{"id":17654,"date":"2024-01-26T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandler.com\/?p=17654"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:16:17","slug":"sandler-rule-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandler.com\/videos\/sandler-rule-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandler Rule #7: No Free Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sandler.com\/videos\/sandler-rule-7\/#Sandler_Rule_7\" >Sandler Rule #7<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sandler.com\/videos\/sandler-rule-7\/#View_the_playlist_for_our_%E2%80%9CNew_52_Sandler_Rules_for_Sales_Success%E2%80%9D_HERE\" >View the playlist for our &#8220;New 52 Sandler Rules for Sales Success&#8221; HERE!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sandler_Rule_7\"><\/span>Sandler Rule #7<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\">No Free Consulting<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No free consulting. What does that mean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>That means you shouldn&#8217;t be giving away your product knowledge, your experience, or all of the expertise that you have in your industry for free. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We can do some education in marketing, and we can do it later when we&#8217;re doing customer onboarding, but when we&#8217;re in the sale, this process, we need to be doing discovery. We need to be asking as many questions and getting as much information from the buyer as we can throughout the process. And really, nobody likes unsolicited advice anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss this rule with your sales team and think about how you can apply it in your sales process.\u00a0Find the book, <strong>How To Sell To The Modern Buyer<\/strong>, at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1737010224\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong> or <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.sandler.com\"><strong>shop.sandler.com<\/strong><\/a> and subscribe to our channel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SandlerWorldwide\"><strong>Sandler Worldwide<\/strong><\/a>, for the rest of the Sandler Rules!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"View_the_playlist_for_our_%E2%80%9CNew_52_Sandler_Rules_for_Sales_Success%E2%80%9D_HERE\"><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL3Z0s7ZInq7oKsdE4I8b239PDO1d2qZIy\">View the playlist for our &#8220;New 52 Sandler Rules for Sales Success&#8221; HERE!<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandler Rule #7 No Free Consulting &nbsp; No free consulting. 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