Is good at closing the sale. Best Practice #5

by Dave Kahle

The best salespeople earn that designation because they write more business than the mass of salespeople.  They get the order! 

        One of the practices that contributes to that success is that of “closing the sale”.  Unfortunately, there is no one issue that is more misunderstood and incompetently trained than that of “closing the sale.”  Much of the sales training on the subject, as well as the vast preponderance of sales literature, is way off the mark.   

        Closing is not a matter of continually pressing for the business, nor using manipulative techniques, nor clever repartee, nor memorizing any “magic” closes.  

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        Just today I said “no” to someone who kept pressing me for the order.  I interpreted his pressure as desperation on his part, and his desperation meant that there was something not right about the deal.  I said “no.”  In this case, the highly trained, very skilled salesperson, with the right product at the right price, did exactly the wrong thing, and brought about a negative result — solely on the basis of his poor judgment about the customer, and his repeated attempts to close the sale.

        While there isn’t enough space in this article to fully explore the issue of closing, I have some general observations.

        When it comes to closing, the best salespeople do two things. In the traditional sense, they ask for the order when they sense that the customer is close to committing to a decision.  This has always been the classic... CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE