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    f, Zig Zigler has written stuff on closing, but if you are having to resort to techniques to close a deal then you haven’t done your job properly. I guarantee that if you are in a closing environment and you cannot get the job done it is not because you don’t have the right technique it is because you have missed something along the way, or something has significantly changed (maybe a new vendor has arrived on the scene) and you are not aware of it. It really is that simple

    Got that? Let me say it again just for clarification.

    If you cannot close a deal it is almost certainly because YOU missed something during the sales process or somebody has moved the goalposts!

    I just did a search on closing techniques and came up with 50 different closes! I know there are 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover according to Paul Simon but 50 ways to close a deal? C’mon!

    Here are some genuine examples, and if you have ever used any of these I hope you are squirming with embarrassment because you certainly wont be busy counting your money.

    The IQ Close – make them think it is only for intelligent people (if course of they are intelligent they will see straight through this)
    The Puppy Close – Act cute and invoke sympathy (works great with the Board of Directors)
    Embarrassment Close – Make not buying an embarrassment (make ‘em feel bad, that always works)
    Courtship Close – Woo them! (No seriously, this really exists)
    Hurry Close – Go fast so that they can’t think (buyers remorse, anybody?)
    Treat Close – Make them ‘treat the

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