Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

To become a great salesperson, you need "the gift of the gab" which I haven't unfortunately. This means you need to be a good speaker, you need to be convincing in your sales pitch.

I am severely lacking in this regard and so need another way to overcome this.

One way is to go through your PRM list and issue a $5 gift certificate to as many as you can afford. Hopefully they will spend this money and perhaps add a bit of their own as well thus boosting your sales.

You can also go to the TripleClicks store and select some members whose products you might like to sell. Get the link and then advertise it. There are many, many places to advertise both paid and free and you just need to turn to Google to find these.

You can sign up for your own website and again advertise the products for sale. Keep up the advertising as it forms a large part of your successful business.


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To become a great salesperson, you need "the gift of the gab" which I haven't unfortunately. This means you need to be a good speaker, you need to be convincing in your sales pitch.

I am severely lacking in this regard and so need another way to overcome this.

One way is to go through your PRM list and issue a $5 gift certificate to as many as you can afford. Hopefully they will spend this money and perhaps add a bit of their own as well thus boosting your
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Affiliate since: 09/21/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Patlam Kalliyil's 12 other Ask SC answers

Very good question Gabriela DAMJANOVI? and indeed the value of the question is very deep.

Indeed, this can be categorized in different way and methods "How you become a good employee" or "how do you become a good Teacher" etc and here, when we go to the "Sales" there are certain elements to be noticed before hand.

1) Learning about the Audience

This is very important for a Salesman or Saleswomen to find the right Audience where he/she can promote a stuff. If you are not finding a right niche or audience, the spended energy would be really waste.

2) Delivering the Product or Introducing a Product

This is most important for any person who deal with this. He/she should study about the product or service before hand where his delivery should be proficient and accurate where he/she can build the trust of the buyer. If someone sells a product where the customer has certain doubts to be cleared and the seller fails to respond with the right details, definitely the seller would loose the customer. The seller should be able to convince the buyer by explaining the good and bads of the products and the benefits from purchasing the same.

3) Always should be honest

He/she should be very honest while delivering the details of the product(s). This is important that once a product is sold out and the customer would spread his/her experience with others and this is a very good medium of advertising. If a seller sells a product by giving false information to the customer, it is very evident that the seller would not get more sales and it would be a huge failure. As far as SFI Business is concerned, we, as affiliates, are the sellers and we should be honest as it is very important that we should deliver the right details to the right audience where we can build our own pyramid system by getting individual customer or affiliates.

4) Always learn the Techique of Marketing

Again, this is very important and valid point the salesman/saleswomen learn the marketing techniques before hand. Customer relation & interaction with the customers are very important that they should comeback to you over and over and this would benefit the seller or salesman/saleswomen to increase the business whatever it may be the product or service.

5) Should not be greedy for getting the business

The salesman/saleswomen should not be greedy to fetch the customers but they should be patient to have the right people come on a right time and spread the word among the community and this would boost a pyramid system.

None are born as a salesman/saleswomen but they can inherit the techniques/knowledge by learning the marketing techniques and this can be experienced ONLY when they are VERY SERIOUS to be in that profession.

As a conclusion: All techniques are available under our SFI UNIVERSITY and DOES NOT require anymore search to have ourselves to be proficient in this area of Business.

Hope my simple guidelines would help.

Regards,

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Very good question Gabriela DAMJANOVI? and indeed the value of the question is very deep.

Indeed, this can be categorized in different way and methods "How you become a good employee" or "how do you become a good Teacher" etc and here, when we go to the "Sales" there are certain elements to be noticed before hand.

1) Learning about the Audience

This is very important for a Salesman or Saleswomen to find the right Audience where he/she
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

“How do you become a great salesman or saleswoman?"

There are several things one can do to develop his or her abilities as a sales person. First, build upon proven relationships, that is; stay in touch via affiliate emails, deliver an article of interest to your down-line, or any form of communications that lets all participants know that you are still thinking of them on constant bases.

Next, keep it simple, in that you are offering advice, not demanding that anyone take a decisive course of action.

Lastly, remember that with these crucial connections you are making yourself known as one who is adding to your circle of friends, not subtracting. Hence, the ability to build strong connections/alliances is the true sign of a Great Sales Person.

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“How do you become a great salesman or saleswoman?"

There are several things one can do to develop his or her abilities as a sales person. First, build upon proven relationships, that is; stay in touch via affiliate emails, deliver an article of interest to your down-line, or any form of communications that lets all participants know that you are still thinking of them on constant bases.

