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Version: 26.03.19

Sales Strategizing

In depth sales training.

The Process: Greet → Qualify → Pitch → Close

  • Greet
    • Greet in person
    • Greet on phone
    • Greet in email or message
  • Qualify
    • Purpose of qualifying
    • How to qualify
    • Objective of qualifying
    • QAQ
  • Pitch
    • Pitching fitting options based on their answers
    • Good / Better / Best
  • Close

Closing Techniques

  • Assumptive close — Assume the customer plans to purchase and encourage them with positive, reassuring remarks.
  • Puppy dog close — Allow buyers to test a product or service before agreeing to close a deal. Offering a more lenient return policy.
  • Scale close — Take the prospect's temperature by simply asking point-blank how interested they are. (Ex: "On a scale of 1 to 10...")
  • Summary close — Summarize various things a potential client wants with the outcome they're looking for, then ask for the sale.
  • Takeaway close — Give your potential client a limited period to make a decision before the offer no longer stands.
  • Ask for offer or offer next step — Break the sale process into smaller steps such as asking for a customer's social media, email, phone number, then asking to schedule a call or appointment.
  • Lack of objections — Directly ask for the sale, emphasizing the benefits and addressing minor lingering questions.
  • Sharp angle close — Agree to the demands made by the prospect but in return, ask them to close the deal then and there.
  • Limited-time offers — Increase the customer's feeling of urgency. Encourages them to act quickly.
  • Now-or-never close — Hurry them up with a one-off deal. With less time to reflect or seek alternatives, they have to choose.
  • Question closes — Ask a question like "Does this sound like a solid solution to x problem?" to close the deal or identify what is holding them back.
  • Something for nothing close — Offer something of value at a reduced price or for free to get the customer to take action.

Overcoming Objections

  • Finding solutions (layaway, finance, other options, trades)