“Small talk”, or “informal chat”. How to use it during an interview with client

In many sales  manuals and books, you can often read that you should not start a meeting with a client by getting straight to business talk, and that you should start with a small talk. But only rarely do we get any guidelines about this "informal phase" of a meeting. While some people have a natural tendency to handle small talk well, some would appreciate some kind of theoretical training. We will give you just that in this article.