Some people think that you're just lucky if you happen to make a commission on a customer with I sale. I disagree though, I believe if your sales skills are sharp enough you can get anybody to buy anything even if they're not interested. You can basically make them interested in some way. What do you think?
2007-02-06 16:42:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
The best sales people are the people that can pamper their customers. They also have to the ability of not hearing NO. Or should say, they translate NO to a question which they have an answer for. And of course, they are tough skinned.
2007-02-06 16:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sales is 50% having the right well designed product, 40-45% the proper marketing and placement of that product and only 5-10% is actually the sales person. With out the other factors the sales person cannot have a fighting chance at closing that sale. The sales person may make a difference, but I urge you to look at businesses like Saturn and CarMax. These companies, by having good, low priced products can do away with the agressive salesmen and beat out many of their competitors.
2007-02-06 17:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by nigel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Num Num is probably the first person to holler when he can't find a salesperson to "help" him...lol
Anyway, luck has nothing to do with it at all. It's about you being educated on your product and your presentation. It's about you the salesperson being able to identify a need and show your potential customer how to fill it.
Once you have that down, you have to start looking at owning your own sales business where it just doesn't matter if people think you're lucky, the bottom line is you are building your own business and doing it well.'
Let me know if this is of interest to you.
2007-02-06 18:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe we can attribute "luck" to be solely responsible. It may or may not be present and any influence of luck is occasional. Either you are a good sales person or you're not. I also believe that no matter how good you are you can't make anybody buy your product. Bottom Line!
2007-02-06 17:12:31 · answer #4 · answered by Sweetgirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if a person is a good sales person, that really helps make the sale.
2007-02-06 16:50:27 · answer #5 · answered by The Princess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a salesman with some 50 years.yes 50 years experience i can honestly tell you i have never sold anything.
but absolutely thousands of people decided they wanted to buy from only me.
you might ask why.
the secret is having them make the decisions based on the information you have given them.
2007-02-06 16:52:47 · answer #6 · answered by dirtyoldman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the product. If you know someones 'hot-button', you need skills to exploit it. But it's luck too that you even get the quality lead to start with. Alot, alot of luck.
2007-02-06 16:48:07 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Metro 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think being in sales is the lowest possible rung of the executive food chain. The only people that think being a salesman takes "skill" are other salesmen.
2007-02-06 16:46:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I have never been influenced to buy something because of the salesperson. If I want it I buy it. It doesn't matter what they say.
2007-02-06 16:45:50 · answer #9 · answered by Jen G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