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July 27, 2010

"Step 2 of the Straight Line Approach: Qualify Quickly"
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Dear Top Secrets Subscriber,

This week, we continue examining our straight line approach to sales:

Prospect Constantly, Qualify Quickly, Present Professionally and Follow Up Methodically.
Then Repeat...

Today we'll explore the idea of Qualifying Quickly.

As we meet new business prospects, whether through networking functions, referrals, cold calling or any of the methods we discussed last week, remember that our goal is not to chat, schmooze or even sell (at this point). Our goal is to qualify quickly.


Top Secrets Author, Entrepreneur & Business Consultant, David Blaise

This Means to Make Initial Determinations About Whether or Not
the Prospect has the Need, Desire or Ability to Buy from Us

While making these determinations may involve chatting and/or schmoozing, just remember, qualifying quickly is the goal.

  • Does the prospect have any events coming up (i.e. open house, new product launch, trade show exhibit, etc.)?
  • Does the prospect use any business gifts (i.e. holiday gifts, customer recognition, employee recognition, etc.)?
  • Does the prospect use incentives to motivate staff, salespeople or customers to take action?
  • Is the prospect interested in improving safety in the workplace?

A "yes" answer to any of these questions may indicate a viable prospect. A "no" answer to all of these questions indicates a definite lack of interest (and quite possibly the lack of a business pulse!)

Remember that qualifying is as much about eliminating poor prospects as it is about finding the good ones.

The quicker we eliminate those unqualified to do business with us, the more time we'll have to work with those who are qualified.

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