Eight Yes’s Secures A Sale…..

Statistics show that if you can get your customer to say "yes" at least eight times through trial close questions then you will secure a sale! When asking trial close questions, always help the customer to say "yes" by nodding your head --they will automatically nod with you. Have you ever tried to say no while your were nodding your head up and down?

Using trial close questions in the presentation is like going down Main Street through traffic lights. As long as the lights are green, you can keep on going. If you ever come to a red light, you have to stop. At the yellow lights, you either proceed cautiously or come to a stop, at that point, a change has to take place before you can proceed down the street.

 The same is true in closing a sale. Each trial close question is like a traffic light with the client at the controls. As long as he gives you a "yes" (a green light) you can keep on moving with the presentation and progress toward the sale. The minute you hit a "no" (a red light) you have to stop, handle the objection and then ask more trial close questions. When a customer continually responds negatively to trial close questions, shorten your presentation and, if necessary, gracefully finish up and move to another appointment--you can only do so much.

Remember, when people see red lights or green lights, they pretty well know what to do. It is the human problem of what to do on the yellow lights that causes most of the trouble. The same is true in the close. In selling products, it is not the yes's or the no's that will cause you not to do well, but the maybe's.

When a customer responds to trial close questions with maybe's or indecision, proceed with caution by showing more and asking additional trial close questions. You hope all of your customers are excited and say "yes" to every presentation that you make. The important thing is that you gently bring them to a point of decision--even if the decision is not to purchase the product today.


 Chris Wilkinson.                              

Certified Business Behaviour & Attitudes Analyst.               

Business Coach.

Tel: (905) 275-2907 (Mississauga).

E-mail: buspilot@bell.net