HOW TO AVOID SOUNDING LIKE JUST ANOTHER SALES REP
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By Ron S. La Vine
President of Accelerated Sales Results Telesales Training and Sales Training, Inc.
I once called on a large Telecomm seeking to find out if there was a need for a certain type of software. As I sought this information, one of the first individuals I encountered immediately asked, "What are you selling?"
I replied, very simply. I'm not selling anything since I don't even know if there is a need to sell something. Now maybe you can help me. We went round and round a few times until she finally understood what I was saying and transferred me to the individual I was seeking to speak with.
If you want to avoid sounding like another company trying to sell something, DON'T SELL. You're thinking right now, "Ron you're off your rocker." What do you mean, don't sell? That's what I'm hired to do. To which I reply, I understand that making a sale is the overall goal of your position. However, before any sale (i.e. not a retail sale over the counter) of significance can take place, many questions need to be asked and answered and their answers agreed upon.
First, with how can you sell anyone anything unless you understand if there is a need to sell something? Therefore the solution is to STAY OUT of sales mode and STAY IN information mode. One of the many benefits of this approach is people let their defenses down when they feel they aren't being "sold". I find that people are more likely to assist you if you explain that you are not selling (and at this point of the sales cycle, in my opinion, you are not) but simply trying to determine if there is in fact, a need to sell something.
If you come off like a typical sales rep you'll be putting the cart before the horse. Instead, try playing the role of a newspaper reporter or "Columbo". Make it your first objective to seek "Just the facts and nothing but the facts" before trying to "sell something". You will quickly avoid "sounding like another company trying to sell something."
So when someone asks me what I'm selling, this how I reply. "How can I sell you anything unless I understand if there is a need for what I have to offer. I'm calling to determine if there is a need for my product or service." Remember "Understanding comes before Selling."(tm)
By using information mode and seeking to understand how a company does business before trying to sell something, you will find the answers you need to indeed make a sale. There was wise person who said, "Seek first to understand and then be understood."
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About the Author: Ron La Vine RSS for Ron's articles - Visit Ron's website What is the Cold Calling and Selling Made Faster! – Live Cold Call Training Workshop™? It is an all-inclusive cold calling, prospecting and sales training that will take your cold calling and selling skills from adequate to extraordinary. This cold calling workshop is designed specifically for B2B lead generation, new business development, telesales, inside sales and field sales professionals who need to make cold calls, prospect and sell or set appointments over the phone into Fortune 5000 organizations.Ron has trained thousands of sales reps using live cold calling into real prospects, real time for clients such as Agilent, CA Technologies, Cognos, EDS, Information Builders, Informix, i-WAY Software, MeadWestvaco, Merant, Micro Focus, Software AG, Sterling Software and over 100 more tech & non-tech related firms. For more details about LIVE Cold Calling Sales Training Workshops contact Ron personally at http://www.ColdCallTraining.com or call 1-818-991-6487. Also sign up for the Free Sales Tips and Telesales Tips eZine while you are there. Click here to visit Ron's website. TEN TIPS FOR TELEPHONE QUALIFYING SUCCESS HOW MUCH PRECALL RESEARCH IS TOO MUCH Business HOW TO AVOID SOUNDING LIKE JUST ANOTHER SALES REP BE INTERESTED NOT INTERESTING |
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