How to Close More Sales with Two Simple Questions – In Just 7 Minutes with James Muir

Marketing The Invisible

Why you've got to check out today's episode:

• Discover the "two simple questions" for closing sales, which can immediately improve your sales approach.
• Find out common pitfalls that salespeople encounter to help you avoid costly mistakes and improve your deal closure rates.
• Learn valuable tips backed by data and real-world experience making it easier to relate and apply the strategies to your own sales processes.

Resources/Links:

• Learn more about unstalling deals. Click here: https://www.unstickingdeals.com and if you want to know more about this effective two simple question, then go here: https://puremuir.com/

Summary:

Is your sales pipeline full of leads that never convert? Are your deals stalling and your sales cycles dragging on indefinitely? Learn how to close more sales with simplicity and efficiency.

James Muir is the best-selling author of the #1 book on closing sales, The Perfect Close.

In this episode, James shares his expertise on how to close more sales using two simple, non-confrontational questions. He highlights common mistakes in handling stalled opportunities, such as incorrectly assuming business case issues and mismanaging client indecision. Additionally, James offers valuable insights into identifying and addressing the root causes of stalled deals, providing practical strategies to enhance sales effectiveness.

Check out these episode highlights:

• 01:46 - James' ideal clients: My ideal clients are B2B organizations that sell into healthcare space.
• 01:54 - The problem he helps solve with his clients: Most B2B organizations are suffering from large, bloated pipelines full of deals that have stalled out.
• 03:38 - Mistakes his clients commit before seeing him: Two of the biggest traps that they make is they mishandle how they handle business case issues and client indecision.
• 05:40 - James' Valuable Free Action [VFA]: Two questions you can use that are non-confrontational and 95% effective: Does it make sense for us to X where X is whatever the ideal advance is that you want them to take? And, what do you think is a good next step?
• 07:38 - His Valuable Free Resource [VFR]: Learn more about unstalling deals. Click here: https://www.unstickingdeals.com and if you want to know more about this effective two simple question, then go here:https://puremuir.com/
• 08:29 - Q: Why do deals get stuck in the first place or maybe how do you actually unstick them? A: There's only three things that will cause your deal to stall: sales issues, client indecision, and business case issues.But there's actually only six ways you can unstick them.

Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode:

“When your client is suffering from indecision, don't try to solve the problem by selling the benefits of the change; shift to a risk mitigation strategy.” - James Muir