How to Prescribe Your Product to Buyers

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Salespeople are like the doctors of the business world. (At least the good ones).

Great sales reps find and diagnose problems, then prescribe solutions to solve those problems. They're diagnostic experts.

And when they know they can't help, they don't try to prescribe a solution that won't work. Instead, they refer the problem to someone who would be a better fit.

This is the basis for Prescriptive Selling.

And the best part is… we don’t have to go to medical school to use it.

Prescriptive selling is a proactive approach that helps customers navigate the buying journey.

Rather than using the same sales pitch for every prospect, prescriptive sellers understand their prospect’s exact problems so they can recommend the best solution.

Example: Imagine walking into an automotive shop and asking the sales rep what the best tires are. They could spend two hours walking you through all the specs and price points of every tire, but that doesn’t actually help you.

You want to understand what tire is the best for you and your car specifically.

The same goes for B2B buyers. There’s too much information freely available these days, and buyers don’t have the time to learn it all to diagnose themselves.

The first step to successfully using prescriptive selling is mapping out and understanding your customer’s buying journey.

Because once you understand the buying journey, you can find the common obstacles, and help your buyers overcome them.

Here’s an example of a typical buyer journey:

Common Obstacles:

Your Role: Be a filter. Help them navigate the information landscape.

Common Obstacles:

Your Role: Create alignment. Help bridge internal gaps and bring all stakeholders into the buying process.

Common Obstacles:

Your Role: Provide clarity. Remove decision-making friction, and prescribe the solution that’s best for them.

The entire objective of prescriptive sales is to make the purchasing process easier for your prospects. An HBR article found that suppliers who make buying easy are 62% more likely to win the sale… and also contribute to actual quality of the deal.

Traditional sales approaches assume buyers know exactly what they want. But the truth is… they don't.

Buyers are confused and overloaded with more information than ever.

They don't need more information. They need guidance.

So, sellers who ‘prescribe’ solutions win the trust and business of uncertain buyers.

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