Smooth Out Customer Choice Points
Developing a trusting customer relationship is a process. And sales seldom happen without trust. A relationship builds as a sequence of steps follow one another. Whether contact occurs in a single encounter or over time, each step is riddled with choices. As the sales process goes along, customers have to be willing to take another step - to make further commitments (however small) of their time and attention.
When customers already trust you and are interested in what you