Listen "Questions That Close: Get the Second Meeting | #Sales – Ep. 02"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textThe days of talking at prospects for 45 minutes and hoping they’ll beg to work with you are over.Today’s top-performing advisors let the right questions do the closing—and they walk out of the first meeting with a locked-in second call (or a “no thanks” that frees up their calendar).In this episode, Chris Smith breaks down the four-part sales call and the “micro-commitment” questions that quietly move people from curious to committed—without ever feeling salesy.Pulled straight from a live Advisor Edge session, you’ll discover:The single purpose of a discovery meeting (hint: it’s not “educate the client”)The 2-sentence frame that melts buyer resistance in under 30 secondsThree “Is staying the same an option?”-style prompts that spark action on the spotWhy discovery—not your dazzling pitch deck—actually makes the saleReal-world role-plays you can swipe word-for-word on your next Zoom callTimestamps00:00 Cold open & episode set-up 02:05 Why most advisors talk themselves out of a sale 06:20 The 4 parts of every sales conversation 10:45 Live role-play: framing & the first micro-commitment 15:30 “Is staying the same an option for you?”—breaking status-quo bias 22:00 Flipping one-call closes into two-call wins (without losing momentum) 27:40 Q&A: applying the framework to different business models 30:55 Key takeaways & next stepsFree resourcesTake the next step & book a no-cost PSBLTY sessionJoin us LIVE next time on the Advisor EdgeIf this conversation helped you book more second meetings, drop a quick ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating— it’s the fastest way to help other planning-first advisors find the show.Until next time, keep asking questions that close!
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.