In this sales coaching monologue, the speaker teaches reps how to treat the common prospect objection “I need to do more research before I decide” as a smokescreen rather than a genuine barrier. The core strategy is to mirror the word “research?” to prompt the prospect to reveal the real concern, which is often budget‑related. Once the hidden money objection is uncovered, the rep can address it directly. The speaker also introduces a “comparative frame” – asking the prospect what kind of research they plan to do, how many alternatives they’ll compare, and how they’ll decide among them – to surface decision criteria and move the conversation toward a close. The overall message is that the research objection is not a true objection; it’s a cue to dig deeper, clarify priorities, and steer the sale forward.
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I want you to do this next time your prospect says, "I need to do more research before I make a decision." Now, I want to make sure you understand, do you actually believe they're going to go do research? Unlikely. Like when you tell that to a prospect, do you ever go back for weeks at a time and just research all these companies, have spreadsheets? No, it's just a smokescreen. They have a concern that they simply don't want to tell you, so they're trying to be nice. So you're initially just going to reach them like, "Research?" You're just going to repeat back, "Research." "Research?" Now, a lot of times right when you say that one word, they'll be like, "Yeah, it's just a big decision and I just need to make sure I have the budget." Now, what did I just find out? Out that they have a money concern, that they don't have enough money, and you gotta help them overcome the money objection. Has nothing to do with research. Now, sometimes when you do that, they'll be like, yeah, I just need to do some research. What type of research do you feel like you need to do? And I just ask the question, well, I want to find out about this, I want to find out about that, I want to look at other companies. And this is called a comparative frame. So then you come in, okay, so let's say that you do all this research, you talk to, you know, 6, 7, 8 companies, you spend weeks of your time doing all this, and you find that you found a couple other companies that can solve, you know, same problems that we could for, you you know, somewhat similar pricing, how would you then decide who to go with? Whatever they say right there is gonna get you closer to that sale. Well, at that point it'd come down to this, and that's what you wanna focus on right there. But I want you to do those two things and notice how that objection doesn't even really matter 'cause it's not even an objection, just a smokescreen. Hope that helped.
