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The How-To Sales Guide. How to Learn How to Sell.
Guest articles > The How-To Sales Guide. How to Learn How to Sell.
by: Jon Gilge
So you have a job in sales. Now what! You have to learn how to sell, that’s what, but how exactly do you go about doing that? Let me share with you how to learn how to sell so you can insure that you will be successful in the profession of selling. Essentially, this article will share with you exactly how to organize and implement the process of learning how sell by starting with the resources and processes that you need to put into place. Let’s get started. How-To Sales Guide: Before You Learn How to SellFirst things first– You start the process of being successful in sales by understanding this: Sales success has very little to do with natural talent, and everything to do with practicing a set of skills known to produce sales success. Talent is largely a myth as it relates to success. In sports, in business, in life, and specifically in sales, it is not the most talented person that has the greatest success, but the person who applies the most effort to perfecting the skills that lead to success. This is great news, because it means that effort will make you great, and effort is a choice that is completely up to you. If you want to learn how to sell successfully there is nothing beyond your control that is needed to do so. The greatest salespeople that I know, every one of them, have worked harder than their peers on the skills of selling, and it is this characteristic alone that has created their success. So you have no disadvantages, and every advantage if you are willing to
choose to make the effort. How-To Sales Guide: Who to Learn How to Sell FromEvery sales organization has top performers, and most of them have poor performers. Both of them are your allies. Learn how to sell by utilizing both effectively. The Top PerformersYou’ll want to learn how to sell from the best, but the top performers in any organization are not always easily willing to share their secrets with the new sales representative. This is understandable. In their career they have probably seen hundreds of new salespeople come and go, and are justifiably reluctant to spend their time with someone who may not be around next year or even next month. You need to convince them that you are worth the effort because you are committed to doing whatever it takes to succeed How to you do this? It’s not too hard. You tell them. “I am serious about being successful and I want to learn from the best. I promise not to waste your time, get in your way, or not put in the time to master what you teach me. Give me the time and won’t regret it.” A little flattery, a bit of appeal to the ego that most great salespeople have, and you should have yourself a teacher. Great salespeople all had teachers, and at some level are looking for someone to pass that knowledge onto. Convince them that years from now you will be their legacy in the profession of selling and they will gladly teach you how to sell. Now, follow through on your promises, take excellent notes, practice what they teach you, and never forget to thank them for their assistance. The Poor PerformersDon’t forget the poor performers. You can also learn how to sell from these
people by learning what not to do. These salespeople are not where they are for
lack of talent (you’ll remember that talent is a myth), but because they have
not put in the effort to learn the skills that would make them successful. By
observing what they do you will understand what doesn’t work, and most often
reinforce the idea that the difference between this group and the high
performers is that the former has put in little if any effort into learning how
to sell correctly. How-To Sales Guide: How to Use Resources to Learn How to SellHopefully your company teaches you how to sell, but how do you use that education to learn how to sell. There is a big difference between being taught how to sell, and learning how to sell. Anyone can sit in the class, nod their head, ask a few questions and take a few notes, and convince themselves that for having done so that they’ve got it. You haven’t Learning is an active process– a very active process. Hearing information will likely result in a retention rate of around 15%. This is far from what is needed to actually apply the information to a sales situation. Here’s how you really learn. Take great notes. Don’t repeat the information on the printed materials you
were given but rather supplement it. How-To Sales Guide: Learn How to Sell by Living SalesTo complete the process of leaning how to learn to sell, you need to learn to be a salesperson. By this I’m not referring to what you do, but who you are. You need to learn to be a salesman by involving yourself deeply in the life of a salesperson. Here are some ways to do that: Read sales books. There is some great information about the profession of
selling from people who were great salespeople. Learn from them and apply it to
what you are selling. That’s it. Not complicated but is does involve some effort like most
worthwhile things do.
Best wishes on your journey toward sales greatness. If I can help in any way,
I am available at thesalesgiant@salesgianttraining.com or in our forums. The Sales Giant is the publisher of the popular Sales Giant Training Blog (www.salesgianttraining.com/blog) and the author of the FREE 'Master Closing Guide' that you can download instantly at www.salesgianttraining.com/free-master-closing-guide. For more information on all of the sales training resources they offer, please visit them at their online home at www.salesgianttraining.com. Contributor: Jon Gilge Published here on: Classification: Sales, Psychology Website: www.salesgianttraining.com |
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