Quantify Client Pain to Drive Sales Investment
To truly be a 'pain killer' in sales, not a 'vitamin,' we must first quantify the client's current pain by asking 'How much have you spent fixing it?' and 'How long has it been going on for?'. This allows us to frame our solutions as the investment needed to achieve their desired state, ensuring every offering addresses a clear, understood cost of inaction.
“We see this as fundamental industrial engineering: quantifying the cost of the current state, even in sales, is critical to proving the P&L impact of any proposed solution. A clear understanding of the 'cost of doing nothing' can shift a prospect's perspective by 10x.”
To truly be a 'pain killer' in sales, not a 'vitamin,' we must first quantify the client's current pain by asking 'How much have you spent fixing it?' and 'How long has it been going on for?'. This allows us to frame our solutions as the investment needed to achieve their desired state, ensuring every offering addresses a clear, understood cost of inaction.
From the Source
"It doesn't matter what you're selling, you want to be the pain killer, not the vitamin."
— How to sell anyone ANYTHING in 5 steps
Key Takeaways
- 01Forget your product, discover the client's pain.
- 02Quantify the pain by asking 'How much have you spent fixing it?' and 'How long has it been going on for?'.
- 03Sell the desired state: 'What kind of money do they want to be making?'.
- 04State the price for the investment and then listen.
- 05Address doubts by returning to the quantified pain.
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