Get Real with Qualifying Your Sales Opportunities

Too many sellers get caught wearing "hope goggles."?They make favorable assumptions about their prospect's buying process, overstate their alignment with buyer needs, and worst of all, avoid asking the questions that could result in answers they don't want to hear.

What happens next? You've probably witnessed it first-hand: bloated pipelines and inflated forecasts followed by "no decisions" and painful reality checks. Ouch.

Qualifying opportunities requires asking key questions to understand your prospect's buying process. When executed correctly, it shouldn't feel like an interrogation; rather, it reveals valuable information about how (and whether)?the purchase decision will eventually be made.

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Know What You're Up Against

Sales qualification models have been around for a long time, but very few of them account for the alternatives that a buyer might explore. Ask questions to understand what options the buyer is considering for solving the problem they're facing. It could involve one or several competitors, or they may even opt to?address the issue internally. ?

By asking the right questions, we can gain a clear understanding of how to proceed in the sales process, if at all.

After all, our time is too valuable to waste on the wrong sales opportunities.

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