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Copyright (c) 2008 Gavin Ingham
I generally find that my best ideas for articles and tips come to me when I am thinking about something else and today was no different. I had just finished my sales calls for the day when my phone rang…
As a sales manager, I needed to recruit, train, and monitor the performance of salespeople from time to time. I vividly remember one annual sales appraisal I had for one of my new sales staff. After we had a detailed discussion of her sales performance, I asked her to comment on her job duties and rate her overall performance.
Contrary to my expectation, she was satisfied with her job level but she ranked herself “under-performing”. While I appreciated her candidness, I was at the same time bothered that she admitted her weakness that easily.
A company, a business, an enterprise, an organization rock on the bases of 5 letters “Sales” the exchange of something for money or the activity or profession of selling.
I’m an 18 y/o college freshman applying for jobs in a call center and at the front-desk of hotels. I have only had one job, so I tried to sell myself by stating my skills. I would like to know if this sounds professional enough:
“I am very knowledgeable with technology, including computers and computer programs such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Internet. I also have experience in answering phones, filing, making copies, faxing material, and am able to type 68 wpm. I am a very fast learner and I have excellent customer service skills.”
Get The Most out of Sales by Improving Your Selling Techniques!
When you sit down and talk with a successful professional salesperson, you will notice certain personality traits and techniques which are the primary reason for them excelling at their profession. I recently had a chance to sit down with a sales professional who makes around $1.4 million a year just selling her product to companies and individuals. How does she do this? She shared several important aspects with me that will help anyone improve their overall sales:
1. Know your product. She could not stress this enough. Her first step in training her employees is giving them a vigorous class on her products, including the history and exactly why there is a need for her products in society. This, after all, is the root of sales: Why do people need this product?
Bruce George is a visionary, executive producer, writer, poet and activist. He was born and raised in New York City. He has written poetry, prose and articles for over 37 years. His work has been published in major magazines, anthologies, and literary publications. He has worked with Essence Magazine, Emerge Magazine, Class Magazine, and Harlem River Press to name a few. As a motivational speaker and inspirational keynote speaker Bruce inspires and motivates audiences with topics ranging from art, politics, sales, negotiation, branding, and becoming an entrepreneur.
Sales management is simply the attainment of an organization’s sales goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, staffing, training, leading and controlling organizational resources. Revenue, sales, and sources of funds fuel organizations and the management of that process is the most important function.
Organizations continue to face the challenge of achieving and maximizing sales force effectiveness. To improve their return on investment, savvy executives are examining the sales process from end-to-end, that is, from management, coaching and development to sales force effectiveness and performance measurement.
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