By Felicia Vaile
What do you do for a living? Business owner? HR professional, Nurse, Truck Driver….salesperson? Nope Never a salesperson. Salespeople are the type that are paid on commission, circle you like a vulture when you walk into the new car showroom as though their last meal depended on it. You’re definitely not one of those. Hmmm well, I guess you didn’t get the memo, you are indeed a salesperson and if you’re not one now you better learn really quick how to be one before you miss the train! I don’t care if you are a Stay-at home Mom, the donut maker at Tim Horton’s, or the Pastor at the local Church, one thing is for sure, If you want to succeed you have to know how to sell!
A Nurse sells herself by reassuring her patients that she knows what she’s doing and that she has the skills to carryout what needs to be done. If she hasn’t sold her patients on her abilities as a Nurse she’s had it. The Stay-at-Home Mom closes sales every single day. It can be anything from selling her 5 year old on that new casserole she made last night with a guarantee she won’t be able to taste the onions in it, or selling her husband on that much needed family trip to Spain.
I think you know where I’m going with this. Everyone and anyone can use a good selling technique, in fact I will go one step further and say everyone absolutely requires a good selling technique, it’s mandatory! right now your saying to yourself, I don’t want to come off as one of those pushy salespeople, I just hate that type. How badly do you want to succeed in life? I’m not saying you have to be an obnoxious person, I’m just saying either you get what you want or want would you get. In the end the only way to get what you want is to be the best saleperson you can be. Seven traits of a highly successful salesperson:
1. Know what your talking about
2. Stay Focused
3. Conquers fear
4. Always has a positive attitide and is energetic
5. Genuine
6. Listen to the Customer
7. Makes eye contact with customers
Of course there’s much more to being a highly successful salesperson. Some people naturally have the gift to sell however selling can be learned and is only limited by your drive and ambition to succeed!