Next, keep it simple, in that you are offering advice, not demanding that anyone
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Affiliate since: 10/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Adriano's 46 other Ask SC answers

Hi,

my basic theory is that a good salesman must have at least two basic qualities: empathy and ego drive.

Ability to feel.
Empathy, the important central ability to feel as the other fellow does in order to be able to sell him a product or service, must be possessed in large measure. Having empathy does not necessarily mean being sympathetic. One can know what the other fellow feels without agreeing with that feeling. But a salesman simply cannot sell well without the invaluable and irreplaceable ability to get a powerful feedback from the client through empathy.

A parallel might be drawn in this connection between the old antiaircraft weapons and the new heat-attracted missiles. With the old type of ballistic weapon, the gunner would take aim at an airplane, correcting as best he could for windage and driftage, and then fire. If the shell missed by just a few inches because of a slight error in calculation or because the plane took evasive action, the miss might just as well have been by hundreds of yards for all the good it did.

This is the salesman with poor empathy. He aims at the target as best he can and proceeds along his sales track; but if his target—the customer—fails to perform as predicted, the sale is missed.


On the other hand, the new missiles, if they are anywhere near the target, become attracted to the heat of the target’s engine, and regardless of its evasive action, they finally home in and hit their mark.

This is the salesman with good empathy. He senses the reactions of the customer and is able to adjust to these reactions. He is not simply bound by a prepared sales track, but he functions in terms of the real interaction between himself and the customer. Sensing what the customer is feeling, he is able to change pace, double back on his track, and make whatever creative modifications might be necessary to home in on the target and close the sale.
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Hi,

my basic theory is that a good salesman must have at least two basic qualities: empathy and ego drive.

Ability to feel.
Empathy, the important central ability to feel as the other fellow does in order to be able to sell him a product or service, must be possessed in large measure. Having empathy does not necessarily mean being sympathetic. One can know what the other fellow feels without agreeing with that feeling. But a salesman simply cannot sell well without the
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

If all of us had an exact answer to that question, well, we would all be milionairs. And if all known ‘’tricks’’ worked equally for all of us, none of us would have any issues building a fortune. My personal path to sales stated with building discipline, organization and thorough research. Now, while I was leaning I was looking for advice, I usually came across specific ‘’tips’’ or ‘’tricks’’, and they would often prove ineffective for me. The reason for that is that they were usually related to specific example. You will come across many, many interesting and funny sales stories, but the truth is that rarely any of them is applicable.

The first thing you will need to accept is that people value their money and are less likely to spend one dime online unless they plan it. Second most important thing you need to know is that you will need to search for them. You will need to realize that your results would be diversely proportional to amount of work you put in until you build a rich trtaffic (customer) source of your own. But this doesn’t mean that your way to sales is trough traffic of your url’s.

Second- you will have to learn to observe your product trough your customer's needs and advertise it accenting the way they fulfill someone's needs. People will buy what they can benefit from.

You will need to keep a regular advertising routine. Meanwhile, create a website or blog around a narrow interest for a group of products and create additional social media pages for your niche based on their interests and values. The process of building could take up to 6 months or even a year but it would be worth it.

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If all of us had an exact answer to that question, well, we would all be milionairs. And if all known ‘’tricks’’ worked equally for all of us, none of us would have any issues building a fortune. My personal path to sales stated with building discipline, organization and thorough research. Now, while I was leaning I was looking for advice, I usually came across specific ‘’tips’’ or ‘’tricks’’, and they would often prove ineffective for me. The reason for that is that they
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Affiliate since: 09/11/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Danijela's 73 other Ask SC answers

Ways of selling via the Internet are different from direct sales. The shop assistant in the store on the basis of mimic of your facial muscles and movement knows what to say to you and how you sell the goods. The shop assistant make conversation with you and if he has good negotiating skills he will convince you to buy the goods.

Here you are not in direct contact with the customer. Goods are sold primarily commercial. So, your ads have to be very effective and must to attract customers. You do not have to have great negotiation skills but you have to find good place for advertising. You should to put a hundred ads every day and you must to work very hard. You have to be persistent, diligent and not give up. You have to constantly learn and to search for new methods. Be patient. Eventually something good will happen to you.
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Ways of selling via the Internet are different from direct sales. The shop assistant in the store on the basis of mimic of your facial muscles and movement knows what to say to you and how you sell the goods. The shop assistant make conversation with you and if he has good negotiating skills he will convince you to buy the goods.

Here you are not in direct contact with the customer. Goods are sold primarily commercial. So, your ads have to be very effective and must to attract customers.
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Affiliate since: 07/05/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Christo's 6 other Ask SC answers

I'm following all the answers to this question since it came up.

