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September 1, 2025·Last updated September 1, 20251 min read

If They're Not Buying, Maybe It's Not the Product They're Rejecting

Intel Brief

The inverse of 'people buy you' is that when they don't buy, they're not buying YOU.

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Zach Brown

Founder, Sales Pipeline Pros

Operator Note

We've all heard the cliché:

“People don’t buy the product, they buy you.”

Ok but if that’s true, doesn’t the inverse have to be true too?

If they don’t buy, it’s not just the product they’re rejecting.

They’re not buying you.

Might sting a bit to think about, but it’s also freeing.

Because what this means is the fix isn’t another shiny script, or trying to sound MORE like the knock-off version of your favorite gooroo’s framework.

The fix is selling as the most natural and intuitive you — the real thing.

And if you keep getting “resistance”?

Maybe it’s NOT fear of "investing in themselves".

Maybe it’s NOT that they don’t think the value is there.

Maybe, justttttt maybe...

they just wanted to buy from someone who didn’t sound wierd.

Written by Zach Brown

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