Sales Tips for Eejits new job
This thread is to help Eejit in his new career.
Some of us who have had sales experience should share how they were or were not successful in sales.
Include the do's and don'ts.
1. Stay upbeat and postive on the phone, people hate to listen to people who sound like they are reading a script.
2. Don't be too upbeat, people hate bubbly solicitors
3. Believe in your product. Think about this long and hard. Could you sell something that you would not buy yourself.
4. Use examples of recent sales in the same industry to challenge the customer to keep up with the competition. Becareful with this one, can get you in trouble if not worded right.
5. Always ask your potential customer first off, what is their biggest problem they face as a business operator.
Then tell them what you can do to solve or lessen their problem.
So many salesman have such big Egos that they talk too much about their product and themselves, instead of listening and finding out what the customers needs are.
6. Get the customer talking to you as soon as possible, this will engage them into taking an interest in what you are selling.
7. Numbers numbers numbers, the more calls you make the more sales you get.
8. Find out after you have had some success at work if you can telecommute from home a few days a week. You will have better success at telephone sales if you can walk around, smoke a cig and be comfortable.
9. Get plenty of sleep
10. Brown nose the boss
#5 is the most important tip to get good at doing. Master this skill and you can master anything