{"id":101,"date":"2011-06-12T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/\/salesarchive\/permalink\/2011\/6\/12\/114908.html"},"modified":"2011-06-12T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T15:49:08","slug":"becoming-a-master-questioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/becoming-a-master-questioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Master Questioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><font size=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none\">Becoming a Master Questioner&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: none; text-underline: none\"><font size=\"3\">&nbsp;&reg;<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The real sales professionals have learned their stations&rsquo; traditional Customer Needs Analysis (CNA) is the same as the CNA every media rep in town has used<span style=\"color: black\">.&nbsp;An<\/span>d their prospects have already been there, done that and are tired of wearing the t-shirt.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Master Questioner&reg; sales training helps sales pros uncover unique new ways to differentiate themselves from the other media reps and to craft more meaningful and relevant questions.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first step is to become a &lsquo;<i>category expert&rsquo;<\/i>, learning as much about your prospect&rsquo;s industry as you know about your own.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To short cut that process, simply <span style=\"color: black\">conduct<\/span>four online searches;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">1.)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;<u>Search &ldquo;(name industry) advertising tips&rdquo; or &ldquo;marketing tips&rdquo;<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It may take a while, but if you search deep enough<span style=\"color: black\">,<\/span> you&rsquo;ll find an industry expert who will make your case for you.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Also, keep a keen eye during your search for those alleged industry experts who knock advertising or &lsquo;traditional&rsquo; media, or preach that there is something better than radio or TV.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You might as well know the misleading influences <span style=\"color: black\">your<\/span> prospects may have been exposed to so you can be prepared to prevent objections.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">2.)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;<u>Search &ldquo;(name industry) trade magazines&rdquo; or &ldquo;trade publications&rdquo;<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Surf them quickly until you find articles from &lsquo;industry experts&rsquo; on marketing and sales <span style=\"color: black\">that<\/span> naturally lend themselves to a discussion about broadcast&rsquo;s <span style=\"color: black\">role<\/span> in the new media mix.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">3.)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;<u>Search<span style=\"color: black\"> &ldquo;(name industry) association&rdquo; or &ldquo;(name industry) s<\/span>ociety&rdquo;<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Once on the industry&rsquo;s association <span style=\"color: black\">website<\/span>, you&rsquo;ll be able to capture invaluable information about the industry&rsquo;s trends, problems and objectives.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">4.)&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;<u>Search &ldquo;(Name Industry) news&rdquo;<\/u> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Look for new products, industry trends or quotes from industry experts that you can use to frame more relevant questions and write customer-focused presentations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"mailto:wayne@wensmedia.com;angela@ensmedia.ca?subject=Please%20contact%20me%20to%20discuss%20Becoming%20a%20Master%20Questioner\"><u><span style=\"color: blue\">Click here<\/span><\/u> <\/a>if you would like me to call you to discuss introducing our Master Questioner training to your sales team.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><u><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Randy&rsquo;s What If&rsquo;s<\/span><\/span><\/u><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What if you went on a mission to become a category expert in one new category every month? At the end of one short year you would have<span style=\"color: black\"> 12 prospective <\/span>categories you could speak with intelligently.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming a Master Questioner&nbsp;&nbsp;&reg; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The real sales professionals have learned their stations&rsquo; traditional Customer Needs Analysis (CNA) is the same as the CNA every media rep in town has used.&nbsp;And their prospects have already been there, done that and are tired of wearing the t-shirt. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Our Master Questioner&reg; sales training helps sales [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}