2010

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Where do you find the best sales people in the world?

Selling ice to the eskimoes is an old cliche used for people that are naturally gifted in the art of selling. You have to be pretty good to sell a product or service to someone who doesn’t need it. In the health and fitness industry, people are being sold a better life – which everyone [...]

Using games to sharpen your sales claws

Poker is a fantastic way to practise not only sales skills but understanding personalities and how to deal with these in a sales environment. In the online poker world, there are different people from a huge variety of backgrounds. All of these people have one thing in common much as in a sales environment the person you are selling to will have an interest in what you are actually offering. A great way to sharpen sales skills is to set up at a poker rakeback account and refer friends by sales techniques. Offer friends or otherwise an opportunity to also earn rakeback. You are providing them a service, earning rakeback from your referrals and practising your personal sales skills.

Reasons for beginning a career in sales

This sounds like a foregone conclusion of a topic, but different people are motivated by different things. Of course the majority of people want to be in sales for the earnings potential on offer. But don’t forget there are those who need sales for the constant confirmation of their success at negotiating with people. Some [...]

Selling Art and Creative goods/service

You’d think that there are special techniques required to be able to sell something that is close to your heart, such as a painting that you have put your blood, sweat and tears into…a very different proposition seemingly than re-selling some batteries you bought in bulk on eBay. Well, it’s not really that much different, [...]

Selling in a recession

What with everybody fighting for a piece of a smaller pie, sales training is more important now than ever – any business source will tell you this. So don’t delay get trained in the latest sales techniques, especially those that have been borne out of this current global situation…