The Basic Sales Trainer

Here are the people and places to get your feet wet in the area of selling. 1. People you know because of their profession - The people you have interacted because you are customers of their business. These may include business owners, officers of small corporations, people in the professional fields such as law, medicine, dentistry and accounting. 2. People you know from your former employment - They may include former employers, co-employees, trade or professional associates, former customers and clients, former competitors. 3. People you interacted with in your school - They may be former schoolmates, high school/ college classmates, sorority/fraternity friends, organizational associates, athletic, dramatic, debating, musical, language, teachers, and parents of classmates and schoolmates. 4. People you know because you have a particular hobby or enjoy a particular sport - You may be a photography enthusiast, chess, music, golf, tennis, public speaking, home movies, travel,

An Elevator Pitch or an Elevator Speech is a short, concise and snappy phrase that you can say about yourself when the opportunity arises instead of bumbling your way to explain what your business or product is all about and thus miss an opportunity. The goal is to catch the attention of your prospect for them to want to know more and eventually become your customer. Another essential thing about an Elevator Pitch is that it helps you to define the scope of your business. If you could not clearly explain your business to others, chances are people will have no idea of your business either. Besides introducing your business and products to potential customers, your Elevator Pitch can also be used to communicate to people about you and your business. Here are a few that comes to mind: 1. Business Card - You can put your Elevator Speech in your business card instead of the usual name, business address and a whole lot of boring information. Your Elevator Pitch can help your pot

All companies look for great sales persons. A great sales person is defined as someone with a great attitude, of good moral standing, and can meet or exceed reasonable quotas. Sadly, there are only a few sales person who are like that. Most of the people I encountered label sales persons as sleazy, which is unfair. If you are not sleazy, you cannot meet the quota. But let us shatter that thought here in this post. Let us break down the traits on what will make you successful in sales. 1. First in the Office and the Last to Leave Most salespeople want to be successful. But they aren't prepared to work hard to achieve it. A successful sales person doesn't wait for business to come to them. They go after it. They start to work earlier than others and stay later than anyone else - not to use the internet. Rather they stay at the office to make more calls, prospect more consistently, refine their presentation, and spend more time improving their sales skills. One

Jun, a Sales Counselor for a few months has been unsuccessful in his sales career. But he does not want to give up. He knows that a lot is still in store for him. Jun can't blame the economy, the state of the industry, the competition or even the company itself for his failure because the reality is, there are people out there making money and Juan needs to be one of them, even you need to one of them. Whether you have been in sales for a long period or even a few days from now, it's time to train. Competition is brutal, the economy is in chaos, and customers are stressed out from bogus salespeople out there. Tricks you may have in your sleeve in the past may be the cause of your failure now. You need new techniques and new way of doing things. Here are some magic tricks you may need work on: