Windshield Time

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James outline ways to identify when your discussion of a sale with a customer helps you convey its proper value and when you're overjustifying it. Tune in to find out how to qualify the budget, ask what the customer is thinking and overcome objections, especially when it comes to big-ticket items!

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James explore ways technicians can prepare customers for bad news while out in the field. Whether the job will cost more than they are expecting or you find other issues during the call, find out how you can make them feel comfortable enough to make a last-minute decision bomb.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James discuss the utility of diagnostic checklists across the trades and how they vary between industries. Tune in and find out what to do when faced with customer objections about the relevance of a broad inspection.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James explain how communicating technical language in a customer-friendly way can lead to miscommunications. From directions or concepts to overall value, many things can get lost in translation on service calls.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James discuss what the differences are between service calls and maintenance calls. They share how a customer's expectations vary across types of calls and ways technicians can train, prepare and adapt to them accordingly.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James discuss how you can use courage to successully navigate interactions with the two main types of unreasonable customers. They share how entering a customer's home with an open mind, abandoning pre-conceived notions, is the key to fielding unpredictable reactions.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James discuss how you can create additional value for the customer in ways beyond just monetary means. Together, they break down the psychology behind determining value and its connection to DISC profiles.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James discuss their theory on price sensitivity, including how to navigate it when you're in the field.

In this week's episode of Windshield Time, Chris and James talk about how you can use non-technical information in the field to recognize and understand when there is an opportunity to provide additional, useful services to a customer.