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Sales Discovery – Not Interrogation

February 3, 2012/1 Comment/in General Tips/by Bill Caskey

Leave some breathing space.  When we do role-plays in our training class, it’s amazing to us how often the discovery part of the sales process becomes an “interrogation.”  When you ask the prospect a question, give him or her a chance to answer and follow up that answer with subsequent answers that probably get you closer to the theme.  Stop getting in the way of the sale.

Tags: breathing space, getting the truth, prospecting
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1 reply
  1. Gigoogly
    Gigoogly says:
    February 5, 2012 at 4:09 am

    I like to remember this with the heuristic:

    Silence. Is. Golden.

    If you’re comfortable with the silence you’ll find you’re in a lot more control and get better answers. Great tip!

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