/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
Most salespeople in any industry quickly become proficient at handling objections after the client or prospect brings them up. And that’s a good skill to have. But if you’re constantly dealing with the same objections at the end of your initial presentation, you’re already at a disadvantage – and very likely you’ve lost the chance to win the client.
If you’ve gone for the close and asked for the order, and the prospective client is still raising objections, the battle is on. It’s a signal that the prospect’s mental shields are up. In fact, you may not even be seriously in the fight anymore. This is the case when the objection the person is giving you is not the real objection.
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Deal with Objections Before They Become Mindsets
/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
Most salespeople in any industry quickly become proficient at handling objections after the client or prospect brings them up. And that’s a good skill to have. But if you’re constantly dealing with the same objections at the end of your initial presentation, you’re already at a disadvantage – and very likely you’ve lost the chance to win the client.
If you’ve gone for the close and asked for the order, and the prospective client is still raising objections, the battle is on. It’s a signal that the prospect’s mental shields are up. In fact, you may not even be seriously in the fight anymore. This is the case when the objection the person is giving you is not the real objection.
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How to Anticipate, Overcome and Avoid Getting Objections
/ by Don Connelly / Managing the Relationship, Prospecting / 0 comments
In our most recent webinar we discussed the issue of client objections. Why do we get objections, what objections are we likely to get, and how do we overcome them? More to the point, can objections be avoided entirely?
We concluded that successfully overcoming objections is a stepping stone in the relationship-building process.
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