
Stop Telling, Start Selling: How to Use Customer-Focused Dialogue to Close Sales
Linda Richardson(Author)
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 16. November 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-07-052558-0 (ISBN)
Description
In this revised edition of her best-seller, noted sales consultant Linda Richardson offers salespeople the tools they need to successfully use customer-focused, dialogue selling. Featuring real-world dialogue samples, helpful dos and don'ts, self-tests, checklists, and other useful tools, this guide offers insight on every aspect of face-to-face selling, from the initial introduction through the needs identification and the negotiation of terms and price to the successful close, with prime emphasis on the six critical skills necessary to the dialogue-driven sales call: presence, rapport building, questioning, listening, product positioning, and checking.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-052558-0 (9780070525580)
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10/1993
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Person
Linda Richardson is presidetn of The Richardson Company, sales and leadership consultants to business. She teaches at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and is the author of Selling By Phone, Stop Telling, Start Selling; and Winning Group Sales Presentations.
Content
The Six Elements of the Dialogue Framework. Dialogue Element: Opening. Dialogue Element: Product Positioning. Dialogue Elements: Price Positioning. Dialogue Element: Objections. Dialogue Element: Close/Action Step. Dialogue Element Follow-Up. The Six Critical Skills of the Dialogue Framework. Dialogue Skill. Dialogue Skill: Presence. Dialogue Skill: Relating. Dialogue Skill: Questioning. Dialogue Skill: Listening. Dialogue Skill: Product Positioning. Dialogue Skill: Checking. Preparing for the Sales Dialogue. Preparing Your Sales Strategy. Planning for the Sales Call. Negotiating Terms and Price. Self and Peer Coaching.