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Be Persuasive When You Sell

Author: robert | Posted: 02.08.2008 | Views: 23

Be Persuasive When You Sell

When you are selling your products to clients, you don't want tobe pushy about it, you want to be persuasive.

Have you ever been around a sales person who seems to haveeverything going for him?

He has no problem talking to people, people like him, he seemsto meet all of his sales goals so effortlessly.

This is not because he is lucky, or he was born with a naturalgift when it came to selling. It is because he took the time andeffort to make sure he went into the field well trained with theappropriate sales skills and product knowledge to make his salesseem as though they come without any effort.

This sales person, through hard work and sales training, hasgiven himself the power of persuasion because he has the abilityto find out what it is that his customers need.

When a sales person is being pushy with their product, it is aturn off to the customer. The last thing a customer wants, issomebody they just met up in their face who won't stop talking.Pushy sales people come off rude, unprofessional andunknowledgeable.

From a customers point of view, a pushy sales person comes offas someone who just arrived from a one day sales training courseon one particular product. Who is then sent out into the worldto sell that product to anyone that will listen.

Most consumers can see right through this.

Persuasion takes subtlety. In fact, it is much easier topersuade someone to buy your product than to actually sell it.

Persuasion involves getting your customer to "buy in" to yourproduct, or to see things from your point of view.

You must first get to know your customer. Take some time to aska few personal questions. Such as where they live, what theiroccupation is, do they have any pets, etc.

People love to talk about themselves, so ask questions.

Once you get to know your customer, find out what their needsare. You can than match up your products to their needs.

Explain the benefits of your product, and give them a visual intheir mind of themselves using your product. If you are sellingbaseball bats, give them the visual of using the bat to hit ahome run in the bottom of the ninth too win the ball game.

Don't do all the talking, listen to your customer. Listening isperhaps one of the most important sales skills you can posses.You can find out so much about your customer just by listening.

To persuade your customer to buy your product is to find acommon ground with your customer. Smile, be courteous, answertheir questions, learn what their needs are, listen to theirconcerns and try to alleviate them.

Once you have established what their needs are, tell them aboutthe products you have that could satisfy their needs. Remember,don't sell the product, tell them about the product, and what itcan do for them.

Don't think of it as selling, think of it as a normalconversation that you would have with one of your friends. Yoursales will become more enjoyable, and they will also increase.Good luck.

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