Unique Selling Points Win Sales, Win Negotiations and Keep Customers

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What makes you different?

Recall the Competitor Analysis discussed in the previous blog where you countered each of your competitor's weaknesses listed in the lower left-hand quadrant, with one of your strengths listed in the lower right-hand quadrant. These are your Unique Selling Points (USPs) against this competitor for the named product or service and in this specific sales opportunity.

Over time, you'll find a handful of Unique Selling Points that continually rise to the top of the hill. You need to have at least one "game changer" for the customer or by our research, three to five smaller USPs to cause the customer to consider making a change and then sticking with you (customer loyalty). 

In an article written by Jack & Suzy Welch published in the August 2007 issue of Business Week entitled, IDEAS -- THE WELCH WAY, they said,

"...you, the seller, are not delivering on just price, quality, and service. You are demonstrating intense loyalty by giving him [the customer] a comprehensive, inimitable way to win. Better productivity. Faster throughput. Lower inventory. More innovative products. You are delivering something—anything—that makes you indispensable to your customer's success. Then, and only then, will you get complete loyalty in return.

"You may well be thinking; we did that! We built dedicated plants. We designed special packaging. To which we'd ask: But did those services, no doubt costly, fundamentally change the game for your customers? Did you enable them to expand into profitable new markets or catapult old rivals? It seems unlikely, or how could they have walked away? 

"They couldn't have.

"Only by providing clients with new ways to win do you have a hope of keeping them."

That's how important finding, creating, developing, nurturing, and focusing on your Unique Selling Points can be to the customer. Help them win in their business.

Next time we'll talk about how to frame your Unique Selling Points (USPs) in the persuasive language of selling.

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Robert P DeGroot, M.Ed., DCH
Author of 22 Best Selling eBooks

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Dr. Robert "Bob" DeGroot is the founder and president of Sales Training International. He is a bestselling author, counselor, consultant, sales professional, and trainer. He has over 40 year's experience in the fields of sales, sales management, customer service, psychology, hypnosis, and program development. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Master of Education in School Psychology from Texas State University. He earned his Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy degree from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy. He is the author of 70 + Instructor-led training manuals, 50 + Web-based training courses, and 40 + books and ebooks.

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