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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For
immediate release: While selling in the new economy: It is more important to be well trusted
than well liked. (New York) Research from the book “Selling 2.0” has discovered that the most important factor motivating a customer to buy from one salesperson over another is the level of trust in the salesperson. The development of a personal relationship between buyer and seller rated a distant second.
In a In a national survey, professional sales people and professional buyers were asked to select the most
influential approach that motivates customers to buy. Sales people
overwhelmingly chose “building relationships” with 28.3% of their vote. They
voted “Problem solving” as
second with 20.3%, and “Building trust” third with 18.8%. But when buyers rated the same list they picked “Building Trust” far above all
other choices giving it 30.3% of their vote. “Building relationships”
followed as a distant second with only 17.2%. In the new economy repeat
purchases, consolidated buying, interdependencies between buyer and seller, and
partnerships arrangements have shifted the power in the buyer/seller
relationship to the buyer. But these same factors have increased the risk of
making a bad-buying decision for the buyer. When risk to the buyer increases,
customers make buying from people and companies they trust their top priority.
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