The closing talk track that turned me into the #1 SMB AE & got me to President's Club at a huge publicly traded company:
*Technical Fit is done, prospect wants to buy. But we are by far the most expensive software in the industry so they are balking on price*
"Okay so just to be clear, as far as the product on the technical side, is there anything else we want to look at or do you feel like your ready to go on that front?"
*They always say yes, we are ready. Remember, tech fit is already done.*
"Okay Cool. I have a good relationship with our sales leadership and finance team so I'm happy to help you out on price here."
I'm happy to go get you a discount on this. With that said, I know the first thing my team is going to ask me is, "when can they move forward and start implementation by?" So before I go get a discount approved can we lock in a date for a contract signature and an implementation start date?"
*They always say yes, and typically ready to start asap if we are this far in*
"Great. Well I know I can get you to this, *show price* If I can go get that approved for you, are you open to signing the contract together on Friday and starting implementation on Monday?"
Boom. If it's a no, then we can get down to what their real objection is. If we lose the deal, then it probably wouldn't of ever closed anyways.
I always got confirmation on start date and a verbal agreement before sending an order form with any sort of discount.