The Conversations That Sell: Collaborate with Buyers and Make Every Conversation Count

By Nancy Noel Bleeke

Book Overview

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

Today's buyers want more from sales professionals than a simple consultation. What they're hungry for are?meaningful, collaborative conversations?built 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 an?effective sales call - Identify sales opportunities and the factors that?drive buyers to actAdjust their approach?to the type of buyer - Achievers, Commanders, Reflectors, and ExpressersMake conversations flow easily - Address problems, opportunities, wants, and needsWork 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814431801
• ISBN13: 9780814431801
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Amacom
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher