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Let Me Sell For You Effect
What Is It?
Sometimes you’re only speaking to one voice in a much bigger decision. Offering to present directly to everyone involved can be a genuinely attractive offer. It saves your contact a job nobody actually wants.
Why Does It Work?
It works for two connected reasons. First, it makes you easier to buy from. Your contact no longer has to repeat what you told them themselves. They just arrange a call, and you handle the rest. Second, it stops your message losing shape as it passes from person to person, the way Chinese Whispers distorts a story. Being there in person also means you can justify your price directly. You can handle any objections the moment they come up, instead of hoping someone else manages it for you.
How Can You Use It?
Notice when you’re not talking to the right person, or not to everyone who needs to agree. Don’t hesitate to suggest a call with the full group. The reasoning is simple and genuinely helpful. You’re saving that person the work of relaying your pitch. It’s a job they never signed up for, and rarely do well.
When It Works Best
This works best in longer sales cycles, where more than one person needs to say yes. It also helps when your offer has real nuance. That nuance benefits from a direct explanation, rather than someone else’s summary.
When It Becomes Dangerous
This becomes risky if it feels like you’re bypassing your contact. Frame it as removing their workload, not questioning their judgement. Otherwise you risk damaging the very relationship you’re trying to protect.
Common Mistakes
Don’t push for a group call before you’ve built enough trust with your initial contact. If they feel sidelined, the offer backfires. That happens even when your intention was purely to help.
Never assume this always applies. Some contacts genuinely prefer relaying the message themselves. Read the situation before suggesting it.
Let Me Sell For You Effect – An Example
A software vendor has been talking to a mid-level manager for weeks. She keeps saying she’ll “check with the team.” Rather than let the pitch travel secondhand, the vendor makes a simple suggestion:
“Would it help if I jumped on a quick call with you and the team? That way I can answer any questions directly, instead of you relaying everything back to me.”
The manager agrees, relieved not to carry the whole pitch herself. On the call, the vendor handles two objections in real time. Those objections would otherwise have slowed the decision by weeks.
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