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The close usually gets too much credit for work that happened much earlier. A rep who cannot make someone feel heard is just pitching into traffic.
Thanks for this wonderful strategy 🙌🏻
If you did everything right, you don't need to close. Closing comes naturally by asking for the order.
Anyone else notice the numbers are out of order?
These are truly critical skills that benefit everyone in the sales process… Most professionals struggle to develop half of this list… Excellent post.
Insightful.
One adjustment: nobody wants to share "problems" if you've just met a sales rep. Asking about "problems" is just another way to say "I am here to push my solution". Better to ask one's ambitions. Every potential client has dreams, plans on a personal, team, unit, company level. Gaps then become a natural next topic. Making problems sound like a necessary stepping stone to achieve plans.