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Neutralize the Unspoken Objections
to
Increase Your Sales
Copyright 2002 By Bob Leduc
You can increase your sales by neutralizing the unspoken objections
your prospects may have to buying from you...before you ask them to
buy. Neutralizing unspoken objections will increase the sales you get from
your web pages, sales letters and personal presentations.
Neutralizing objections is easier than it sounds. Most of your
prospect's objections to buying fall into 1 of only 3 categories. Let's
look at these 3 categories of objections...and some proven tactics you can
use to neutralize them.
1. The Money Objection
Most of your prospects have (or can get) the money to buy what you're
selling. But they have a money objection. Some think your price is too
high. Others believe they can get a better value from a competitor.
You don't have to reduce your price to neutralize these Money
Objections. Here are two proven tactics that work for any business.
Enhance the perceived value of your product or service. For example,
some businesses include with each sale a manual, CD or downloadable e-Book
crammed with information related to using their product or service.
Another effective tactic is to promote yourself or your company as a
"Specialist" catering to the special needs of a narrowly defined
targeted market. Prospects feel comfortable when buying from somebody who
thoroughly understands them and their unique needs. They want to do
business with you -- even if you don't offer the lowest price.
Here's a simple three-step process you can follow to develop yourself
into a specialist:
Step 1: Divide your primary market into several more narrowly
defined specialty markets.
Step 2: Learn everything you can about prospects in each new
specialty market ...and about how your product or service meets their
special needs.
Step 3: Customize your sales message to appeal directly to the
special interests and unique circumstances of prospects in each specialty
market.
Tip: If you're attracting many prospects who really don't have
(or can't get) the money to buy your product or service -- you need to
change your market. Target a market where prospects have an intense desire
for the benefits produced by your product or service ...AND the money to
buy it.
2. The Priorities Objection
Some of your prospective customer didn't buy from you because they put
a higher priority on spending their money for something else. You can get
many of these sales by persuading them to make YOUR product or service
their priority.
For example, develop some special offers your prospects can't resist.
Create offers so enticing your prospects feel compelled to make your
product or service their priority purchase.
Tip: Include a deadline for every offer. It forces
procrastinating prospects to make a decision. Many will decide to buy
immediately so they don't forfeit your "good deal".
3. The Skepticism Objection
Your prospects bought things in the past that didn't produce the
promised results. That makes them skeptical of your promises. Some of the
ways you can overcome their skepticism include:
** Eliminate any risk of loss. Guarantee your customer's
satisfaction. Offer to refund your customer's money if they don't get the
results they expect.
** Prove your history of delivering what you promise. Provide
testimonials from satisfied customers as evidence you've lived up to your
promises in the past.
** Make yourself available -- personally or by phone. This is
especially effective for Internet Marketers. Prospective customers feel
more secure when they can talk with a real person.
Neutralize all 3 of these unspoken objections before you ask your
prospects to buy. Do it in your web pages, your sales letters, your
personal presentations -- every message designed to generate sales. You'll
see an immediate increase in your sales volume.
Bob Leduc is a Sales Consultant with 30 years experience in
generating low-cost leads. He recently wrote a manual for small business owners,
"How to Build Your Small Business Fast With Simple Postcards", and
several other publications to help small businesses grow and prosper. For more
info: mailto:BobLeduc@aol.com?subject=Postcards
Phone: 702-658-1707 After 10 AM Pacific Time/Las Vegas, NV
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