The Sales 411
By Suzy Strempke
Here's an interesting thought - Everything comes back to selling.
Think about that for a second. The world revolves around sales. Every
business regardless of what they do, has to sell. Every person sells.
You sell your favorite movies, favorite books, favorite restaurants,
favorite shoes. You even sell yourself on ideas and thoughts.
Here's another interesting thought: Most people hate the very idea of
the salesperson, yet we all fall under that category in one fashion or
another.
The question is: How do I embrace my inner salesperson?
Acknowledge that you sell on a continuous basis in your day to day
life. Admit it. You do it. You just don't think of it as selling.
Hmmmm - Sharing. Replace the word selling with sharing. There. That
feels better doesn't it? Isn't funny how changing a word can alter your
perspective? When it was selling, you shuddered. Now that it's sharing,
you feel all warm and fuzzy. We all like to share - we like to share our
things, our thoughts, our ideas, our favorites, ourselves. Stop and
think about that for a moment..... It's the same thing.
Choose a new thought.
When you choose to think of selling as sharing, it shifts the way you
feel about it. When you feel empowered by something you will be more
successful at it. For all of you who own businesses or work for a
business (that would be everyone), this is vital.
What thoughts do you entertain around selling?
What new thought might you choose instead?
What is one thing that you can do today to embrace your new thought?
"People don't care about what you have to say until you care about
what they have to say"
How true is that? Think about that for a moment - It is part of our
nature as humans to want to be heard. Most people go through life just
trying to be understood and when we are around someone who truly listens
to us it is a breath of fresh air. And, what do we want to do? We want
to be around those people as much as possible. Be part of their inner
circle. We talk about them to everyone we know because they are the most
genuine authentic people. They really hear us.
When we own a business or represent a business, we need to truly be
in touch with what our clients need. We need to know what their
challenges are, what they are excited about, who they are, so that we
know how to best serve them. The only way to do this is to listen.
Listening is one of the best ways to sell. If you are in touch with
your potential customer/client you will know how to work with them and
create a win-win situation.
Be In Service of Others
Building on listening, let's go into service. I'm not just talking
about excellent service on the part of us, our business/product, I'm
talking about being IN service of others.
When meeting another person for the first time, do you screen them
for potential customer status? That's a given. What about if they do not
have a remote chance of being in need of you or your product? Do you
write them off and move on to the next one?
What would happen if you looked at each person in terms of what you
can do for them instead of what they can do for you?
Think of the people that you really like to do business with.
What characteristics do they embody?
How much of their success do you feel is in direct proportion to their
ability to listen and really help you?
My challenge to you:
Practice really listening to everyone you connect with this week and
find one way that you can be in service of them that exceeds their
expectations.
About the Author:
Suzy Strempke, professional core energy coach, is the owner of Growth
In Action - Empowerment Coaching and Training. She is passionate about
empowering women to build successful businesses while maintaining
healthy and fulfilling personal lives. She helps her clients get "in
action" for what they want most for themselves and leads them to bust
through internal blocks that are holding them back. A successful
entrepreneur for more than five years with Sensaria Natural Bodycare,
Suzy enjoys educating women about the value of self-care, nurturing
rituals, good skin care and ingredient awareness. For more information
please visit
http://www.growthinaction.com |
