30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales How To Actually Challenge Customers | John Barrows | 30MPC Hall of Fame
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Jan 13, 2025 
In this insightful discussion, John Barrows, a top sales trainer with experience at Salesforce and Google, shares golden strategies for challenging customers effectively. He emphasizes the importance of prioritizing decision criteria and focusing on valuable insights to enhance client interactions. Barrows suggests leading with hypotheses based on research, asking targeted questions, and incorporating product demos throughout the conversation. This approach shifts the sales dynamic from traditional selling to problem-solving, ultimately driving better engagement and closing rates.
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Prioritize Decision Criteria
- Prioritize decision criteria to add objectivity to sales.
- Present clients with common criteria and have them rank importance.
Preemptive Strike on Objections
- Address objections like pricing head-on if you know they're coming.
- Use a preemptive strike by acknowledging and addressing the objection directly.
Clarify Objections
- Clarify vague objections with layered questions to uncover the real issue.
- Ask probing questions like "What do you mean by too expensive?"