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Sales Training London: Can You Make It Last Longer Than 3 Minutes

Sales Training London: Can You Make It Last Longer Than 3 Minutes

What are TIO's?

They're often the death of sales, cost companies time, resource and money. They're "think it overs". Do you ever get them?

How frustrating is it when a prospect expresses significant interest in what you offer, you do a spectacular presentation and you try to close them / get them to commit to a next step which advances your sale and they tell you "I need to think it over", "I have to talk to my boss/FD/accountant/spouse etc".

How often do prospects make your life even worse by instead of giving you a simple wishy washy excuse which you may accept as genuine interest and jump through a few hoops, chase them until you give up, they go that one step further and get you to work for them by writing a proposal or knocking out some pricing ...when they never had any intention to buy ...from you at least.

A million pound/dollar/euro presentation has NEVER EVER EVER convinced someone to buy against their will. So what can you do in the first 3 minutes of making a face to face call or the first 30 second of a cold phone call to eliminate TIOs?

Upfront Contracts (UFC) of course.

A good UFC has specific components. Time, roles, permission to say no and next steps. If I get enough requests to explain this in more detail I will but you need to contact me on EVANCARMICHAEL@SALTeurope.com.

(c)Sandler Sales Institute, 2006

Happy selling.





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