How do you become a great salesman or saleswoman?

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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/6/2015 6:13 am
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Great salespeople do two things, first and foremost: They know their products and they know their customers. Those that don't know their products can't sell them effectively, and those that don't understand their customers' needs cannot meet them with the products they sell. Now obviously, each of these can be broken down even farther, discussing elements like identifying niches, communicating effectively with customers, managing appearance to meet customers' expectations, and so on, but those
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KUMAR PADMANABHAN, Aff (India) Top Author Forum Guru 2/6/2015 11:13 am
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A great sales man or woman is a person who has judged all aspects of the company correctly.They are the person who has a sound knowledge on market where they sell
They are the people who maps any competitor activities and respond to the same quickly.
A great sales person is determined to sell what he plans for the day.
A great sales person never takes no for an answer.
And over all he or she should have a through knowledge on the area he is operating .
The person should be
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Lorynda Brucal, Aff (Philippines) Top Author Forum Guru 2/14/2015 9:07 am
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They listen more than they speak,getting an understanding of the customer's need and then finding a solution.
They invest their time in people that positively affect their income and avoid spending time on that things that have no return.
They are always seeking new, better and faster ways to increase their sales efforts.
They don't see failed sales attempts as failures but as investments in the process.
They never give up on unsold clients,knowing that someday those clients
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/5/2015 2:14 pm
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Dear Gabriela,

It will for sure depend on your advertising methods. You should know well target groups of products you want to sell. You should have a nice approach to the customers.
In this business, online marketing your own blogs, sites are the best method for approaching. Make them be interesting, nice to watch, include music if you want everything just to sell whatever you want.

Hope this answer will help and I wish you good luck
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/13/2015 2:11 pm
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Dear!
If you have difficulty to obtain high-quality people in your team, it's probably because you're targeting the wrong group of people. Not everything for everyone so we are not a business is not for everyone. Many are making a mistake as your promotional texts aim at all, ie. To anyone, thinking they are more likely to win over someone. This is a big mistake. Marketing must always be targeted at a specific group of people to be effective.
 
If you've invested in the purchase of
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Marija DJordjevic, Aff (Serbia) Top Author Forum Guru 2/6/2015 5:11 am
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Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.

It can be sum it up in one word – serving! Don’t think that serving means being subservient. I’m talking about being proactive, and making an effort to ensure that customers and potential customers alike are served well. Serving means you’re excited about what you have to offer, and you believe you’ve got a great product at a great price. It means that your customer is going
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/6/2015 12:36 pm
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This is realy a good question. The best way is to have good products which everyone needs and then:

Advertise using everything available because we never know where it can happen that we capture good customers. Use all free Media like Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Googel, Mysapace, among others. Also, if possible, join other different not free media like S-Builder, Xing, LinkedIn and among others. Use E-Mails and personal webside. All these are necesary but never a garantie. Mouth Propaganda
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, () Top Author Forum Guru 2/9/2015 2:48 pm
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Hello Gabriela

Thank you for your nice question.

By call center product you sell in one on the phone. After 6 weeks you're criticism - and know. You can talk to everyone and are also willing to accept a no. Take rejections personally never, because the customers are overwhelmed by offers and often annoyed. Yes, they're literally overwhelmed. I can say hard training in the practice now by me after 15 years, that I'm a good saleswoman. I know now how I perceive the problems of
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Ahmed Musthafa Rajasekaran, Aff (India) Top Author Forum Guru 2/13/2015 10:10 am
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1. Know the product or service you are going to sell in the market.
Be confident on it first. Make sure you know all the details of the item or service. Make sure the product or service is a quality one
2. Know the Market
Know to whom your product has to be sold and where to be sold.

Now you study the ways you are going to promote and which is effective and efficient. adopt those methods. Salesmenship is an art rather than a theory. Learn which one brings you effective
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JAMES UDEOGBA, Aff (Nigeria) Top Author Forum Guru 2/6/2015 8:33 am
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In order to achieve a great salesman or saleswoman you must devote some time to learn the SFI/Tripleclicks program.As they say,..readers are leaders. There are some powerful tools that SFI has designed to make the business very practical and fun. You can explore and exploit such tools like pricebenders auctions, E-Cards, Gifts certicates, T-Shirts, Wave3 banner, JMT Gateway and even Payooner mastercard to promote your sales and achieve greatness.
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