This episode of the Live Better Sell Better Podcast features Christoph Karger, the VP of Sales of Sparrks, a Sales Coach at Hyrise Academy, and a Pavillion member. Here's a statistic for you: 91% of buyers would give referrals but only 11% of salespeople actually ask for them.
Christoph advises salespeople to be in the moment so they can recognize opportunities to ask for a referral. He breaks down what a referral is and why it is NOT a scary thing to ask your customers. Christoph gets tactical and gives tips on using customer feedback to keep the relationship going and coursing referrals through this very same relationship.
HIGHLIGHT QUOTES
Referrals aren't about business, they are introductions - Christoph: "Referrals and social work best together because I got so many leads and introductions from LinkedIn that are not my customers just because I was present. I was helping people and asking for their support in return. I think that's something we should also think about, and if not, opening it up a bit more, again, we often think about business when we speak about referrals. What we want is actually introductions and introductions can basically come from anybody who's willing to support us."
Communicate with customers after the sale for referrals - KD: "It's this singular road mentality of like, well, I already closed it so now it's in CS's world and I don't get to do those things, I do think it is really, really foolish because we should be staying in touch with our customers because that allows for the referrals to come through regularly."
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