5 Signs that Your Prospect is Giving You Too Much Bullsh*t
Today's marketing concept for you is simple - check this out:
Your marketing and sales process should be easy, effortless, and enjoyable.
Period. End of sentence.
If it is not - and if you're attracting difficult, high-maintenance or non-enjoyable prospects - here's another marketing concept for you:
If the dating doesn't go well, it won't get better once you're married.
As the great business sage, Donald Trump, once said:
"Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don't do."
Amen, brother Trump!
5 Signs that Your Prospect is Giving You Too Much Bullsh*t
1. Agreeing to sign on and then backing off at the last minute or the next day to ask for references, birth certificates, blood tests, or guarantees.
2. Bargaining. Namely, asking for a price reduction with no corresponding reduction in services, terms, value, or relationship. (Asking for a price concession "just because" is a classic form of prospect bullsh*t!)
3. Undervaluing your services, track record, and expertise. "I could do this myself, I just don't have time..." or "We've outsourced this to several vendors and have never been happy..." (Run, my friend, run!)
4. Telling you upfront, "We're notoriously difficult to work with / a control freak / a perfectionist / highly demanding - but don't take it personally." (This means they've been fired by other service providers in the past and they're prepping you for the same eventuality while playing BOTH sides of good cop / bad cop. Nice!)
5. Using terms of false affection like "Big Guy'" and "My dear" or false compliments like "You are a great salesperson!" (Obviously, if you were a great salesperson, you would not be wasting your time with this narcissistic sociopath nightmare client from hell, would you?)
As poet Maya Angelou has so eloquently said, "When someone SHOWS you who they are, believe them."
Finally, a cautionary (and VERY funny) video to illustrate the point about Prospect Bullsh*t and how it looks in everyday life:
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