Skip to main content

Just shut up and close the sale

Sun Tzu, the an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher, said ‘Move swiftly to overcome resistance…’. In selling that is interpreted as closing when you get a buying signal.

Yet how many times have we heard the story about the sales person who is so excited about their products they get caught up in convincing the client of their buying decision by continuing to list the associated benefits thus missing the client’s buying signal only to lose the sale?

The buyer gives the sales person a clear buying signal like: ‘Where do I sign? When do we start? How many can I get?’ and so on. And what does the salesperson do? They carry on telling the prospect about additional features and benefits, none of which are of real interest to the buyer who has already made a … read more by subscribing.

Sign in using your email address to see the article.

Once we have verified you are subscribed, the full article (plus all other articles) will be shown and you do not have to provide your email address again for another 4 weeks.

* indicates required
Subscribe to our Mailing list for see more content.

Once you are subscribed, the full article (plus all other articles) will be shown and you do not have to provide your email address again for another 4 weeks.

* indicates required

We will not sell your details, please enter a correct email address. We also do not check the email address so to make this process faster. It's a fair exchange of value as you receive current and valuable information for a once a week email we send.