A few ways of not asking for what’s their budget, and still talk money.

Deliberately not asking for what is the budget doesn’t mean you don’t talk money.

There are other ways to ask what your customer consider their budget.

Before any of that, though, you need to think of it as a financial fit. There needs to be a business case for you to move on. And business involves money. 🙂

Here are a few ways of talking about money:

• We’ll find if there’s a financial fit.
• Do you have allocated funds for this project?
• What were you thinking of investing in this?
• What did you have in mind to put on this project?
• What are you expecting to invest for this initiative?
• The price range is $$$ [big pause, don’t talk] to $. Is this something you can afford?
• This might as well be the most expensive option of what you’re seeing in the market. Have you decided on an investment yet?
• Just to know if we’re a fit, we’re talking about $$$ [pause] to $.

Talking money early in the process helps you figure out IF this even makes sense on your side and shows you’re not afraid of having difficult conversations.

The sale is the sample. 🙂