introduction to Selling
The process of assisting and persuading customers to buy has evolved over the years, with salespeople needing to offer value to thrive. A career in selling offers a variety of jobs, freedom, challenges, opportunities for advancement, and rewards. Adaptability, technology, and flexibility are crucial for success. Salespeople must constantly evolve to remain relevant in a competitive market. Education alone does not guarantee success; skills like adaptability and negotiation are key. Salespeople play diverse roles in society, from being intelligence agents to catalysts in consumption processes.
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The AMA defines Selling as the personal or impersonal process of assisting and/or persuading a prospective customer to buy a commodity or a service or to act favourably upon an idea that has commercial significance to the seller.
One has to sell when one does not have the direct power to compel a person to do something
Because of competition. Society has determined that sales people must be offering something of value; otherwise it would have eliminated salespeople. In fact the nature of selling has changed over the years.
Why choose a selling career? Wide variety of selling jobs available? Freedom of being on your own The challenge of selling The opportunity of advancement Rewards from a sales career
Salesmen duties are forever changing. If they do not change they could find themselves non-essential
Education does not guarantee a successful career. Adaptability, flexibility, coping with change, embracing technology are some of the parameters for a successful selling career.
Things that you might have to do in selling Convince Persuade Inform Argue Cajole Guide Lead Negotiate Solve Provide
Role of a Sales person in Society Intelligence Agent Possessor of technical knowledge Dispenser of innovation Catalytic agent in consumption process Service Function
Myths about selling Sales people are born, not made Good sales people are good talkers The good sales people can sell anything A good sale person can sell to anyone Selling is living is one big party The good sales person never takes No for an answer The locker room syndrome Selling is a bag of tricks People don t want to buy The get rich quick illusion
Characteristics of a good salesperson Appearance Clothing, grooming Voice and Conversation habits friendliness, warmth, personality, talking too fast, mumbling, monotonous, overuse of slang, unenthusiastic, earnestness Manners and mannerisms shaking hands, nervous gestures, common courtesies, smoking Some helpful personality elements intelligence, tact, sales sense , dependability, assertiveness, self-confidence, vocabulary, imagination, determination, self-management, responsibility Listening Skills Talking is sharing; but listening is caring . Listening gets us reciprocity.
Some personality traits and habits to overcome Criticism of others Arguing Clumsy attempts at humour Laziness impatience
Product Knowledge Customers buys benefits, not products Product applications as required in the customer s sphere of activities. Knowledge inspires confidence, and confidence inspires confidence in customers You must be a walking encyclopaedia on your product The typical prospect is interested in just one thing what the item you are selling will do for him or her.
A sale is made not in the mind of the sales person, not over the counter or desk, but in the mind of the buyer
