Sales Commandment #10: Thou Shalt Never Answer the Un-Asked Question
Has thou been answering the un-asked question? Find out why you should never, ever answer the un-asked question in the final commandment of the 10 Commandments of Sales Success.
Transcript:
Hi, this is Mark Trinkle, Chief Growth Officer for Anthony Cole Training Group. And believe it or not, we have made it all the way to the final commandment in our series that we’ve titled “The 10 Commandments for Sales Success.”
Commandment number 10 is Thou Shalt Never, Ever Answer the Un-Asked Question. It’s fascinating to me that so many salespeople have a tendency to do that sometimes, to the point where they even sell past the yes. Never, ever answer the unasked question. If your prospect isn’t asking you about scheduling, don’t answer or ask a question about it. If your prospect isn’t asking you about the rest of the team, and I’m not saying they’re not important, then don’t answer or ask a question about it. It’s as simple as that. See, we believe at Anthony Cole Training Group that questions well, there’s an art part to it, there’s an artistic part to it, a little bit of artistic flair, and there’s a science part.
By science part we mean that open-ended questions are better than close-ended questions. Think about this. How good are you as a salesperson at getting your prospects to the point where they can’t stop thinking about the conversations or the discussions that you’re having with them? And the reason that’s important, is because people can ignore you, right? They can ignore your email, they can ignore your voicemail, they can ignore you. But the one thing, prospects can’t ignore their own thoughts. They cannot escape their own thoughts, hopefully, about the meeting that you’ve just had with them.
You need to ask the right question, the right way, at the right time. You certainly should be asking questions that you can reasonably predict or know the answers to. And lastly, don’t answer questions that your prospect isn’t asking. Remember, don’t sell past the yes. Thanks for listening. Have a great day.
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