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Here are 4 powerful sales questions every top 1% salesperson asks:

(And why they work like a charm) Image
Question 1.

“Walk me through what you meant by that”
Question 2.

“Tell me more about that, just so I understand ”
Question 3.

“Can you share with me so I have a better background on that?”
Question 4.

“Can you describe for me what you meant when you said [blank]”
Those questions help you in 3 different ways:

• Show your prospects you’re there for them
• Make prospects hear themselves talk about their pain points
• Make prospects relive the experience of that pain (not having the problem solved)

Without pain there’s no sale for you.
Ever heard something like this:

• I want to think it over
• I need to make more research
• I need to keep looking around

If yes – you’re probably not asking these questions.
If you want to learn more advanced sales skills – DM me the word “SKILLS”.
If you found this value, make sure to drop me a follow @JeremyLeeMiner for more advanced sales techniques.

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Sep 1
You could be the best salesperson in the world.

But you’ll never sell someone who doesn’t have the decision power to buy your offer.

Here's how you can stop wasting your time.

And find the decision-maker in under 5 minutes...

(a thread 🧵)
The average-sized company has an average of 6.7 decision-makers.

Your job as a salesperson?

Find them.

But you know how hard it can be to call the right person.

The solution: ask the right questions to the person you’re talking with to FIND the right person.
The problem here is I see soooo many salespeople get shut down by employees that aren’t decision-makers.

And it’s all because they ask surface-level questions like this one:

“John, besides you, who are the decision-makers in your company?”

Stop asking these cheesy questions.
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Aug 30
The way you start a sales meeting can dictate whether you make the sale or not.

Here’s how to start the right way 🧵
Let’s say you have a sales meeting with 5 to 10 board members there.

Most salespeople do this:

• Ask a few logical based questions
• Find out the needs of the client
• Jump into pitch mode
• Talk about the benefits/features of the offer

Everyone does this.

And it’s wrong.
If you follow this framework, all you’ll get is sales resistance.

Every salesperson acts the same way.
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Aug 17
How to NEVER start a conversation (in sales calls, emails, and events):
1. Cold calls

❌ Hey John, this is ___________ calling from ABC company, the reason why I called you today was…

✅ Hey John…It’s just ____________, I was wondering if you could possibly help me out for a moment…
Short explanation 👇

You want to avoid sounding like every other salesperson.

That will just trigger a fight-or-flight response.

Instead, you want to sound slightly confused in the beginning so you can trigger curiosity in their mind.
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Aug 14
Sales isn’t a numbers game.

Sales is a game of skill.

Here are 7 sales secrets that will make you sell more while taking fewer calls:
Secret #1: Don’t use sales lingo

❌ I’m just following up with you (lower status)

✅ Hey John, I just had a few mins to get back to you before my next appointment (higher status)
Secret #2: Don’t use words that trigger sales resistance

❌ Go ahead and sign the contract here…

✅ Go ahead and authorize the agreement here…
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Jul 28
In 2000, I got a sales job to provide for my family.

I almost quit seven weeks later.

But then I started to implement behavior science methods into my sales process.

17-yrs later, these 5 psychological hacks made me outsell 99.99999% of people:
1. Cognitive bias

Everyone has filters through which they judge the world.

Confirmation bias is the most common one.

People will look for anything to back up their assumptions.

If they think you sound salesly, their “inner” alarms have already gone off and their wall is up 🚨
Your job is to remove any sales pressure to avoid triggering a fight-or-flight response.

I did this by downplaying calls:
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Jul 26
Prospect: “I need to keep looking around”

Here’s what I’d say to close 9 out of 10 sales calls:
For context:

One of the four industries I worked in was debt relief.

And I’d get this objection all the time…
🤔 “Well this sounds really good but we’re also meeting with X. Y. Z. company and we want to see what they’re willing to offer us and then we’ll come back to you”.

Here’s what I’d say next:
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