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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL ART OF ‘CLOSING-A-SALE’ IS?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE REAL ART OF ‘CLOSING-A-SALE’ IS?

Ask any salesperson, "At what point in the selling process does the 'Close' take place?"
Eight out of ten will answer - at the end. To be fair, they are not totally incorrect but they are more wrong than right.
The actual ‘close of the sale’ takes place almost at the initial meeting and all through the interaction.
Dale Carnegie is best known as the architect of the ‘Five Steps to a Sale’ selling process and his success is largely due to the simplicity of his strategy.
He gave short, easy, clearly defined rules that are based on human psychology,
For instance, his first step is: “Talk to your customer briefly regarding something that interests them.”
What does he mean and why is this important?
When salespeople meet customers for the first time, they need to ‘get-to-know-them’. This is also called bonding.
Carnegie suggested: in your opening meeting with customers, the best way to get them to like you and trust you is to engage them in brief conversations about things they find most interesting.
I saw this beautifully demonstrated first hand, when I was hired by the US agency, Response Marketing Group of Virginia, to set up their operation in Toronto. They had been invited to come and pitch for the CIBC Credit card business.
After the initial formalities and introductions, the CIBC staff sat back and waited for us to show and sell them.
After a brief awkward silence, our main salesman, Jim Marous, simply said, “Oh, we came here today just to get to know you. We don’t even know what problem needs to be solved or what you have attempted in the past.”
For the next two hours the client spilled their guts, revealing in detail their problems and what needed to be fixed.
I felt that I had just witnessed a skillful doctor who explored carefully before giving a diagnosis
A week later we came fully prepared with our pitch and solutions and walked away with 2 million dollars of business that day.





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