{"id":5402,"date":"2019-03-13T00:16:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2019-03-13T00:16:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:16:57","slug":"appearance-shouldnt-matter-but-it-does","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/appearance-shouldnt-matter-but-it-does\/","title":{"rendered":"Appearance Shouldn&#8217;t Matter&#8230; But it Does."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our modern world full of acceptance and welcome we become numb to the sense of the way which we physically look effecting our outward interactions. Most people now (including myself) feel that appearance should not have an impact on the way you are perceived and consequently judged. However, in reality, especially in the world of sales, the way in which you present yourself can have an outstanding impact on your success. Here are a few reasons why this is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" data-src=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rust-Cohn.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5408\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?attachment_id=5408\" class=\"wp-image-5408 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rust-Cohn.png 640w, https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rust-Cohn-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rust-Cohn-624x352.png 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/361;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"380\" data-src=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthew-wows.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5409\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?attachment_id=5409\" class=\"wp-image-5409 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthew-wows.jpg 550w, https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/matthew-wows-300x207.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/380;\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Possibly the most crucial reason why your professionalism in your appearance matters is because of the weight carried by first impressions. Walking into a potential clients office looking like Matthew McConaughey on the left is no way to leave a good, lasting first impression. Clients will often hold to their first impressions of a salesman, even if you are the nicest person with the best product, they may write you off before you even get a chance to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We now move on from first impressions of the client, and into the mind of the salesperson themselves. Being in professional attire not only boosts the salesperson&#8217;s <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">self confidence<\/g> but also sharpens their minds. Sure, you may not be as comfortable as if you were wearing your favorite sweatpants and a hoodie, but it will be much easier to feel as though your mind is <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">sharp,<\/g> and able to perform at its fullest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, you want to look your best when selling because your appearance truly is your brand. If you are known as the one who dresses and carries themselves sloppily, people will tend to believe you perform in accordance with this throughout your business endeavors. If you desire to come across as a salesperson who knows what they are talking about, has themselves together, and is delivering a quality product, present yourself as such because if you wait for your words to make the first impression, you may have waited too long. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our modern world full of acceptance and welcome we become numb to the sense of the way which we physically look effecting our outward interactions. Most people now (including myself) feel that appearance should not have an impact on the way you are perceived and consequently judged. However, in reality, especially in the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales-tips","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5497,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5402\/revisions\/5497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}