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Turning Your Prospects into Clients

Published on September 30, 2011 by kwoodcock

One of the challenges we often hear at Touching Clients is about conversion or “closing the deal”. There are certainly no guaranties that even if you do all the correct things that a deal will definitely happen. The fact is there are some outside circumstances that you cannot control, however if you are consistently performing a well rounded marketing initiative you should be filling your pipeline with qualified prospects.

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In this post we will discuss some of the areas we review with our clients when it comes to closing.

When you are working with a targeted audience, do your homework. What does this mean? Find out what associations that your audience is a part of. Look over what credentials they need to have to practice their craft. Review which trade magazines are typically subscribed to by their profession. The more you can align yourself with their train of thought the better off you are.

TIP: It used to be common practice for Salesman to wear suit and ties to every sales call. In today’s environment over dressing can be harmful as well. People want to do business with people who are like themselves. So if you are going to the attorney’s office to pitch them your new initiative, yep break out the suit and tie but if you are going to a software company you may want to research what their culture is like. You don’t want to be seen as the stuffy-square guy either. A lot of this type of information can be found at www.glassdoor.com . It is written by job candidates but the information is very relative to sales calls.

By the time you have scheduled the closing meeting you should have a historical perspective on what other relevant products your client has tried. Make sure when you are gathering this information earlier in the sales process that you make note of what worked well and any negative experiences. Align yourself with the positive and directly state how whatever negative experiences they may have had will not occur because you have safeguards in place and provide examples.

Gaining a prospects confidence and proactively removing any inhibitions is a critical step. It is here typically the decision maker starts questioning themselves as to “why wouldn’t I do business with this firm”.

We hope you find this helpful – happy hunting.

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