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Don’t Lose the Sale: How not to send your leads running to the competition

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Don’t Lose the Sale. You’re ready to throw in the towel with this lead. The lead is very interested, but you have been working with them for what seems like an eternity.  Around every bend, there is another question or another reason to hold off the purchase.

How long do you stick with a lead that shows interest but just won’t close? Are there any tricks to help get these pesky leads out of the never-ending spiral of maybe laters? If you ask any ten sales experts you will most likely get 10 very different answers. Answers such as:

  • Show them the risk of waiting too long
  • Explain how the price will be offset by the savings (or revenue potential)
  • Help them weigh the pros and cons of making a purchase. Let them see that the pros outweigh the cons  
  • Offer them a promotion that expires in 24 hours

I could go on, but you get the idea. There are a lot of different views and ideas on the best way to deal with leads who won’t be converted into clients.  As an executive who has been on the other side of this equation (yes, I have been that pesky lead), I have heard just about everything. The end result, the more manipulative the salesperson gets the further away from the purchase I run! Often times the above sales tactics have sent me right to their competitor.  No one likes to be manipulated (and yes, people do know when they are being pushed).

On the other hand, as a sales professional, I am guilty of simply giving up on leads. After a couple of rejections or ignored voice mails, I simply write the lead off as dead.  This is where you get to learn from my mistakes.  In sales, leads never die. The trick is to find the balance between scaring the leads off and simply ignoring them until they go elsewhere.

Don’t Lose the Sale

The best way to close the deal with a lead that simply won’t move forward is patience. Stay in contact with them. Find ways to bring free value (through newsletters, webinars, samples, etc.). The better you are at connecting with leads for reasons other than to close the deal the more effective you will become.

At the end of the day, please, please, please, just remember that you can’t force a sale. There is no magic formula for overcoming objections or manipulating someone into purchasing. If you really want to be effective you have to be sincere. Throw out the sales tactics and just be you.

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Mark Zarr is a writer, graphic designer, and a marketing and communications consultant who works with businesses, churches, and non-profits to improve their branding, marketing, and communication strategies. Utilizing his 15 plus years of business management, marketing, and design experience he helps organizations of all sizes grow and achieve amazing results by standing out from the crowd through great design. He has an MBA from Liberty University and is an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Business for Boise State University and Pueblo Community College. He currently lives in Colorado with his wife, Rachel, and their two children.

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