Some agencies win clients by inviting decision makers to Formula One boxes, but Neil prefers the way banks play the wine and dining game. Bank of America sent his CFO to a World Cup game with the hotel paid, and Wells Fargo offers suites and seats after the deal is done, just to say thanks. Then a competing bank tried to match Wells Fargo’s refinance offer at the last minute, after months of saying no. Eric shares a group text pitch dressed up as comparing notes, and Neil tells the worst pitch he’s heard: a financial advisor chasing a friend’s $25M house sale and eight-figure profit with one cherry-picked account and a stock that barely moves down. A blunt episode on relationships and selling.

Key takeaways

◾Thank-you tickets with no pitch keep clients around

◾Match the offer early, because last-minute fixes come too late

◾Be direct when you sell, and show all your numbers

Chapters

00:00 The wine and dining game

00:47 Competitors win clients with Formula One boxes

01:30 Bank of America sent our CFO to the World Cup

02:32 Wells Fargo offers tickets after the deal

03:39 Tickets with no sales pitch keep clients

04:44 The bank that came too late

05:48 Too little, too late, like a bad hire

06:33 Steve Jobs to Tim Cook: do the right thing

07:18 Group texts gone wrong

08:49 Selling while pretending not to sell

09:50 The worst sales pitch

10:52 One client account next to Buffett and Ackman

12:05 70% leverage and ‘it barely moves down’

12:58 AI showed the stock drops far more often

13:44 Big investors get deals you don’t

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