Nails on a chalkboard, a cricket in the house… and clichéd sales conversation attempts have one big thing in common – they repel and annoy just about anyone on the receiving end. Want to avoid annoying your prospects and an outright rejection? Strike these obnoxious clichés from your sales vocabulary for good.

1. 12 PHRASES
B2B SALES PROS SHOULD
STRIKE FROM THEIR
VOCABULARY

2. Trust me. Trust you? I don’t
even know you yet.
1

3. I’ll try.
That’s pretty indecisive.
Can I get some
certainty, please?
2

4. To be honest
with you …
Were you lying
to me before?
3

5. I’m just checking in.
Why are you
interrupting my day?
4

6. Is now a good
time to talk?
If you don’t think what
you’re offering is worth
my time, then I don’t
either.
5

7. I have some wiggle room
in this pricing.
Why didn’t you offer me
the best price to start
with?
6

8. I’m giving this to you at
just over cost.
Not my problem. Give
me the best price you
can.
7

9. Thank you for
your time.
You’re right. My time is
more important than
yours. I did you a favor.
8

10. I wanted to …
Why do I care what you
want? Make this about
me and my issues.
9

11. Are you the
decision-maker?
So dated. Don’t you
know a decision like
this is made by a
committee?
10

12. I don’t want to
waste your time.
Then don’t.
11

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