Same Side Pitch
Client Decision Making
Four Quadrants
Competition & Pyramid
Wild Card
100

When meeting with a potential client, you should start by discussing:

The problems you solve

100

The first question executives ask when making or approving a decision

 What problem(s) does it solve?

100

The four components of the quadrant are...

Issue, Impact, Results, Who Else

100

If the client says negative things about the competition, you should...

Show empathy about their situation

100

The steps the client should take to achieve the results they need is contained in the...

Client Success Roadmap

200

The correct order for the Same Side Pitch.

 Entice, Disarm, Discover

200

The one question most of your competitors will never think to ask the prospect

 What does success look like?

200

What happens if you don't solve this problem speaks to what part of the quadrant?

Impact

200

When raising questions about issues with the competition, you should ask...

What do you wish you could change about them

200

Clients will believe ______ % of their own words. 

100

300

FIT stands for...

 Finding - Impact - Together

300

Instead of BANT, focus on issue, [blank], and importance

Impact

300

We need to know that this doesn’t create a ton of new work for people who are already overloaded is an example of what part of the quadrant?

Results

300

To have an open discussion about the existing vendor, follow this process...

Disarm, then ask what they like and what they'd change

300

You should ask for ___ or ___ instead "any" when requesting referrals. 

1 or 2

400

Before we start to discuss how we might be able to help, we have to...

Disarm that we're just there to sell something

400

Once you determine if the issue is worth solving, we then need to evaluate if

 Our solution can deliver the results that the client needs

400

We’ve been struggling with our labor costs for 2 years and have tried numerous solutions which have not worked is an example of what part of the quadrant?

Issue

400

This is the pinnacle of the Client Vision Pyramid.

Engaged

400
When getting push back on price you should ___

Shift the focus to results

500

The level of urgency an elevator rant needs to be to be a problem worth solving?

8 or above

500

The attribute that matters most to the end-client

 Results

500

Our Procurement Director tends to think we can solve it ourselves and finds no value in working with a GPO is an example of what part of the quadrant?

Who else

500

The three levels of the Client Vision Pyramid are... 

Effective, Enhanced, and Engaged

500

Name two of the components of the pre-meeting script. 

Time and duration

Attendees

Format (1st half ask questions)

Outcome (not a fit or define next steps)

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