We are all in Sales

We are all in Sales and everyday we all sell something. How many people understand this simple concept? The answer is; not many. So let me explain what I'm talking about. There are alot of people in this world that feel that their job and life has nothing to do with sales. The fact is that we are all in sales, in one way or another we all sell something. When we go to work we sell our abilities to our employer. How well we perform determines if we get promoted or if we get raises. If we go out on a date we sell ourselves to a potential spouse or partner. Sometimes we try to sell others on a particular activity or event that we wish to do or attend. The products or services we sell depends on what we are trying to accomplish. The product or service can be anything from ourselves, our abilities, our dreams, our company, our wants, our desires the list goes on and on.



I hope this gives you an understanding of what I mean when I say that we are all in sales. So that leads me into my next point. Which is, how well you understand sales will determine how much success you experience in anything you try to sell. Understand that there are right ways and wrong way to sell. Let's look at some fundamentals that must always be followed, and they are as follow:

• Never over promise and under deliver


• Never misrepresent a product


• Always follow through


• Keep the lines on comunication open


• You never get a second chance to make a great first impression


• There is a difference between being confident and being cocky


• The appearence of the product and the salesperson is very important


• The customer may not always be right, but is not your job to make them always wrong


• Learn when to stop talking and start listening


• Understand that you will not close every sale - sometimes it's not meant to be


• Knowledge is power - the more you know the further you will go

Understand these simple rules and you will experience success in sales. Hope this information helps you makes your day better then the day before.