The importance of technique
Wayne Goodings
Sales Performance Expert & Technique Coach; Sales Consulting; Sales Training & Coaching; Sales Problem Solver; B2B Specialist; Sales Leader Mentoring; Accountability Coach; Sales Process & Revenue Growth
Selling is definitely not akin to heart surgery but the best in any professional field are adept in particular techniques. And so it is with selling...superior technique ......not personality .....nor the "gift of the gab", separates the best from the rest. To ensure that you have accurately articulated an individual’s PROBLEMS, use the following checklist.
At least 3 or 4 of these questions must be answered yes.
Is the Problem:
Relevant to the role of the individual it corresponds to?
Personal to the individual who owns it?
Something that the individual is measured on?
Something that the individual is motivated to solve?
Something that the individual is rewarded for addressing?
Something the individual is looked to by his or her peers to resolve?
Something that provides the individual a compelling reason to take action?
Articulated in a manner that describes:
§ Something increasing?
§ Something decreasing?
§ A compliance matter that has been mandated?
§ A potential missed opportunity?