Sales Conversation Reflections: the Good and the Bad
smithJG18 Over this past week or so, I have listened to many sales conversations. Most people did a great job, but I noticed there were common threads through most of the…
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My Sales Conversation
Hello! So, I thought it might be a good idea to reflect on the sales conversation that I had with Prof Sweet. I was pretending to be a representative of…
Going for No
Hello there! One important sales concept we have been talking about in class is going for no. In other words, give the customer permission to say no. This is helpful…
How to Pleasantly Surprise Prospects on a Sales Call
In this current time, sales calls are going to be far more prevalent and important in business, so here are a few tips from the Entrepreneur about how to pleasantly…
The Real You Versus the Role You
Hello, everyone! I wanted to dive deeper into the concept of the real you versus the role you as an encouragement. Firstly, the role you deals with your job performance…
Battling Perfectionism in Sales
Hello, everyone! In my last post, I explained the downfalls of perfectionism in sales. In this post, I am going to help explain how to battle a perfectionist mindset. The…
Why Perfectionism and Sales do not go Together
Hello everyone! Perfectionism can be defined as “a refusal to accept any standard short of perfection” (Oxford Dictionary). Many of us here are “Grover-achievers” that refuse to let themselves make…
My Experience with Sales Pt 3
Continuing with my series on my summer job, another aspect I learned is to not be too eager. Sometimes, I felt so excited to see a customer walking through the…
My Experience with Sales Pt. 2
Hello again! If you read my last blog, you would know that this past summer, I worked as a site manager for a coffee shop startup location. At this coffee…
My Experience with Sales Part 1
Throughout this past summer, I had the fantastic experience of working/managing a new location of a local coffee shop. While working there, I experienced first hand how to sell and…