The Top Secret to Closing Life Sales (or Any Sales)

One of the main reasons why so many agents and advisors struggle with closing life insurance sales is… they tend to lecture and tell prospects what they should do.

Once the agent or advisor finds (or thinks they’ve found a problem the prospect has), they’ll immediately try to provide the prospect with their solution to the prospect’s problem. Doesn’t a salesperson telling a prospect what they should do create an automatic response from that prospect… of immediate resistance?

Think about it. Do you like to be told you have a problem? Do you like to be told what you should do? Don’t you automatically fight the idea? Aren’t you immediately skeptical? Wouldn’t you rather identify your own problems and come up with your own solutions?

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For example, when most agents and advisors are talking to a family they’ll ask; “Do you have life insurance to pay off the mortgage if something were to happen to you.” If the prospect doesn’t have any mortgage insurance, then the agent or advisor immediately tells the prospect about a great new affordable product that will pay off the mortgage if the prospect dies, or about a great plan to pay off the mortgage early if the prospect lives. The prospect automatically says; “Let me think about it!”

Why? Because no one likes to be told what to do! No one likes to be sold. But, people do like to buy, if it’s their idea.

“People buy based on emotions and then justify their decision based on logic.”

The top life insurance producers have learned how to close more and much larger life insurance sales by helping their prospects identify and truly understand their problems. Then they help the prospect to come up with their own solutions.

These top producers know that, “People buy based on emotions and then justify their decision based on logic.” They’ve learned to ask questions, and have a real conversation to help prospects to ‘want to take action’ to solve their problems. So the prospects practically sell themselves.

Here’s a quick example.

Agent: “If I may ask, do you currently have a mortgage on your home?”

Prospect: “Yes, I do.”

Agent: “And, if I may ask, do you have insurance to pay off your home, for your family, if something were to happen to you?”

Prospect: “No, I don’t.”

Agent: “How do you feel about that?”

Prospect: “I never thought about it.”