It's one of the most arguable statement, are salespeople born or made.

Anyone is born to do sales or whatever they want to do, it is how the person development were when they grow up that will make or break you.

The first thing that any person that want to go into sales have to learn is that people buy products or services and you are the one that have to develop yourself in mastering the game.

As I told many sales executives before on my team, "Remember the customer is king and they know what they want. You, on the other hand, have to sell yourself and what I meant by that are, you have to learn the product, learn the customers behavior and must know how to build a relationship with the customer. Never try to make a sale on the first call and never force your product down the customers throat."

This is the most important thing ever in sales, relationship, trust and quality of service delivery.

Hope this help all.

Blessings to you and your success.
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I'm following all the answers to this question since it came up.

It's one of the most arguable statement, are salespeople born or made.

Anyone is born to do sales or whatever they want to do, it is how the person development were when they grow up that will make or break you.

The first thing that any person that want to go into sales have to learn is that people buy products or services and you are the one that have to develop yourself in mastering the game.

As
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Affiliate since: 11/22/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Allison's 23 other Ask SC answers

Network with other Saleswomen...ask questions....you must have a bit of a thick skin and not take things too personally. And you must be patient. Sales is a numbers game....lots of times you will hear a LOT of No's before you get a few yes'. You must persevere. If you give up, you obviously wont sell anything. And you MUST believe in your product. If you don't believe and want the product you are selling, how could you expect anyone else to want this product from you?!
KNOW your product. Use the product you are selling when you can, having a working knowledge of what you are selling, really shows in the way you handle yourself and can inadvertently sell FOR you. Hope this helps, many blessings to you.
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Network with other Saleswomen...ask questions....you must have a bit of a thick skin and not take things too personally. And you must be patient. Sales is a numbers game....lots of times you will hear a LOT of No's before you get a few yes'. You must persevere. If you give up, you obviously wont sell anything. And you MUST believe in your product. If you don't believe and want the product you are selling, how could you expect anyone else to want this product from you?!
KNOW your product.
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Affiliate since: 11/18/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Kehinde's 17 other Ask SC answers

Becoming a great salesman or saleswoman requires knowledge in diverse ways,

1, of self, to remain focussed without minding external pressures and forces, one should stand and never give in.

2, knowledge of possible reation from different people, this is so critical as a single person is capable of dis-organising one, if care is not taken, so, pre-knowledge of future customer's behaviour is critical, and should be handled critically, as many situation will influence several people's attitude at a point in time.

3, knowledge of season, to determine which product sells better at a particular period.

4, knowledge of product, which to a large extent determines the degree of acceptance by people.
Great salesman/woman must possess this as it is a convincing element of trial by prospects who are just getting to see, hear and know about the product.

Of great importance too is having the courage to reach out to as many as possible, even though, with marketing skills, to go by the way of some selected ones as time/ season/ environment/ mood dictates
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Becoming a great salesman or saleswoman requires knowledge in diverse ways,

1, of self, to remain focussed without minding external pressures and forces, one should stand and never give in.

2, knowledge of possible reation from different people, this is so critical as a single person is capable of dis-organising one, if care is not taken, so, pre-knowledge of future customer's behaviour is critical, and should be handled critically, as many situation will influence several
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Affiliate since: 11/01/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tino's 10 other Ask SC answers

Sales is the exchange of value be it a product or service. For instance if you walk into a grocery store to buy fresh milk which is a valuable to you and you are ready to part with cash which is a monetary value you are willing to exchange for the milk and when you buy the milk the value exchange has be executed the store made sale of something valuable and you the customer made a purchase of something valuable.


Now to your question a salesperson is one who sales something be it physical product or services rendered. To become a great Salesman or Saleswomen you must understand your product love your product and sometimes use your product which gives you passion to tell others about the benefits of the products. You can't sell something to someone you know nothing about. Sometimes some sales people convince customers to try a product with different brand from their known brand just because they know alot about the product (Some may even approach you and say you should try this one am using it too and it has work for me and sometimes show you physical evidence to attest the fact).

So know your product have passion for your product and genuinely have a customer satisfaction goal.

Thank you
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Sales is the exchange of value be it a product or service. For instance if you walk into a grocery store to buy fresh milk which is a valuable to you and you are ready to part with cash which is a monetary value you are willing to exchange for the milk and when you buy the milk the value exchange has be executed the store made sale of something valuable and you the customer made a purchase of something valuable.


Now to your question a salesperson is one who sales something be it
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