Honesty is the best policy
Recently I was working at Playthings Etc. (the world’s coolest toy store) when I encountered a customer asking for some toys for her nephew’s birthday. This is a very common…
Recently I was working at Playthings Etc. (the world’s coolest toy store) when I encountered a customer asking for some toys for her nephew’s birthday. This is a very common…
As an aspiring salesman, I have been looking for ways that I could practice some of the sales techniques we have been learning in class. I wasn’t sure where to…
Sales techniques are methods used by salespeople to encourage customers to purchase a certain product or service. Which means the salesperson will guide them through that purchasing process. Salespeople can…
On Friday, we had Dave Starcher, from Keystone Ridge Designs and Grove City College Alumni speak in class. He discussed a lot of his sales experience and made selling look…
A “yes” is what all salesmen are hoping for by the end of a sales call, to close the deal. It can often be a hard-fought battle to win over…
One way to manage a sales process is through the use of “upfront contracts” an upfront contract is a “verbal agreement that sets expectations and wards off unexpected surprises.” One…
The idea of clarity in the Pink book is pretty straightforward forward meaning that in order to do well in life and sales, you need to be clear about what…
Evan Addams, a guest speaker in our class this week, discussed how to go from 1 to 100 million in sales. The first point he showed us was, “how they…
Yet again, I write the tale of a sales experience from Playthings! During the January season (one of our slowest times of the year), There was a middle aged couple…
Working in a store where we sell products from 10 cents to 1,000 dollars, it can be difficult to find what pricing customers are looking for. A few months ago,…