{"id":22133,"date":"2022-07-31T16:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/challenge-action.com\/sales-reformulation\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T19:31:38","slug":"sales-reformulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challenge-action.com\/en\/sales-reformulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales reformulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reformulation is unfortunately the part most often forgotten by salespeople. Yet it is key to <a href=\"https:\/\/challenge-action.com\/en\/how-to-sell-a-product-or-a-service\/\">the success of the sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the sales school, reformulation may take place at the end of discovery to verify information, or at the beginning of reformulation. For us, it&#8217;s a pivotal stage in its own right, to emphasize its importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of reformulation are as much for the salesperson as for the customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers feel secure in the knowledge that the seller has understood their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The salesperson obtains confirmation that he or she has understood the customer&#8217;s needs, and also obtains &#8220;yeses&#8221; that will lead to the conclusion of the sale. Better still, if the customer corrects him, he makes the salesperson&#8217;s solution his own, which is the best way to reach a conclusion. The customer doesn&#8217;t feel like he&#8217;s being sold to, but that he&#8217;s buying his own solution, the one that suits him best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asset-scienceinsociety.eu\/pages\/reformulation-communication-technique\">several ways to reformulate<\/a>, and here I present the steps for reformulating our SOS (Situation &#8211; Objective &#8211; Solution) discovery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reformulate the customer&#8217;s understanding of the situation and, depending on the type of sale\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who he is<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His hobbies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The object he owns and wants to replace with his purchase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reformulate your goals and dreams, for example\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His ideal car, for a car salesman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Retirement goals for a financial planner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her face is ideal for a beautician.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, rephrasing is easy to do, reassures both customer and salesperson, and helps you get the YESes that lead to the final <a href=\"https:\/\/challenge-action.com\/en\/how-to-close-a-sale\/\">conclusion of the sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Pierre Mercier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reformulation is unfortunately the part most often forgotten by salespeople. 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