Selling dos and don’ts in a pandemic

Selling dos and don’ts in this pandemic. Only three months ago, online learning was all the rage. Now parents aren’t sure whether they want to continue with it, or wait for January

Here are three selling activities sellers can salvage, or activate sales with, in this pandemic.

Spell it out. The first of the selling dos and don’ts in a pandemic

To begin with, don’t assume buyers understand the problem with the purchase simply because, “Everyone knows Corona has disrupted business.” Spell it out for them.

How? In the same way, buyers are looking for a sizeable discount, because, “Corona has affected business” sellers can learn from this. For example, explain that, “The importation of the computer UPSs will delay because the shipping schedule has been disrupted. And, because UPSs are heavy, it is not cost effective bringing them in by air.”

Shipping is not the buyer’s business, and, not knowing that schedules have been disrupted, he may incorrectly judge you, creating friction and possibly affecting the sale.

Man the public email address

Next, is your public email address the place where potential buyer queries go to die? Unfortunately, this is true for many companies.

Yet this address (usually starting with info@…)  is the equivalent of the casualty ward. Further, many of the patients are first time potential customers. Also, this email address is the digital equivalent of a front office desk. It matters who mans it. Many businesses do not have a structured way of monitoring and evaluating its usefulness.

A few see it for what it is and have a person in authority managing it.

This could be by forwarding incoming mail to the respective person for action and following through the query to buyer satisfaction. That email address is a sales lead generator. Most buyers don’t expect a response to it even as they send a query. Just responding to it is enough to excite a potential buyer. In these times, where many buyers are looking for solutions to their problems online, the need to monitor and evaluate the digital front-office is that more pronounced.

Communicate continually

Further, this is the third of the Selling dos and don’ts in a pandemic.

Only two months ago, a case of infection by the pesky virus, would have led to the patient’s homestead being turned into a crime scene. Only ghost-buster dressed officials would be allowed in, and  the patient’s significant others quickly dispatched into isolation.

Today, we are learning of being asymptomatic and home based isolation. Only one month ago the skies were closed, now they open. Only three months ago, online learning was all the rage; now, many parents aren’t very sure whether they want to continue with it or wait for January. Others are suing the government wanting in person learning to resume this September.

You get my point: things are changing and changing quickly. If there is anything that is certain in these fast changing times of uncertainty it’s that constant communication is a soothing balm. Keeping the buyer regularly updated of progress of, say, the UPSs, is necessary to keep the sale seamless. The buyer could still be worried that an infection in the ship could mean it’s retained at the dock; but maybe things have now changed and it’s being retained in the high seas!

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