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Rainmaking Conversations
By: Mike Schultz , John E. E. DoerreBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Wiley
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Conversations make or break everything in sales. Every conversation you have is an opportunity to find new prospects, win new customers, and increase sales. Rainmaking Conversations provides a proven system for leading masterful conversations that fill the pipeline, secure new deals, and maximize the potential of your account.
Rainmaking Conversations offers a research-based, field-tested, and practical selling approach that will help you master the art of the sales conversation. This proven system revolves around the acronym RAIN, which stands for Rapport, Aspirations and Afflictions, Impact, and New Reality. You'll learn how to ask your prospects and clients the right questions, and help them set the agenda for success.
Armed with the knowledge of the markets you serve, the common needs of prospects, and how your products and services can help, you can become a trusted advisor to your clients during and after the sale. With the RAIN system, you'll be able to: Build rapport and trust from the first contact Create conversations with prospects, referral sources, and clients using the telephone, email, and mail Uncover the real need behind client challenges Make the case for improved business impact and return on investment (ROI) for your prospects Understand and communicate your value proposition Apply the 16 principles of influence in sales Overcome and prevent all types of objections, including money Craft profitable solutions and close the deal
The world-class RAIN Selling SM methodology has helped tens of thousands of people lead powerful sales conversations and achieve breakthrough sales performance. Start bridging the gap between "hello" and profitable relationships today.
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| Title of Business & Economics eBook: Rainmaking Conversations | |
| Release Date: 02-25-2011 | |
| Publisher: Wiley | Store Sales Rank: 6932 |
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Rainmaking Conversations
Chapter One
Introduction
Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. —Emily Post
It's 4 PM on a Thursday and you're about to meet the CEO of a major company you'd like to win as a client. The conversation starts as you walk into the office, approach the CEO, stretch out your hand, and say, "Nice to meet you, Jill. I'm Steve Webb."
Fast forward to a meeting about four months later—3 PM on a Wednesday this time. You head into the office. Jill gets out from behind her desk and says, "Good to see you again, Steve. Here's the check for $1.2 million that you need to get the process underway. Let's schedule the kickoff for next Friday."
Suffice it to say, a lot has to happen between "nice to meet you" and "here's a check for $1.2 million." Yet two things are true:
1. This is how it happens. 2. Conversations form the bridge between "hello" and "let's go."
As sales trainers, sales managers, and sellers ourselves, we've had the privilege of observing and analyzing thousands of telephone and face-to-face sales conversations. All too often we see salespeople say "hello," but never get to "let's go," because of mistakes they make in their conversations. We also regularly see salespeople unable to generate the conversations they need. Limited sales conversations limited sales opportunities.
We wrote Rainmaking Conversations: Influence, Persuade, and Sell in Any Situation for sale
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