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3 Objection-Handling Lessons from Pandemic Politics

Cerebral Selling

Why should people follow your government’s advice?”. Sure, there are a few bad actors here and there, but the majority of our people follow the public health guidelines because they know deep down it’s the right thing to do. ”. Note : the make-up of this large health command table has remained a mystery since the start of the pandemic.

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6 Common Objection Handling Mistakes You Need to Avoid, According to Experts

Hubspot

Objection handling is one of the trickier, more grating aspects of sales life. Pushback is natural and often productive in a sales engagement, but in many cases, a piece of you is going to think, Oh, come on, when a prospect brings up concerns. Reps who swallow surface objections end up spinning their wheels.

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7 Winning Steps for Effective Objection Handling

Salesforce

We learned very quickly that the biggest obstacle to closing new business isn’t the objections themselves, it’s how the team manages the objections. The key to effective objection handling is using a question-based framework that puts the prospect at ease. Why is objection handling important?

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4 Steps to Help Your Sales Team Nail Objection Handling

SalesLoft

For sales teams, there’s simply nothing worse than progressing a deal through the pipeline only to have a no-go objection come up at the 11th hour. Move the deal back to an earlier stage where the objection should have been addressed, which involves re-engaging other stakeholders to resolve it.

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The Ultimate Guide to Objection Handling: 40 Common Sales Objections & How to Respond

Hubspot

Your product doesn't work with our current set-up.". To be successful, reps must learn how to both discover and resolve these objections. What Is Objection Handling? Objections are generally around price, product fit, competitors, and good old-fashioned brush offs. Objections are far more serious than brush-offs.

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5 Problem-Centric Discovery Questions (That Will Stop Customers in Their Tracks)

Cerebral Selling

But the truth is customers dont wake up thinking about products or processes. Its problems and challenges that keep them up at night! Bonus:Ive covered 3 ways you can use this question in the initial discovery, a second meeting, and even as an objection-handling tactic 2. or What are you looking for in a solution?

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Why the Basics Still Beat Fancy: The Unsexy Skills That Close Deals

Sales Gravy

Follow-up calls. Most reps send five emails and give up. And they clam up long enough to actually listen. Objection Handling If objections scare you, its because you dont practice. Objections arent stop signstheyre buying signals. Follow up until they buy or you find them a better solution.

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