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Here is a list of 100 classic “Sandler Questions” to fully understand what the buyer needs and be able to close the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
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Here are some of the key questions we coach salespeople to be prepared to ask in the initial phases of a conversation with a prospect.
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Mike Montague interviews Dan Stalp on how to succeed at redirecting prospects’ head trash.
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There’s something to be said about children who continue to ask “why” about everything. When they ask and you respond, and they ask “Why?” again, it means they don’t have the complete answer to their question. They will continue to ask until they understand the entire concept or until the adult gets frustrated. In business,…
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All too frequently, salespeople schedule appointments…and then forget about them until the day before the scheduled dates. Do you? Is preparation a last-minute activity often consisting of nothing more than a quick review of the notes from the original phone conversations when the appointments were scheduled…and perhaps a review of the prospects’ web sites, advertising,…
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Prospects like to play games with salespeople. The purpose of games prospects play is to make a salesperson feel not-OK. When a salesperson feels not-OK in front of a prospect, they are more likely to give up their time and information in the hope that their prospect will make them feel OK again. Some of…
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The two words that are guaranteed to trip up most sales people are “better” and “value.” The latter we’ll talk about in another post. Typically the “better” trap is set by a prospect at the beginning of a meeting. After introductions and polite conversation your prospect says, “so tell me how you are better than…
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Why do we think that by asking a question we’ll hurt the prospect’s feelings? What you need to remember is that that you are not responsible for how a prospect reacts to a question that you ask. Clients share with me daily the questions they’ve avoided asking for fear of upsetting the prospect. Sometimes they…
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