No matter how excellent your product or service and how well you present it, it is inevitable and sometimes most welcome that prospects have questions and even concerns. It is somewhat less welcome when they have objections or just make excuses and want to stall on making their buying decision.
To be successful in sales, it's important to be able to handle all of these professionally and get a positive result. Bruce King has been coaching business owners and their sales teams for over 25 years on how to handle this part of the sales process successfully.
In this section of The Rainmakers platform Bruce will coach you on the five major rules for handling questions. He will show you several ways to handle price objections, and how to easily and successfully overcome several other common and sometimes difficult to respond to objections and stalls.
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I have to think it over is either true, or just a stall. And even if the prospect does needs to 'think it over', they rarely do. In this video, I give you the precise words I use to overcome this.
Here I show you how you establish an up front contract with your prospect, so they agree they will not say they want to 'think it over' - and before you even start your presentation.
The first of 5 rules on how to handle questions and concerns. This one explains the importance of letting your prospect finish all they have to say before responding.
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In this video, I share with you the two words you must not use when responding to questions or concerns. If you do, you risk confrontation rather than cooperation.
In this video is the best way to respond to a concern, and show you empathise with your prospect. It's a warm and cuddly response.
Price may not be an issue at all, it's value for money that concerns most buyers. Use some of the strategies you'll learn in this and other videos and stick to your price.
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You have made your presentation, they tell you they have to discuss it with someone else. Is it a stall or is it true? Here is how to handle this situation.