Now, that’s a perfect example of how someone like myself, with a
very low
action
threshold, will play out a very empowering, positive movie, without any prompting
from an outside force. And while I’ll always make it a point to play out the negative
movie too, I won’t spend a lot of time doing it. Instead, I’ll blunt that movie, both
in
length and intensity, turning it into a shorter and more watered-down version
than it probably should be.
On the flip side of the question, let’s look at someone who’s literally the polar
opposite of me—meaning, someone with
an ultra-high action threshold, like my
father, Max, who is literally one of the toughest buyers on the planet.
In point of fact, my father will not buy
anything
unless he is absolutely certain
about all three Tens, and that means damn sure of them. There are no miracle golf
cures getting sold to
him
in an airport. In fact, the moment he realized that the kid
swinging the golf club was actually selling something, he would be like: “Who the
hell does that kid think he is, selling some miracle golf cure? I mean, can’t a man
walk through an airport anymore without someone trying to sell him something?
Besides, what makes this kid an authority on golf? What a set of balls on this kid!
What—a—set—of—balls!”
In consequence, if you get someone like my father to an 8, 8, 8 on the certainty
scale, then there’s simply no possible way they’ll buy. Similarly, they won’t buy at
an 8, 10, 8 or an 8, 9, 8. The only way they’ll buy is when you get them to a 10, 10,
10 and they’re damn sure of it.
This is why we often find ourselves in situations where we’re
trying to close
someone whose responses indicate that they’re in a state of absolutely certainty (for
all three of the Three Tens), yet we still can’t get them over the line. Instead, they
keep hopping from objection to objection, saying things like: “Let me think about
it” or “Let me call you back” or “Send me some information,” and so on.
So, what do you do in those cases?
The answer is, you lower your prospect’s action threshold, right on the spot.
In total, there are four ways to do this.
The
first
way is to offer your prospect a money-back guarantee. This is a very
simple, very common strategy that’s used in countless different industries. It’s
especially
prevalent on the Internet, where the chance of not getting what you
thought
you were paying for is significantly higher than in the offline marketplace,
due to the presence of a large number of overseas vendors and unlicensed resellers.
The
second
way is to offer your prospect a cooling off or rescission period. This
is a contractual feature that allows a prospect to make a binding decision now, but
then reverse that decision for up to five business days.
This is common in certain
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regulated industries, like real estate and vacation sales. While rescission periods are
typically mandated by either a state or federal regulatory agency, that doesn’t change
the fact that they can still be used as a very powerful closing tool.
The
third
way is to use certain key phrases that paint a picture that runs counter
to the worries and concerns that a typical high–action-threshold prospect ruminates
on. Some examples of this are: “I’ll hold your hand every step of the way” . . . “We
pride ourselves on long-term relationships” . . . “We have blue-chip customer
service.”
And the
fourth
, and most
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