{"id":3405,"date":"2019-02-28T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2019-02-28T08:34:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:34:54","slug":"thoughtful-thursdays-communicate-your-point-clearly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/28\/thoughtful-thursdays-communicate-your-point-clearly\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Thursdays &#8211; Communicate your point clearly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a world where now is the norm and later can lead to a lost opportunity, it is important to be able to communicate your points clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s sales thought is about how to be a better communicator. It is one thing to talk and another to be understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You probably know people who are great at getting their point across clearly and succinctly. They are able to explain things in a manner that is understandable and make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It begins by being asking the right questions and being a good listener. Do your research. It results in knowing a lot more than may meet the untrained eye. Good communicators know their audience and have an understanding of the situation. They demonstrate a confidence that creates trust the people they are speaking to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone can improve on the skill of communicating their point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Listen to what is being said.<\/li><li>Ask questions to clarify what you are not sure about.<\/li><li>Get confirmation that your analysis of the situation is correct.<\/li><li>Know your audience.<\/li><li>Simple is often more effective.<\/li><li>Be prepared for questions and have alternate ways to explain the same point.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The ability to communicate clearly is one way to shorten your sales cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good selling,<br>Richard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a question about sales? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakanashiandassociates.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact Sakanashi and Associates Inc.<\/a> and I will be happy to respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world where now is the norm and later can lead to a lost opportunity, it is important to be able to communicate your points clearly. Today&#8217;s sales thought is about how to be&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/28\/thoughtful-thursdays-communicate-your-point-clearly\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3406,"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":[15,8,3],"tags":[60,47,73],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sales","category-selling-skills","category-thoughtful-thursdays","tag-sales-2","tag-selling-skills-2","tag-thoughtful-thursdays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","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=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3410,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions\/3410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}