Confidence is a very important aspect that is a mandatory requirement for any field
. Even In the sales field it is very important that a person is confident and ready to face all the objections that arise during a presentation. Of course every sales presentation has the scope for some sort of sales objections. It depends on the sales how they deal with it and still manage to convert the presentation into a successful and active sale.
Any sales performer who fears sales objections should understand that the fear can actually make them more vulnerable to an unsuccessful sale. Those who think that the sales objections cannot arise during a particular presentation are just deluding themselves.
They should put themselves in the place of the customers and think what they would have done in case they were going to purchase something for themselves. They would have tried to find out every possible aspect of the product and tested it for themselves before they made the final purchase. They should expect all their customers to behave in the same pattern. Therefore before preparing any kind of sales presentation they should first analyze the product or service for themselves. This would give them a clear idea of what aspects should generate objections in the customer.
This way they will already know their problem areas and they would get time to prepare themselves for these objections. The next step of course would be to get ready all arguments and statements that would help them to answer to the objections that obviously the customers would pose to them.
The best possible way to handle a sales objection is to face it head on at the beginning of the presentation. In case the sales performer already knows that the objection is valid and that there will be a position where the customer is going to pose the question, what they should do is propose the sales objection as one of the points of argument at the beginning of the presentation. This way to the customer knows that not only is the sales performer not trying to hide the flaws of the product but they are actually interested in informing the customer about the positive points of the products despite of all its faults. This confidence of the sales performer actually puts a positive impression on the customer.
Once the sales objection has been recognized the sales person should then try to define the objection and find answers to these objections. In case of proper preparation, the sales person would already know of some contradictory qualities that would overshadow the objection. They should then try to focus on these qualities during the further presentation. The basic criteria for handling a sales objection are to be calm, patient and smooth. Over Aggression or over excitement at any point during the presentation can put a negative impression before the customer. This can hamper the sale and it would not matter whether it is at the beginning or during the end of the sale.