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# How Clients Buy: A Practical Guide to Business Development for Consulting and Professional Services Kindle Edition

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## Customer Reviews

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    Don't Sell. Help Clients Become Prepared to Buy.
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2018*

I'm one of those people who reflexively recoil at the idea of selling - even though my success depends on serving clients. Tom McMakin and Doug Fletcher have helped me better understand my dilemma. Among us consultants and professional service providers, selling connotes persuasion - even an element of coercion. We understand that sustainable and profitable relationships are built on a foundation of trust and mutual respect. The hard sell approach is antithetical to such relationships. Consequently, we need to understand the conditions under which clients are prepared to buy. The authors spell these conditions out in grounded, actionable ways."How Clients Buy" is an antidote to the linear, seller-centered, personality-infatuated approach that is pervasive in the genre.

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    A good crash-course in how to really connect with potential clients.
  

*by P***. on Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2018*

Over the years, I’ve read quite a few business books about selling one’s wares and finding clients.  Each of them have been helpful, on some level, because they have at least a few useful nuggets of information or pearls of wisdom.  The trouble is that the key takeaways and guidelines that one wants to get from these books are often lost in a sea of unnecessary information or “filler” that seems to be there just to round out the book.  That makes them a bit frustrating to get through.Consequently, I was pleasantly surprised with “How Clients Buy”- a book that I found just by a search on Amazon.  It’s a manageable size, which can be read quickly, and most of the text is germane and illustrative of the points being made.  The tone that the writers use is (a bit too) friendly, but their information and insights are to-the-point and effective.I’ve been providing professional architectural services for over 30 years, and over that time, I’ve accrued a fair bit of knowledge about how to find and retain clients.  But even with that experience, I’ve found that one can get too casual with some of the fundamentals and not be as diligent as one should be in pursuing new clients (or maintaining old ones).  This book is a very good reminder of what really matters and what works.I like the fact that the book is geared towards the professional services industries, and that it offers a well-organized approach with a very good set of guidelines and to-do’s for how to focus one’s efforts and be more effective.  I found that it’s a very useful read for anyone, like me, who’s trying to build relationships and pursue new business - more so than many other books of its kind that I’ve read to date.

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    Good guide for being a rainmaker fro professional services
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2018*

McMakin and Fletcher have written an excellent guide for how consultants can secure clients. They start from the assumption that selling consultant services is different than selling products and that typical sales techniques do not apply here and may be counterproductive. They then explain how client’s buy professional services and steps that are essential to secure the trust that is the foundation of that relationship. They explain the seven elements in a client’s decision journey to purchasing services, and go through each element in detail offering insights and tactics to help you through each step of the process. All their key points are backed up with evidence from interviews they have down with leading professionals in the field, citations from existing literature and research, and their own extensive experience in the industry.The authors note that there is often a feeling among consultants that selling conflicts with professional ethics which puts them at a disadvantage. They debunk the myth that you need to have a sales personality to be successful in this domain and they help you focus your efforts in a way that will improve your chances of success and keep the time invested in business development a manageable part of your business.The book is a pretty easy read, well written, well laid out, and they often make their case with interesting stories of people they interviewed or from history. What I like best about the book is that it is logically organized in a way that makes it easy for you to refer back to points or steps that they have explained. If you are the rainmaker for your firm or aspire to be one, this book is worth your time. My own experience is that even if you are good at promoting services and securing clients, you know that you can always improve and this book offers a systematic approach to do just that.

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