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What is the purpose of asking a potential client thought-out questions to determine their needs?
What is the purpose of asking a potential client thought-out questions to determine their needs?
- To impress the prospect with industry jargon
- To make the prospect feel uncomfortable
- To uncover the prospect's needs (correct)
- To waste time and build rapport
What is the benefit of asking a potential client for a recent example of their challenge?
What is the benefit of asking a potential client for a recent example of their challenge?
- To make it more real and powerful (correct)
- To make the challenge seem less important
- To make the salesperson seem more knowledgeable
- To waste time
Why is it important to understand how a challenge is affecting the prospect directly?
Why is it important to understand how a challenge is affecting the prospect directly?
- To show the salesperson's superiority
- To make the prospect feel uncomfortable
- To make a buying decision (correct)
- To avoid the prospect's emotions
Study Notes
Five Sales Questions to Ask a Potential Client to Determine Their Needs
- Asking random questions to understand a potential client's needs is not effective.
- A process of thought-out questions is necessary to unveil a prospect's needs.
- Ask, "Tell me more about that challenge" to go deeper into a prospect's needs.
- Ask for a recent example of the challenge to make it more real and powerful.
- Asking how much the challenge costs the prospect helps translate the problem into dollars.
- Ask, "Why is this an issue right now?" to understand the relevancy of the challenge.
- Understanding how the challenge is affecting the prospect directly is crucial to making a buying decision.
- Asking "Why do you say that?" or "Unpack that for me" helps to go deeper into the prospect's needs.
- The questions help create a relationship, trust, and make the salesperson the obvious choice for the prospect.
- The questions help the salesperson understand what the prospect cares about the most.
- The questions are applicable to B2B and most consumer examples.
- A free training on the data-driven approach to help salespeople close more sales is available.
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Learn about the thought-out questions to ask a potential client to determine their needs effectively. Understand the significance of asking specific questions and how they contribute to building a relationship and trust with the prospect. Also, discover a free training available on the data-driven approach to help salespeople close more sales.
