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Sales Truths: You Make More Sales By Listening Than By Speaking Well

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What we know about how you sellTRUTH #4 
YOU MAKE MORE SALES BY LISTENING WELL THAN SPEAKING WELL. 
 
WHY IT’S TRUE: Many salespeople believe their job is to use their verbal skills to convince the customer to make a purchase. Big mistake! Have you ever wrecked a potentially good sale by talking too much? Sure, you have. We are all very knowledgeable about our store and our merchandise, but not every customer wants to hear about the four C’s or how to propose marriage. The most important verbal skill you can learn is knowing when to shut up.  
 
PLAN OF ACTION: Ask open-ended questions to get customers talking and uncover their real needs. And when the customer is talking, listen ? really listen ? to their response rather than thinking about what you are going to say next. The result: you may not have to close the sale … the customer will do it for you.

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Newton’s Jewelers in Fort Smith, Ark., was a true institution. But after being at the helm for most of his life, owner (and descendent of the original founder) Kelly Newton decided it was time to retire. He chose Wilkerson to handle the sale. “I’ve known the owners of Wilkerson for a long, long time. I felt at home with them,” he says. The final retirement sale was just a “blast” and the Wilkerson sales team made it so very simple and straightforward, says Newton. Would he recommend Wilkerson to others? Absolutely. “They’ve done incredible work,” says Newton. “They feel like family.”

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Sales Truths: You Make More Sales By Listening Than By Speaking Well

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Published

15 years ago

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What we know about how you sellTRUTH #4 
YOU MAKE MORE SALES BY LISTENING WELL THAN SPEAKING WELL. 
 
WHY IT’S TRUE: Many salespeople believe their job is to use their verbal skills to convince the customer to make a purchase. Big mistake! Have you ever wrecked a potentially good sale by talking too much? Sure, you have. We are all very knowledgeable about our store and our merchandise, but not every customer wants to hear about the four C’s or how to propose marriage. The most important verbal skill you can learn is knowing when to shut up.  
 
PLAN OF ACTION: Ask open-ended questions to get customers talking and uncover their real needs. And when the customer is talking, listen ? really listen ? to their response rather than thinking about what you are going to say next. The result: you may not have to close the sale … the customer will do it for you.

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Wilkerson: “They Feel Like Family”

Newton’s Jewelers in Fort Smith, Ark., was a true institution. But after being at the helm for most of his life, owner (and descendent of the original founder) Kelly Newton decided it was time to retire. He chose Wilkerson to handle the sale. “I’ve known the owners of Wilkerson for a long, long time. I felt at home with them,” he says. The final retirement sale was just a “blast” and the Wilkerson sales team made it so very simple and straightforward, says Newton. Would he recommend Wilkerson to others? Absolutely. “They’ve done incredible work,” says Newton. “They feel like family.”

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