicate value clearly, and build trust through honesty rather than persuasion tactics. At its core, consultative selling is not about convincing someone to buy. It is about helping potential clients make informed decisions. Sometimes that means working together. Sometimes it means recommending another solution entirely. Packed with practical examples, scripts, and real-world case studies, this book demonstrates that effective sales can feel natural, ethical, and aligned with your personality. You do not need manipulative techniques to build a thriving business. You need clarity, curiosity, preparation, and a genuine commitment to solving problems. Those qualities are often more powerful than any sales tactic ever invented.

Audiobook details

GenreBusiness and Economics
Length5 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byAidan Roche
FormatAudiobook
LanguageEnglish

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