When to persist and when to quit
Klaerenmk1 One aspect of selling that I have always struggled with is knowing how much to follow-up, especially when it comes to selling myself with a job. I never know how…
2016
Don’t be Sleazy
stormnm1 The average person associates salespeople with flimsy and corrupt people trying to pull a fast one. Here are a few tips to bring your sales style away from those common…
How to Create an Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is a condensed version of your business idea. It’s called an elevator pitch because it should be succinct enough to convey the idea in the time it…
Technical Sales
HueberFX1 Technical sales is a segment of sales that works highly complex manufacturing and technology products being sold to large corporations. Technical salesman have many titles, Sales engineer, field consultant, pre-sales…
The Sales Personality
cheba1 Most people have a preconceived idea of the “sales ideal,” or the combination of personality traits that are perceived to be the best indicators of sales success. This sales ideal…
Pre-Call Planning Part 1
porterjj1 I know. People buy from whom they like and trust. Asking good questions is vital to a sale. Listening is the most important thing a sales person can do other…
How Ebay changed the selling game
woodcockcl1 Ebay.com has been around for about 17 years. Its value prop is pretty simple, but it revolutionized buying as we know it. Since started, customers have had the ability to…
You have to be okay with the possibility of failure.
Yoheytj1 Think about the verbs to sell and to act, they are very similar. They are similar because verbs require action, which, by their nature, bears with them the possibility of…
Ambivert- The Hidden Personality
meakemga1 I found our class discussion about ambiverts to be extremely interesting. From the very first time I took a Myers- Briggs personality test I have been fascinated with the differences…
The Two Extremes
HayesAS1 I thought our class discussion on the different personality types as they relate to sales was very interesting. It is the norm to think of extroverts are typically better at…