Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword Richard Erhart

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting Your Act Together before You Take It to the Selling Floor

The Not-So-Fun Stuff

Customer Service Points

The Four Occupations of the Professional Retail Salesperson

The Daily Precheck

Chapter 2: Opening the Sale

People Behave Reactively

Causing a Negative Reaction from the Beginning

The Primary Goal of Opening the Sale Is to Get Past Resistance

Opening Lines

Opening Moves

Getting into Business: The Transition

Working Two Customers at Once

How Have You Been Opening?

Chapter 3: Probing

Opening as Many Doors as Possible

Knowledge Is Power

Probing Questions

QAS

Logical Sequence

Logical Sequence Guide Chart

Switching—Or Selling What You Have First!

Chapter 4: The Demonstration

The Demonstration Follows What You Learned in Probing

Selling the Value That the Customer Wants

Creating the Desire for Ownership

Covering All the Bases

The Ultimate Demonstration Tool

Avoiding the Comparison Trap

The Expert Kills the Deal

Chapter 5: The Trial Close (Otherwise Known as the Assumptive Add-On Close)

The Dreaded Close

Adding On

Constructing a Trial Close

Chapter 6: Handling Objections

The Trial of Trial and Error

Why Objections Occur

Work with the Customer

The Smoke-Out

Handling the Price Objection

Chapter 7: Closing the Sale

Intent Is Everything

Getting Started

Basic Closing Techniques

Handling Requests for Discounts

Turning Over the Sale

Buying Signals

Chapter 8: Confirmations and Invitations

Buyer's Remorse

The Confirmation: Cementing the Sale

The Invitation: Requesting Another Visit

Building Personal Trade

Final Thoughts

Appendix: Retail Training Resources

About the Author

Index