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  <title>Nov 2025 - How to Close on the First Appointment - Part 1 of 2</title>
  <description>Most salespeople are trained to build rapport, gather information, and follow up later. But what if your prospect is ready today? In service-based, in-home sales (home- improvement, senior care, children’s services, etc.) the best close might happen on the first visit.&amp;amp;nbsp; Do you want to be strong in influencing or persistent in follow-up to make a sale? Join Bill and me as we break down How to Close on the First Appointment - Part One&amp;amp;nbsp;by building curiosity and interest, defining the buying criteria, uncovering motivation and creating urgency to close the deal with confidence on Episode 692 of the Winning at Selling Podcast. 7 Ways to Close on the First Appointment Handout: Click here Keystone Club Class - https://mnsales.com/keystone/  Offerings Page - https://mnsales.com/offers Next Book - Aligning Strategy and Sales by Frank Cespedeshttps://www.amazon.com/Aligning-Strategy-Sales-Behaviors-Effective/dp/1422196054/ref=sr_1_1 Bill Hellkamp&amp;amp;nbsp;–&amp;amp;nbsp;See my LinkedIn profile and send me an invite Visit my website:&amp;amp;nbsp;http://www.reachdev.com/ Scott “Professor Plum” Plum&amp;amp;nbsp;–&amp;amp;nbsp;See my LinkedIn profile and send me an invite Visit my website:&amp;amp;nbsp;https://www.mnsales.com </description>
  <author_name>Winning at Selling | Sales Leadership, Training and Development by Scott &amp;quot;The Professor&amp;quot;- Plum and Bill Hellkamp</author_name>
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