Utilizing Social Media for Sales – Blog post #2
astrabmg22 In this day and age social media is a big part of sales now more than ever. Platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook are at an all-time high being used in…
Price Negotiations
StullBW Negotiating prices with buyers is a very important strategy to master because this will help you as the seller gain as much profit as possible. Many experienced buyers who try…
Transactional Selling
Transactional selling is a technique in selling that focuses primarily on small sales instead of large sales. This technique is very different from large sales because they are very short…
Active Listening in Sales Conversations
One of the most important skills to have when in sales is the skill of listening. Some people might think that this is a weird skill to be so important…
Blog Post 3-No Mind Reading
benedictsj19 I recently had a real-life experience which reinforced the importance of not reading people’s minds when selling to them. Today I had a job interview with a company that seemed…
Mastering the Art of Cold Calling
Have you ever received a call and didn’t know the number but you answered it anyway and you get bombarded by a loud man trying to sell you something on…
Sales and Humanities
henschelsf23 I think this class is so interesting because it includes a lot of skills that are not restricted to the sales setting. It argues both that the sales setting is…
Blog Post #4
muirds21 Over break I encountered numerous examples of individuals engaging in positive and negative sales tactics. Some people engaged with tactics involving intense pressure and quality reassurance that I needed to…
Sell Me This Pen
haughter23 The classic sales test in which a person pulls a pen from their jacket and challenges their friend, associate, coworker, or truly anyone to sell it to them is found…
Asking questions story – Blog Post #4
Nick Guidas Even as the consumer, you can still sell the salesperson. We have been learning about the importance of asking questions in a selling situation in class and how effective it…