Throughout the selling experience, you are going to fail. Every single person in this world has tried to sell something, whether it is a product, and idea, or simply why your parents should buy you something. Through all of these trials, we have succeeded and also failed. One thing that I have done my whole life is selling to my parents, which includes why I should be able to stay out with my friends or why I did not do as well with my grades. Since I have tried so many times with different things and really know them and what could turn them off to my selling, I have learned a great deal about the technique that I need to use in order to gain their favor.

This is exactly how sales is in real life. We need to gage the other person and figure out what things get them excited versus what would turn them away from whatever it is that you are selling to them. Falling on our faces is key to learning and figuring out the best way possible to sell and be a successful sales person.

When someone fails in a sales experience, it is essential that they review what they did incorrectly and correctly so that they will not repeat the same mistakes next time, such as when they should be talking or when they should be listening. By correcting the errors made in a failed experience, the sales person can improve their technique. This practice could also help you in your future meetings with clients so that you can really learn to gage their personalities quicker so that you know which approach is best to use on this client and not just talking their ear off if they are someone who would want to be in control.

3 thoughts on “Failure Makes Great”
  1. Interesting point of view! I like how you emphasized the fact that sometimes mistakes can lead to even greater success in selling. Good work!

  2. I think such a vital key point in your post is that failure doesn’t just mean getting back up on your feet and trying again, but it involves really understanding what went wrong, what went well, and HOW to try again to receive the intended outcome.

  3. I agree with a lot of what this post says. While sometimes it can feel difficult to accept failure and move on, it ultimately will lead to bigger a better things; seen in the forms of better sales transactions. Each failure enables us to learn and improve upon each prior move. Nice Post!

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