NLP and Hypnosis in Real Estate Sales
Does it really Work?

By Christian Wasinger, CHt.

Imagine this scenario: You’re with a client. You’re waving a pocket watch in front of his eyes. “You need the property,” you say. “You will BUY this property now.”

He’s glazed over. He’s in a trance. “Yes!” he says. “Yes, I need this property and I must buy it now!”

You place a pen in his limp and helpless hand and he strokes his signature. Another sale! Another score for Hypnotic Sales! Let the commissions begin!

Having been to several Real Estate conventions, I know this is many realtors’ idea of Hypnotic sales? Well, trust me - that’s not going to happen.

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis have been an extraordinarily successful tool for sales and persuasion for years, yet many people remain skeptical. They don’t recognize the value in these techniques, but rather see them in a mystical light and as a taboo better not talked about.

The people who have taken the time to learn some of the very effective NLP and Hypnosis skills have experienced a tremendous increase in their revenues. Anthony Robbins is probably the best known among them.

To learn how these tools and techniques can enhance sales performance we must first understand how the mind works and which part of our mind makes the decisions to buy. Imagine that there are two parts to the mind - the conscious and the sub-conscious. The conscious part of the mind has a critical factor which has the ability to reason, judge, criticize and analyze data given to. Most sales people will prepare their sales presentation towards that logical, analytical part of the mind, thus creating the most challenging sales situation for themselves that they could possibly encounter.

Research has overwhelmingly shown that appealing to the logic of your potential buyers will not get you a lot of sales. Logic does not get people to buy; only emotions do. Skilled sales professionals (whether they do it consciously or not) will gear their sales presentation towards the emotional part of the mind, which is the sub-conscious part of the mind. This part of the mind does not have a critical factor but is in charge of our feelings and emotions. As we all know, feelings and emotions do not equal logic.

Since we know that most people’s decision to buy is an emotional one, it is of utmost importance for the sales person to speak with and appeal to the buyer’s feelings and emotions. Logic, numbers and statistics will not get anybody into an emotional state of buying 

NLP and Hypnosis are the most effective ways to reach that emotional part of the mind. The feeling of trust and rapport is the most important ingredients to making a sale. This happens on a sub-conscious level. NLP tools will teach you to gain instant rapport with your client by simply changing and adjusting body language, tonality and mannerisms thus helping you to connect with your buyers.

Another easy and subtle way to create rapport is to get agreement from a buyer or a simple “yes”. The easiest way to do this is with what I like to refer as a “Yes-Set”. A “Yes-Set” is a sentence consisting of an undeniably truthful statement for your client followed by a tag question. Here’s an example:

“There are a lot of homes going into foreclosure, aren’t there?”

Here’s an even easier one:

“San Diego is known for its nice weather, isn’t it?”

In both cases any person will answer with a “yes”, either verbally or non-verbally, as these statements are the undeniable truth.  On an unconscious level these people will believe that you think alike and that you are on the same wavelength. Skilled sales professionals will weave in at least one “Yes-Set” every few minutes of their sales talk to reach an agreement with their potential buyers. The more often a buyer agrees with you, the more likely he or she will be to make a purchase from you.

NLP and Conversational Hypnosis also teach how to ask the right questions to uncover the values and beliefs (also part of the sub-conscious mind) of your buyers. These factors are the driving force of your buyer’s decision-making process. It is important to uncover and appeal to them in your sales presentation to ensure a close.

Of course you will not be swinging a pocket watch in front of your client’s face and hypnotizing them as you may have seen in movies.  Hypnosis is a natural occurring state of mind that each one of us experiences on a daily basis, mostly without our awareness. NLP and Conversational Hypnosis is being used in today’s world by more people than most of us realize, in advertising, sales, movies, politics and even religion. The definition of Hypnosis is “information bypassing the critical part of the conscious mind and being accepted by the sub-conscious mind”.

Many people wonder if the use NLP and Conversational Hypnosis in sales is ethical. Here are several answers to that.

• Even under Hypnosis one cannot make anyone do or buy anything they don’t want to buy.
• Our sub-conscious mind is here to protect us and will not accept any suggestions that are harmful.
• These tools and techniques are used on you on a daily basis already.  They are so subtle that you simply don’t realize them.
• As a sales person one always need to have one’s client’s best interest at heart. Without this, a sale can still be made, yet you will be breeding unhappy customers and creating a bad reputation which then will lead to fewer sales.

It is only recently that business professionals have discovered the power of NLP and Hypnosis. Researchers have found that highly successful sales people use communication techniques which are nearly identical in structure to the communication techniques used by hypnotists. These techniques are so subtle, natural and friendly that few people consciously recognize their hypnotic powers. 

Conversational hypnosis can be a powerful selling tool, much more than any brochures, presentations, graphics or fancy packaging. A salesperson who controls this tool can multiply his or her income many times over. Even after learning just a few simple techniques, you will start to notice a change in the way your buyers respond to you. You will find that these tools are so subtle and powerful and that they will take you to the next level of your professional career.

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Is there really a secret to “The secret”?

Once Oprah has dedicated several shows on one topic it is certain that the awareness level of the interest in that particular topic will sky rocket! It is also a fact that a lot of people will share their opinions, insights and experiences on that subject matter.

If you have not heard about “The Secret” by now, you must have either not turned on the television lately or lived on a different planet for the last several months. In this newsletter I would like to share some of my viewpoints about the so-called “Secret” with you.

I am still wondering what made the information provided in “The Secret” more popular than ever this time around. The lesson contained in this movie about “The Law of Attraction” is nothing new and has been around for a very long time. The only difference is that somebody gave the information a make-over and new packaging.

A few years ago we had “What The Bleep Do We Know”, this year it is “The Secret” and I am very certain, that in a few years we will bombarded with many different marketing strategies and “new” products we can buy to help us change our lives, utilizing the same/similar information once again.

The problems I notice are the misinterpretations and misconceptions people have with the information presented. When talking with individuals, it has been my experience that too many of them are looking outside themselves for answers. Many people think all it takes is to visualize something and it will manifest into their lives.

Visualization is one of the most powerful tools we have to reprogram our subconscious mind and to start manifesting/attracting things into our lives, the emphasis being on “to start”. People may start visualizing as their first step, but unfortunately for many that is also their last step. As a result they end up being disappointed and disbelieving in the information.

I can be visualizing owning a brand new red Ferrari all day long. Unless I start taking some action steps towards actually having one (I believe) the odds of me ever owning one are rather slim.

If you want to lose weight it is an excellent first step to visualize yourself daily at your perfect body weight. However you and I also know that in order to lose weight one has to take active steps towards achieving that goal.

Many people love and believe in all of the “get rich quick” schemes. Most of the time that’s really all they are – schemes. You know, that in order for you to get rich you still need to put in the work and not just visualize it.

Often I will receive phone calls or see clients that still believe that all they need to do is get hypnotized by me and their lives will be changed. If I had these powers I would be the one on Oprah right now. I believe that we do have these powers, but can only use them to change our own lives.

As a Hypnotherapist and Professional Coach I see myself being a catalyst helping people to utilize THEIR OWN strengths, tools and abilities they perhaps never believed they had, so they start moving into the right direction to achieve their goals. They will still have to do the moving, but may also realize that it becomes a lot easier once they start seeing results by taking active steps rather than just visualizing and waiting to see if something happens. Don’t let life happen to you – MAKE IT HAPPEN!

What I encourage you to do is to look at the information that “What The Bleep” or “The Secret” has presented to you and evaluate what YOU are doing with it. The information will only benefit you if YOU choose to use it!

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