Effective persuasion involves establishing rapport and identifying the buyer's needs. Two key actions: create rapport by mirroring and understanding their needs, then anchor these needs to your product.
đ Rapport first, product second: Ensure people feel "me too" instead of "so what".
đ§ Mirror and match: Match their body language, tone, and breathing to build connection.
đ Identify needs: Ask questions to uncover what they truly want; tailor your pitch to these desires.
đŹ Assume the sale: Create a sense of urgency and assume the sale once youâve satisfied their needs.
Key insights
Establishing Rapport
Matching and Mirroring: Use body language, tone, and breathing patterns that match the other personâs to ensure they feel understood and connected.
Building a Connection: People need to feel a connection for effective persuasion, making them more likely to say "me too" rather than "so what".
Identifying the Needs
Ask the Right Questions: Understand what is truly important to them. Questions like, "If you could change anything in your life right now, what would it be?" are crucial.
Find Their Pain Points: Listen to what bothers them or what they wish to improve, and use this information to tailor your pitch.
Anchoring and Sales Techniques
Anchor Emotional States: Use positive experiences and emotions to create a bridge to your product. Relate how your product or service can recreate these positive feelings.
Assume the Sale: Guide them towards a decision by assuming they will buy. This involves a confident pitch where you outline the steps for them to take.
Attack and Confess Strategy
Pre-empt Objections: Address common objections (time and money) upfront by empathizing and offering logical reasons to overcome these hurdles.
Use Personal Stories: Share personal experiences where overcoming similar objections led to positive outcomes.
Closing the Deal
Logical and Emotional Balance: Combine logic (price, value, practical information) with emotions (future state, satisfaction) to close the deal.
Commitment and Congruency: Continuously gauge their commitment throughout the conversation and maintain congruency in enthusiasm and belief in the product.
Continuous Commitment
Momentum of Agreement: Keep the prospective client in a state of agreement, continually securing smaller âyesesâ to build towards the final âyesâ for the sale.
Personal Congruency: Your confidence in what you are selling should radiate and reflect in every aspect of your pitch.
Key quotes
"You want people here to say 'me too' not 'so what'."
"If you know that your congruency is that you donât accept the word 'no', no just means that you havenât gotten me in state yet."
"The key to sales is putting them in a state where theyâve bought before and then while theyâre in that state, anchor it."
"People will tell you stuff they wonât tell anybody else when you have rapport."
"Youâve got to attack the principal, not the person, and sometimes confess that youâve faced the same issue."
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