Have you ever been sold to the exact same product, by the exact same sales person, at the exact same spot, only a decade later? And were you impressed at their level of professional and personal growth or dismayed at the depths to which they had sunk? The former is an object of admiration; the
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Of hunger the Good Book says, “A labourer’s appetite works for him, his hunger drives him on.” Most sellers stop at appetite. But it’s hunger that boosts sales “What do you think of this?” I was asked.. This, was the buzz of activity outside the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) offices in Upper hill.
Your grade is just that-a grade. It’s not an identity. It does not define you. It can, however, refine you Dear student It’s not the end of the world that you failed KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education). Peers, parents, relatives, the media, and society at large won’t let you think otherwise. The recent announcement
There is something magical about a buyer seller connection that accelerates the sale. Dear Seller, You are not making that sale for your employer; you are making it for yourself. The employer is secondary. Rid yourself of the mentality that the sale is the employer’s problem. It limits your performance; it gets you going in
Grow your sales muscle and remember the buyer has a problem he wants to resolve with the purchase. With this knowledge, try this… If you acquiesce to every request for a discount, your sales muscle gradually atrophies. You never grow as a sales person; you grow as a price warrior. You score an A for
It doesn’t make you less of an engineer because the client asked to see an engineer, yet you are one; it makes you more of a salesperson when you oblige. But I’m an engineer, not a salesperson you indignantly respond. Yes. But, remember you are selling So what! So what if the buyer tells you,
If it’s impossible for you to fathom, it’s difficult for you to accept or say it. Juma had practiced the response countless times. He now had it down to a T. “When they ask me how much I want to be paid, I’ll say 30,000shs. That is a reasonable increment from the 24,000shs I’m earning
It’s the time of the year again when the opportunity to address an audience could arise. It could be an end of year company party, a family gathering, or even a wedding. You could be asked to give a vote of thanks, speak on behalf of the family, or your department; or, in true peculiar
Attacking is deftly persisting through every challenge coming your sales way without losing your enthusiasm. And persistence is an admirable quality-even to those who do not manifest it. While attending a funeral out of town last Friday, I was reminded of the importance of persistence to successful selling. Several hawkers were present, each selling the
I see in my presentation classes, that the trouble with most “I have nothing to say” or “I fear speaking in public” speakers, is this. They suffocate themselves by confusing knowing how to say (structure), with what to say (content). Opportunities to speak (voluntary or not) abound this December. Social (say, family gathering) and professional (say, end of year