Archive for Tag: #ConsultativeSelling

Sell the pain before you sell the cure—the sequence that wins

Sell yourself and sell the problem, before you sell the solution. Notice and nurture that sequence. If the customer doesn’t buy you, he won’t the product you are selling. By the same token, if the customer doesn’t feel his pain, he’ll never appreciate your cure. So, sell the pain first. Why most salespeople get the

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The “let me think it over” trap: why it’s a red flag, not a green light

A “let me think it over” likely means you didn’t close the gap between their problem and your solution. Go back. “That’s ok. To help you do so, let’s review the main points we discussed.“ This simple action serves two purposes: It helps you retrace your steps and pick the ball where you inadvertently dropped

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Putting buyers’ interest first puts you in a scoring position

Put buyers first. Fighting to be in a scoring position to do this, may mean letting go of sales sometimes. Which is fine if that was the only way to assist the buyer get what he needs. “Always fight to be in a scoring position.” So, a Director of Business Development reader friend of mine

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Align your objectives to buyer’s for a faster close

Aligning (instead of conflicting) your objectives to that of the buyer, will more likely progress the sale to fruition, faster. What’s the objective of a client meeting? The average seller will dismissively say, “Duh! To make a sale, of course.” The same question to the buyer will yield this sombre response: “To get information”. Conflicting

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