Streamline Your Sales Process by Closing the Sale in United States

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these are some definitive answers that you will not like about closing the sale you've heard the expression ABC always be closing you may know that line from the infamous sales movie Glengarry Glen Ross where Alex Baldwin plays himself actually a sales manager it's a throwback sales training line from the 1960s that manifested itself all the way to the 1980s the problem with that line is that some people are still using it whenever I do a seminar everyone wants to know the fastest way to close this sale the easiest way to close a sale the best way to close a sale the reality is there is no fast way there is no easy way and there is no best way however there is a better way than thinking of it as closing the sale and once you understand what that way is it will change your approach to the sale for the better forever it's not the clothes it's the open from the moment you engage the prospective customer they're beginning to make a judgement first they judge you then they judge what they're buying and finally they judge what company they're buying it from where's the value and as I've said for years the first sale that's made is the salesperson that would be you the secret of selling is forwards perceived value and perceived difference two of the four words are the same perceived if your prospective customer perceives no difference between you and the competition and perceives no value better stated a greater value in what you're offering then all that's left is price and you will most likely lose the sale or if you win the sale it will be at the expense of your profit there are two intangibles that when combined create a better chance a better percentage of you completing the sale or completing the transaction they are comfort and fit comfort and fit how comfortable were you with the prospective customer and how comfortable the prospective customer with you and was there a perceived fit in what you were selling and what they were buying did what you were selling fit with what the customer needed to or wanted to buy so I'm going back to my original statement is not the clothes it's the open let me give you a pop quiz that will determine whether or not you were even ready to open how's your attitude how strong is your belief system you have a great attitude you have a yes attitude give an impenetrable belief system in your company your products your services and yourself do you believe that the customer is better off having purchased from you how well have you researched both the company and the person that you're meeting with preparation for the sale is broken down into three parts personal preparation sales preparation and preparation in terms of the prospect with this critical caveat preparation in terms of the prospect do you know what their reasons for buying are do you know what their motives for buying might be if you know their reasons and their motives by definition you will also know their urgency and note well your reasons for selling pale in comparison to their reasons for buying when you first spoke on the phone with the prospect was it a friendly encounter were you familiar with them were they familiar with you did you develop any rapport prior to arriving do you have anything in common prior to your face-to-face appointment or your telephone appointment to complete the sale and in addition to your preparation you must have some kind of a goal for the customer to like you believe you have confidence in you and trust you if those goals are not achieved within the framework of the sales presentation then completion of the sale will never become a reality so here's a self-test rather than me teaching you a closing question here are some tough questions that you must ask yourself before during and after every presentation that you make these questions if answered positively in the mind of the prospective customer will preclude you from ever having to ask a closing question in paraphrasing my opening statement if it doesn't start right it's not going to end right how ready were you how friendly were you how engaging were you how different were you how valuable were you how compelling were you how believable were you how credible were you how self-confident were you how relatable were you and not trustworthy where you're perceived to be closing the sale is not an action it's a culmination and a sum total of the elements that make a favorable decision possible as I've also written in my sales Bible the close of a sale is a delicate balance between your words and deeds and the prospect thoughts and perceptions and the sale is always made either you sell the prospect on yes or they sell you on no but here's the secret you give me a prepared friendly engaging different valuable compelling believable self-confident relatable trustworthy salesperson and I'll give you a sale every time don't close the sale rather complete the sales process and begin the relationship you see it is not the responsibility of the salesperson to close the sale it is the responsibility of the salesperson to earn the sale