Friendly reminder: Silence closes sales!!

I just opened my fat mouth after a solid pitch and lost a sale.

Don't be like me today. Ask good questions, stay quiet, and collect some signatures.

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Excellent reminder! Things can really get scuttled by people talking too much. Sometimes it's really true that the less said, the better. If we're honest, I think we can all look back at times when we talked too much and it knocked things sideways.

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Oh man. I’m sorry to hear that!

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Don't be so hard on yourself. we've all been there done that! You'll get the next one can't beat 100 everytime.

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Meant to say can't bat 100 everytime.

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old saying: after a solid pitch, the next one that talks 'loses'.

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Can we ask what the jist of what you said was? Like were you talking about what you do, the product etc?

She was sold on a certain payment plan but raised a minor objection while thinking through the purchase. The objection would've resolved itself if I didn't suggest an alternative/ similar plan in an attempt to handle a minor objection.

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