Index

Account development

Account expansion

Account management

Action phase

Actions

closing

concepts in

defined

five whys

knowledge for

skills for

systematic approach to

Active listening

benefits of

development of

failure to

in objection handling process

rapport building with

Adversarial dynamics

Advocacy

benefits of

defined

inquiry and

key to

uncovering needs through

Advocacy-inquiry balance

guidelines for

overview of

Afflictions

defined

discovery of

financial impact of

uncovering of

advocating to

importance of

key aspects of

missed opportunities in

needs discovery in

questions for

reversing direction during

Agendas

Agreements

AIDA framework

Argyris, Chris

Aspirations

defined

financial impact of

uncovering of

key aspects of

needs discovery in

uncovering, questions for

Attention, principle of

Attitudes

Authority

Banks

BANT

Belief, principle of

Best practice approach

Big picture

Broad open-ended questions

Budgets

asking for

difficulties

Building rapport

cultural aspects of

by establishing connections

personal characteristics for

questions for

Business-to-business firms

Buy cycles

defined

nonsupportive

price lowering and

Buyers. See also Clients; Prospects

boring of

building rapport with

cold call acceptance by

common needs of

disconnection from

effective advocacy for

impact statements by

mind-set modes of

new reality and

personal connections with

values of

Buying

FAINT and

personal chemistry and

process, ignorance of

reasons for

Callbacks

Can you help me approach

Capability

advocacy ...

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