Sunday, February 20, 2011

Part 6 of 8 Failure to Understand

Failure to Understand

What the prospect needs and what they want are two entirely different things.
Wants are more emotional, and are generally based on things like whether or not the prospect likes or trusts you more than the other sales rep.

A prospect might need to buy a screwdriver to fix up his house, but he wants to buy it from Home Depot instead of Ace Hardware because he likes Home Depot better. It’s not always a logical decision. Customers buy what they need from a sales people who know what they want.

How can you determine what a customer wants? By asking questions such as:

• Why is this problem important for you to solve?
• What value do you see in an ABC solution (solution like yours)?
• What will happen if this problem does not go away?

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