Most Objections Have Options

It's been said that nothing in life is guaranteed, yet one thing is certain in sales: There will always be objections. In the sales profession, objections are a necessary evil. After all, if there were no objections there wouldn’t be a need for salespeople; thankfully the products do not sell themselves and need advocates like you and me, to favorably demonstrate the advantages we have over our competitors’. Look at objections not as roadblocks but rather as detours. If you were traveling to Disney World on a family vacation and 400 miles into the trip you ran into a “Road Closed” sign would you turn around and go home? Of course not, you would search for an alternative route and continue on your trip. Although the trip may take a little longer, you know you will eventually get there. The Road To The Sale will be full of “Road Closed” signs, but it is up to you, Sales Professional, to find unconventional routes in order to complete the sales journey. Most objections have options.

Some customers give objections as a means of stalling; they will give an objection trying to freeze the obligation of having to make a buy/not buy decision, while other customers give objections by saying No when in fact they may be saying Know. They cannot make a decision because they don't know enough about you, your dealership, or the product you represent. When a customer gives you an objection, ask yourself is it a wall or a hall? Is the objection one that you reach an impasse and can go no further or does the objection have an alternative route-simply, does the stated objection have any options? If the customer’s objection has options, the sale still has a heartbeat. In order to get a proper diagnosis, some surgeons have to do exploratory surgery. You are a surgeon on the black top and when you are faced with an objection it is up to you to do exploratory surgery and bring a solution to your customer’s transportation problem. A salesperson is viewed as being pushy when he gives his customer only one option-to buy or not buy, instead of exploring a client’s objections and recommending alternative options in an effort to bring closure to a sale.

When faced with a major health crisis, doctors give their patients their options; when confronted with a problem in the cockpit, pilots weigh their options; when a country is faced with a crisis, Presidents seek their options. Your career is no different; it is life or death [to your paycheck;] the possibility to crash and burn does loom; an all-out war of rejection and adversity is waged every day on the black top. The best defenses to objections are options.

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Comment by Marsh Buice on February 29, 2012 at 1:26pm: Nancy, you made my day :) :) Thank you so much for the words of encouragement and it is I that am grateful to be in your company. Have a great day--you made mine.

Comment by NANCY SIMMONS on February 29, 2012 at 12:13pm: I never get bored reading your message, Marsh! Innovative and Current! Keep it coming...it is a pleasure to be in your company!

Comment by Marsh Buice on February 28, 2012 at 9:29pm: Andrew thanks for taking the time out to read and promote

Comment by Andrew Myers on February 28, 2012 at 7:47pm: Great Stuff, easy PROMOTE

Comment by Marsh Buice on February 28, 2012 at 1:50pm: @Bill thanks Bill appreciate your comments

@BC maps have more than one route...flexibility is key in sales. Great inputs brother. Thanks for commenting Rockstar

Comment by Bill Gasson on February 28, 2012 at 1:18pm: Marsh , great material ,aswell as an eyeopener !

Comment by Marsh Buice on February 28, 2012 at 12:50pm: Jim--Amen brother!! Appreciate the comment bandmate!

Comment by Jim Kristoff on February 28, 2012 at 12:32pm: Great article Marsh!

The best closers are the people that ask the MOST questions.....Ask MORE questions to find your way around the road blocks!!!

Comment by Marsh Buice on February 28, 2012 at 11:37am: @ David Thanks David for reading and your comment

@Larry: great additions Larry! "Good, better, and best" are excellent options to give to a customer. When customers feel force fed, they tend to resist. Thanks for your input, sir.

@TP-So true brother-great closers offer many options.

Comment by Tony Provost on February 28, 2012 at 11:12am: mb- so true. give them more options then they can ever believe, BECOME A SUPER-CLOSER!!!