Selling Skills: Probing Probing is the skill of asking questions to gather information and uncover customer needs. There are two types of probes: open and closed. Open probes encourage a customer to respond freely. The key words that will assist in identifying an open probe include: Key Word Example: Who “Who handles this process for […]
Selling Skills: Selling by Satisfying a Need Selling is a process of uncovering and satisfying customer needs. When communicating with a Client, we must be able to recognize needs for our product or service. A need is a customer want or desire that can be satisfied by your product or service. The key words that […]
SELLING SKILLS: How to Support When you support, you acknowledge the customer’s need and introduce the appropriate benefit(s) that will satisfy the need. The first step of a support statement is to acknowledge the customer’s need. When you acknowledge, you are showing the customer that you consider the need to be important. You do this […]
The key to growing a roofing company is a mindset change and not necessarily an infrastructure change. Instead of managing the work – manage the account. Each Client, each portfolio, each site, each phone call, each report, each proposal, each contract, each invoice is important. Taking the time to develop a relationship and exceed the […]
Prospect Personality – When Your Prospect Buys There are 4 types of Buying Personalities. You may have one or all 4 depending on the product. Price, availability, use, and other factors impact the personality of the buyer for a particular purchase. Understanding the prospects’ personality is important to developing a sales plan, tactics and presentation […]
