Selling Without Self-Sabotage
I see agencies do this all the time - they go into a sales meeting and vomit their technical expertise all over the prospect. Here's the painful truth...
3 Ways We Kill Our Own Deals:
- We try to prove our expertise by diving into technical details the prospect never asked for
- We itemize our solution components, inviting price comparisons we don't want
- We answer questions that were never asked, creating doubts that didn't exist
Real talk: Last week I watched an agency lose a $55K deal because they wanted to show how smart they were. They dove deep into their tactics, their tools, their AI software. The prospect, who initially just wanted more customers, became overwhelmed and confused.
At the end of the day, they went with a competitor.
Remember: Your prospects don't care how the watch is made - they just want to know what time it is.
The best salespeople don't prove their expertise - they demonstrate their understanding of the client's problems and expertise in solving them.
CQ