I remember this guy once called me to sell me some stock. I let him pitch me. I got every fucking rebuttal out of this guy. Kept him on the phone for an hour and a half. Toward the end I started asking him buying questions. Like, what’s the firm minimum? That’s a buying question. I ask a question like that, he should take me down. It’s not like I asked him what his 800 number was. That’s a fuck off question. I was giving him a run but he blew it. To a question like, What’s the firm minimum the answer is zero! You don’t like the idea, don’t pick up a single share. This putz is telling me. ummm, a hundred shares? Wrong answer! You have to learn how to close. Always be closing! You have to push. Keep asking questions. Ask rhetorical ones just to get a yes out of them. If you were drowning and I threw you a life jacket would you grab it? Yes? Good. Pick up two hundred shares, I won’t let you down. Anybody says cal me tomorrow, that’s bulshit! Anybody says they got money problems about two hundred shares is lying. You know what I say to that? Tel me you don’t like my idea, tell me you don’t like my firm, tell me you don’t like my fucking tie, but don’t tell me you can’t pull twenty five hundred together. You hear me, boys? There is no such thing as a “no sale” cal. A sale is made on every cal you make. You either sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can’t. Either way it’s a sale. The question is, who’s gonna close, you or him? Be relentless! Alright, I’m done.
これはまさしくアメリカの営業スタイル。 大手証券マンが新人に営業を叩き込む時の言葉。 最後の部分は特にしびれる。↓
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