Conversations That Sell

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Conversations That Sell

This book introduces sales professionals to the collaborative conversation skills they need tocapture the buyer's attention and secure business.

Today's buyers want more from sales professionals than a simple consultation. What they're hungry for aremeaningful, collaborative conversationsbuilt on mutual value and trust, that result in a win...where they, the seller, and the organization, achieve a winning outcome. Based on the author's five-step sales system, What's in It for Them (WIIFT) - Wait, Initiate, Investigate, Facilitate, Then Consolidate - Conversations That Sell shows you how to:

  • Prepare for aneffective sales call - Identify sales opportunities and the factors thatdrive buyers to act
  • Adjust their approachto the type of buyer - Achievers, Commanders, Reflectors, and Expressers
  • Make conversations flow easily - Address problems, opportunities, wants, and needs
  • Work through objections - Advance and close sales; and more

Packed with valuable tools and examples, salespeople in all industries will discover how to increase their short- and long-term sales success by keeping the focus of every conversation where it belongs…on the buyer.