Back in high school, I had to sell every year at the start of the football season. In order to raise money for our meals and for our travel gear our coaches and boosters would give each player a stack of 50 plastic discount cards to various local businesses. Each costed 10$, and as a team we had a day where we would drive out to different neighborhoods and go door to door selling the cards to people. I always felt a tiny bit guilty or pushy whenever I had to sell these cards because people would usually not even want the card, but they either felt bad for me or wanted to support the team and buy one. At the time I didn’t even realize that every time I went to a door to ask someone if they wanted to buy a card I was engaging in sales and unconsciously using sales techniques to persuade people to buy. That experience taught me so much about sales and how people respond to different types of approaches from a salesperson. People don’t like buying from someone who is very annoying or insisting, but they will be more likely to buy from someone who is kind and has a good cause they are selling for.
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This is a very relatable post. I used to have to do similar sales for my high school football team. We would do a lift-a-thon and try to get money based on our max weights for each main lift (Bench, Squat, Power Clean, Deadlift). It was a really good hit for us, and it taught me a lot about sales, and most people just really wanted to do a flat donation because it was easier, but I was engaging daily in sales with this. I like it when you said people like to buy from someone who isn’t annoying or insisting, because that is your typical door-to-door seller, so that is so true. People want a person who knows facts and actually wants to build a relationship with them. This is a good learning experience in sales. Nice job on this post.