{"id":5228,"date":"2019-02-26T12:53:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=5228"},"modified":"2019-02-28T16:02:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:02:44","slug":"3-tips-on-becoming-a-better-salesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/3-tips-on-becoming-a-better-salesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips On Becoming A Better Salesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Always lead with questions<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you will\nshow humility and that you are not there to force information onto someone.\nSecond, you will get answers that you never would have received without asking\nquestions. You want your counterpart to know you are there for them and to\nsolve their problem. No one wants to be talked at. The conversation needs to be\nby both people, with you, the sales person, directing the conversation with\nquestions. After all features tell and benefits sell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Change your perception about sales <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone believes\nthat salespeople are liars and con artists. Like any job, there are people that\nlie and trick others, but sales is not based on tricking people into a deal.\nSales is about serving others and solving their problems. You will not succeed\nin sales without helping someone else. To succeed in sales you need to believe\nin what you are selling and change your perception to help others, not trick\nthem. Sales is a great way for many people to make a difference in other\npeoples lives. But do not just change your perception on sales, change the\npeople around you and your clients perception on sales by selling the right\nway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Be obsessed with problem solving<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing real\nvalue to your clients is something that can set you apart from another\nsalesperson. Don\u2019t think about your job as selling but rather problem solving\nfor your customers. Your value is generated by helping solve someone&#8217;s problem\nand getting them what they want\/need. You do not want to be thought of as a\nsalesperson, but rather a problem solver. If you obsess over solving problems\nand helping others you will not be able to force information onto other. By using\nthis third tip, it forces you to ask questions and seek out your client\u2019s pain.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always lead with questions First, you will show humility and that you are not there to force information onto someone. Second, you will get answers that you never would have received without asking questions. You want your counterpart to know you are there for them and to solve their problem. No one wants to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":1845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sales-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228","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\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5273,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5228\/revisions\/5273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}