Reversing

When prospects ask you a question (or use wishy-washy words, or try to mislead you, or use smokescreen tactics), wouldn’t it be nice if you knew for sure what their true intention was? David Sandler developed a tool to help the salesperson accomplish exactly this. It’s called reversing.

Not all questions have to be answered...right away. Many times salespeople are eager to please or demonstrate their knowledge that they shoot themselves in the foot by answering a question. Learn a Sandler technique that will improve your closing ratios.

A common death trap salespeople fall into is having "happy ears," meaning, they tend to hear what they want to hear. In actuality, what they (salespeople) heard does not reflect the real intent of what the prospect said. Sales Tip