10 Factfinding Tips

If you’re in the business of factfinding or exploring the needs of your customer before you give them advice or a recommendation, here are ten quick tips to use as an MOT or checkup: Focus on your non-verbals – your eye contact needs to be strong or appropriate for the customer, open body, gestures when talking. Use your head when listening – tilt your head to show interest, raise your eyebrows to signify curiosity. Freewheel first. Ignore your scripted questions on your factfind to start with. Just ask a solid…

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How to ask great questions

Paul Archer 2013 22 September how to ask questions live from Paul Archer on Vimeo. In 2008, Paul spoke to an audience in Tehran on face to face selling skills using NLP tools. Enjoy this 3 minute video clip which has a rather funny story to illustrate the main point.

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Coaches leading the witness

Watching the Michael Jackson trial on TV recently reminds me of a common error from newly trained sales coaches. And at first glance it appears the new coaches are doing the right thing. Let me explain. Many sales manager positions are filled by the top performing salespeople. It seems a simple choice really. Promote your best salespeople into a sales manager and sales coach position. After all, they can guide the new breed in the right way to do the job, since they can do it. We all know the…

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