{"id":11409,"date":"2024-04-23T02:18:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T02:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=11409"},"modified":"2024-04-23T02:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T02:18:47","slug":"integrity-in-sales-blog-post-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/integrity-in-sales-blog-post-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrity in Sales &#8211; Blog Post #10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the bible, we are instructed to act as individuals with integrity. Proverbs 10:9 says, &#8220;Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.&#8221; This verse indicates how everything that we do in life, including our work, should be done with integrity. As a salesperson, you should always go about your work with integrity. A definition of integrity that has always stuck with me is, &#8220;doing what you said you were going to do, far after the state that you said it in has past.&#8221; In terms of sales, the salesperson most likely entered the selling field with a desire to do meet their customers needs above their own. This desire has a possibility to crumble when quotas, money, and circumstantial situations arise. The salesperson of integrity will keep the promise to themselves to meet their customers needs above their own when times get hard.<\/p>\n<p>Another way integrity comes into play is the salespersons relationship with the customer. Integrity sometimes means being truthful with news that the prospect may not want to hear. This could be revealed in rejecting potential business because you do not believe it is the right fit for the customer. This shows that you would rather have the customers ultimate needs met, even if it is not you who serves them best.<\/p>\n<p>It is critical that salespeople keep integrity in their selling. Without integrity, their work will be in vain. Selling with integrity is critical for maintaining the satisfaction of customers, keeping a long term relationship with the customer, and doing meaningful, fruitful work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the bible, we are instructed to act as individuals with integrity. Proverbs 10:9 says, &#8220;Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.&#8221; This verse indicates how everything that we do in life, including our work, should be done with integrity. As a salesperson, you should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11410,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11409\/revisions\/11410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}