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Using effective display (and sales) techniques to increase your success here at the SMART Show. We know shows are a big investment of time and money… Let’s maximize the results we get!. Presented by. Larry Johnson Senior Vice President Business Development
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Using effective display (and sales) techniques to increase your success here at the SMART Show • We know shows are a big investment of time and money… Let’s maximize the results we get!
Presented by • Larry Johnson • Senior Vice President Business Development • Pacific Northern, Carrollton, Texas • 972-512-9072 • JohnsonL@Pacificnorthern.com • Contributing writer- INSTORE magazine • Author of
Step 1- Determine specifically what your goals are for these next few days • Sure you want to sell a lot of goods, but think further • What do you want to communicate to the jewelers who will stop at your booth?
What image do you want to convey to jewelers stopping at your booth? • Be certain your booth is designed to communicate that impression and you are ready to present yourself that way
Don’t give an inconsistent message.Make what you say match what you show • Quality • Service • Price or Value • Selection • Design
Quality • Does your booth utilize quality components so you appear as a quality line? • Are your trays clean and fresh or dirty or worn? • Is your booth well lit? • Do you have your merchandise selection organized into small capacity trays to “treat” the merchandise as quality goods? • Do you have an easy way to demonstrate to your visitors the quality aspects of your goods you want to communicate? • Everyone claims to have good quality, why should I believe you?
Service • Again, everybody claims this. Are you prepared to give me specifics as to why your service is exemplary? • Can you give me an example of a situation you can relate to the customer that demonstrates the excellent service you offer? • Do you have sufficient staff to give me great service? Did you acknowledge me when I came up even if you were busy with someone else?
Price or Value • Show me! • Be prepared to tell me how you can offer these lower prices on items of such value. I will probably not believe you just take a smaller profit. • Do you have competitive prices on identical items to show your “lower price or better value?’ If not, how do you know you prices are lower?
Selection and design • Customer’s love a big selection! • Show me how your selection includes multiple popular styles because having lots of “dogs” is not “a good selection” • Show me pieces with a design flair that I can communicate clearly to my customer
Step 2- Organize yourself to make the most of the time we will spend together • Respect my time and yours!
You’ve done this enough times to know the questions your prospects will ask • Be prepared for what you know is coming • Organize your answers into a short logical few words
Pre-think your answers to the obvious questions I’ll ask • Who are you • What is your line • Where is it made or sold • When can I get it • Why should I carry it • How and How much?
Be prepared to ask me some questions about my store in order to give me your best proposal • One size (or selection) does NOT fit all! • Don’t you want to know something about my store, my market, my clientele, my brand positioning … before you decide what I need to buy from you?
Maybe the best answer to these questions is a question of your own • Who are YOU? • What kind of store do you have? • Where is your store? • When are you looking to add product? • Why do you think your customer will like this line? • How do you see it fitting in with the rest of your store?
Make you line a logical solution to the needs the customer says they have • Solving problems is much easier than cramming your goods down their throats!
Be organized to have everything you need close by • Nothing is worse that waiting while you look around for something you need for our conversation. • This delay interrupts the flow of our conversation and stalls the momentum of your sale
Show me prices that reflect current commodity market prices • Otherwise we’ll spend all day on the calculator!
Step 3- Tell me how I sell it…and how you are going to help me do that! • Try less to sell me and try more to help me sell my customer
Which pieces do I buy? • Which are the best sellers? • Why do you think they sell best? • Here are some facts about my store… (Insert facts here) … Now, which pieces do you think will sell best for me? • Why?
How do I display them? • How much space do we need to use? • Which pieces should be emphasized? • What about adjacency? • Do you have signage to help me tell the story? • How are other successful jewelers displaying these items?
Do you offer a free display? • If not, fine. • If so, then tell me……… • Why should I use it? • Does it have the ability to emphasize specific pieces? • What material is it made of? • Does it have my store name on it? • Is it an appropriate size for the sales I expect to do? • What if I want to use my own display instead?
Do you offer any other sales support? • Signage • Counterpads • Imagery • Video clips • How are you going to help me help you?
What selling points do I emphasize to my customers to sell it through? • Let’s role play……….. • Pretend I am the customer and you are me. …….Tell me what you’d say to sell me this piece.
If we don’t sell your goods… • What do we do then? • Am I stuck with them? • Stock balancing?
Don’t forget to ask for the order… you’d be amazed how many people don’t • .
When we are done with our meeting here, repeat to me what I am going to do and what you are going to do • I want to be sure we understand each other • Remember to say “Thanks” for stopping by • You said you give good service (remember?) • A satisfied customer will direct others to your booth
After the show………… • Followup by email with me and confirm what we are doing next • If I ordered, confirm the order to me and ship it. • Then followup 30 days after I get it and discuss the results. • Make suggestions on how we can improve and discuss reorders
Recap the show before you do your next show • What went right? • What went wrong? • What changes should you make? • What do you want to expand? • Should you get more space? • Should you promote the show more? • What did your competition do?
Questions, Comments, Suggestions • Any thoughts as to how to make this show better?