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5 Rules Of Good SalesmanSelling can be trained. There are some rules of good salesman that can be learned. I was not an expert in sales many years ago before I started my own business. It was after the borne of my business, I realized that I got to learn how to sell effectively. I started to learn from good sales people, attends training, read sales book, listen to sales audio book to get myself ready into the selling industry. There are five rules of good salesman that I discovered throughout my role as a sales person cum entrepreneur. These are the five characters for you. Positive Attitude Maintaining a strong, confident and positive attitude allows you to impress your customers. There is a reason why this rule came first. This is the most important in the rules of good salesman. Though I do not like to say it, but first impressions do last. Ask yourself, you wouldn't want to do business with someone who is unkempt, untidy and filled with negative energy, would you? If you do not want to do business with people who are negative, shouldn't you maintain a positive attitude yourself? Energy attracts energy. With a positive attitude, you attract customers who are positive as well. People want to be with positive people, that's why there's a saying, "likes attract likes". It feels good to be with positive people. Maintain a positive attitude, you soon find yourself attracting good customers and people into your life. You find out the reward of being positive is much more than monetary terms. Meet The Customers' Needs Remember clearly, in sales, it's not about you, it's about the customers. You must be providing a product that fills the needs of your customers. It's your job as a sales person to uncover the needs. You do not want to sell to a customer who does not have a need for your product. This customer will never buy your product if he doesn't have a need for your product. Help The Customers Help someone to get what he wants, and you will get what you want. A customer may comes to you with a problem, as a professional sales person, your job is to provide a solution to him. Yes, helping someone is one of the great rule in rules of good salesman. The solution may even be out of what you can do, depending on how far you want to go for this customer. He may need something that you do not provide, but you can show him where to get it to show your professionalism. Be Ready To Sell Always prepare yourself to sell to anyone in any place. Prepare yourself mentally that whenever someone ask about your product, you are able to deliver the message. Now I say whenever means even in the wee hours. I know of sales people who are unable to perform after midnight. Actually it's not about tiredness, but they actually tell themselves that they won't want to sell after a certain hours. The mind got the message, and starts to shut down the engines. You control your mind, you can tell yourself to prepare mentally at any time. You may meet a prospect anytime, and being a professional, you got to deliver with the same standard. Know your product The ability to explain your product in any way is a must for a good sales person. You must know your product inside out. You must be ready for any kind of questions about your product. Customers will throw all sorts of question and objection to you. By knowing your product well, you can then focus on giving them good answers. Having good knowledge of your product enables you to have more confidence too. Customers want to deal with confidence sales person. I hope these 5 rules of good salesman can inspire you to become a better sales person. Becoming a good sales person is not difficult. The technical aspect of it can be learned. The tough part is you got to have a strong character and attitude to become one. You can be on too. You may have heard of Brian Tracy, the sales guru. I learn so much about sales from his program. I learn about building rapport, asking the right question, telephone skills, closing etc from this guru. If you want to excel in sales, he is one person that I strongly recommend you get one of Brian Tracy's books or audio program.
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