Understanding the fundamentals of selling will help you to become more successful as a salesperson. However, these basic concepts and practices should be practiced in order for you to become an excellent salesperson. Remember, the more you practice the better you become and the greater the success!
During this course, one specific way of selling is not advocated. There are many roads to reaching one’s goals in sales. A salesperson should have an assortment of selling skills and should be very knowledgeable. Based on the situation, the salesperson determines the appropriate actions to take for that particular prospect or customer.
There is no place in our society for high pressure, manipulative selling. The salesperson is a problem-solver, a helper, and an advisor to the customer. If the customer has no need, the salesperson should accept it and move on to help another person or firm. If the customer has a need, however, the salesperson should and must go for the sale. All successful salespeople should, once they have determined that the customer is going to buy someone’s product – and that their product will satisfy that customer’s needs – muster all their energy, skills, and know-how to make that sale. That is what it’s all about!