Ryan Deiss asks every client ONE question before he'll sign a deal…
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Ryan Deiss asks every client ONE question before he'll sign a deal… For context, he does equity deals, so his upside is tied to how much the business grows… There's a specific kind of resentment that builds when a client watches your cut get bigger over time. So he gets ahead of it with a single question up front. If they answer it wrong, he doesn't take the deal. He breaks it down in this clip 👇
Posted by Cole Gordon (6.1k followers) 4 days ago · 8 likes · 1.3k views · view the original post on X. Kept by the Marketing Radar as Other.
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