{"id":3295,"date":"2021-04-27T04:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2021-04-26T23:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T04:28:56","slug":"sales-tip-829-having-a-great-discovery-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/sales-tip-829-having-a-great-discovery-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Tip 829: Having a Great Discovery Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Scott Ingram\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Web-sqScott_Ingram-0030-Edit.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>&#8220;A good discovery should be really conversational. It should be natural.&#8221; &#8211; Scott Ingram in today&#8217;s Tip 829<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you want me to create a quick video like this for your team?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailysales.tips\/829\/#disqus_thread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Join the conversation below<\/a> and let me know!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vidyard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vidyard<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/submit-a-sales-tip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a Sales Tip<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/share.vidyard.com\/watch\/tRd2SsTYRHxEANmWE4A5wG?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Ingram on Vidyard<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/DailySalesTips\/submit-a-sales-tip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scottingram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Ingram on LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/top1.fm\/2021-sales-success-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Sales Success Summit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have feedback? Want to share a sales tip? Call or text the Sales Success Hotline: <strong>512-777-1442<\/strong> or Email: <strong>scott@top1.fm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1095\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5-CyVH0usg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Transcript<\/h3>\n<p>Scott Ingram: You&#8217;re listening to the Daily Sales Tips podcast and I&#8217;m your host, Scott Ingram. Last week somebody asked me for a quick video that they could share with their team as part of a larger presentation they were doing on &#8220;what makes a good discovery.&#8221; I thought I&#8217;d share my answer with you here today since it&#8217;s also a nice compliment to Deb Calvert&#8217;s tip from yesterday. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p>A good discovery should be really conversational, right? It should be natural. There should be some really great give and take in the discussion that you&#8217;re having with your prospect. It should be more about that conversation and less about interrogation. Right? Nobody wants to be subjected to just this list of questions. Certainly, you want to make sure that you&#8217;re getting to all of those key points and information you&#8217;re going to need that&#8217;s going to help make the rest of your sales process better but let your curiosity guide you. Don&#8217;t stress so much about what&#8217;s the next question I&#8217;m going to ask and how am I going to respond to this thing that they&#8217;re sharing with me. Just lean into the curiosity and be just wondering about what it is behind the answers that they&#8217;re giving you. A lot of times you get the greatest details when you ask why a couple more times than maybe feels natural. 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