{"id":2055,"date":"2016-04-14T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/?p=2055"},"modified":"2019-04-03T09:31:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:31:33","slug":"thoughtful-thursdays-saying-no-is-also-a-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/thoughtful-thursdays-saying-no-is-also-a-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Thursdays &#8211; Saying no is also a sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes, lost today&#8217;s&nbsp;original post! Here it is again in new words.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever said yes to a sale and thought better of&nbsp;your&nbsp;decision in hindsight? I&nbsp; expect the answer is yes, and that it happens more often than one would like to admit.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s sales thought is about saying no and appreciating that it is also a sale with benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Key to saying no to&nbsp;a sale&nbsp;is knowing when to say it and be happy with your decision.<\/p>\n<p>Before accepting any order ask yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Will it be profitable?<\/li>\n<li>Does it help your company achieve its goals?<\/li>\n<li>Will it meet customer needs and expectations?<\/li>\n<li>Can it be delivered as expected?<\/li>\n<li>Will the sales&nbsp;experience be enjoyable?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saying no can benefit the customer by not leading them down a path to dissatisfaction with your company.<\/p>\n<p>Saying no can benefit your business by&nbsp;avoiding a money&nbsp;losing situation or&nbsp;getting distracted&nbsp;with non-productive activities.<\/p>\n<p>Good selling,<br \/>\nRichard<\/p>\n<p>Have a question about sales? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakanashiandassociates.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Sakanashi and Associates Inc.<\/a> and I will respond.<\/p>\n<p>Please share Thoughtful Thursdays posts with people you feel may find the topic interesting and helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes, lost today&#8217;s&nbsp;original post! Here it is again in new words. Have you ever said yes to a sale and thought better of&nbsp;your&nbsp;decision in hindsight? I&nbsp; expect the answer is yes, and that it happens&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/14\/thoughtful-thursdays-saying-no-is-also-a-sale\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5,3],"tags":[60,35,73],"class_list":["post-2055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales","category-sales-tips","category-thoughtful-thursdays","tag-sales-2","tag-sales-tips-2","tag-thoughtful-thursdays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2055"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3658,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2055\/revisions\/3658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}