- Some evangelists might have a
lot to learn from sales people. From that initial introduction to the continuous
repeat on the product- they just don't let you go! They tell you about their
life experiences, how the product changed their destinies and how they are
your new best friend. They want you to see them as you and not as outcasts!
- Do not worry if they say as a
Nigerian your English sounds pretty good and then proceed to ask you what your
official language is in Nigeria..it's alright...they live and breathe the
product they need you to buy and would do anything to break the ice. I hope
someone tells them in their morning meetings that is an epic fail ice breaker.
-There might be one sales person
who speaks to you with his eyes wide open and proceeds to slurring each word. You
are not exactly sure why but you are intelligent enough to deduce that he is
speaking veryyyy sloooww sooo thaaatt yoouuu doooo noott missss annnnyyy
woorrdd heee isss sayinggg even though you already know what your answer is;
however if you are having fun, you can look at him confused and tell him to
repeat himself.
- I have realized that my usual
partner when I am sales ambushed ends up saying this ' you see, I am thrilled about this
but my wife isn't and when she isn't, I can't' (kindly note: I haven't even said a word against it yet but
he has proven to me that been psychic is one of the benefits of marriage) ; so
for anyone looking for an out, use that line and make the wife the enemy! We can
handle it.
- I have a new body language;
when the sales rep asks us a question for e.g.: ‘So tell me what is holding you
back from this deal? My body language is turning my chair and looking
at my partner with the facial expression of 'yes bruv what's holding you
back?!!' With the extra facial expression of 'if you crack, I am pawning your
wedding ring!!'
- They tell you the sales
presentation will be for 1-2hours they LIE! Oh my days! We have sat in one that
lasted over 4hours and I don't know who to blame! Ourselves for asking
questions or the sales rep for over emphasizing every benefit. I just wonder
how they can also use their whole day to occupy someone else’s day; how do they
measure the value of that if we all refuse to sign up? Apparently one sign up
for every 10 nos’ is profitable…(deep!)
- One secret before the next
point is, I wrote this in the middle of a sales pitch as my husband was saying yet again in a very gentle way on
how we would like to pass on this and maybe get the deal later and the sales
rep saying, he would feel so sad if we do because we are missing out on the
deal of a life time and my partner says that yes we might regret this later but
it's too spontaneous and the sales rep says yet again 'what's holding you back?
Tell me what you want and l will give to you' -Le Sigh
- I have seen sales deal offered to
us in multiple of thousands and the more we refuse the more the price reduces and at a
certain time the poor product was offered in hundreds. I felt sad for it.
Truly sad. May our value never decrease in this manner in Jesus Name Amen.
- The last sales rep that was on
a selling spree on us was unique in a positive way. He is the first person I
think has the wrong job and should probably not be a sales rep because he made
our experience fun. He was saying the wrong things, teasing his colleagues and
he even left us with an important life philosophy-"Why not you?!"
- The more incentives you offer
me to get the product you are selling the more I feel I am being scammed. How
come the incentives are increasing the more we say no? We have gotten incentives
as amazing as a week trip to the Bahamas…yet we said no! HAHA. I really don't
know if this is because of my trust issues upbringing (thanks mum lol) or just
because I am naturally very detailed (comes with the territory) or just because
I am full blown Nigerian who listens and finds you guilty before you are innocent
(kidding) however I just feel that if something is so good, why do you
have to buy me to buy it?! Just don't get this philosophy. Do you?
- Now this is where things get
Interesting, if you happened to wriggle your way out of every hole of offer/incentives
they tempted you with based on your reason, he/she reluctantly will agree with
you and direct you to the next person who will be processing your gifts( i.e.
if you were offered something to tie you down in coming for the sales
presentation in the first place and you took it); this second sales person is
supposed to do a survey on how the initial sales rep did and why you didn't
take the deal including if you were treated rudely etc; now this is the catch;
after the survey, this surveyor turns to a mutant sales rep! Why mutant? Because
one asked us, if we reduced the cost you were offered above by half would you
still take the deal? #passed.out #partner in sales ambushment didn't even let
the guy finish and says no #wife yawns and keeps typing.
To conclude, there is so much to
learn from sales rep..
1) When they are good at what they do you Will Know! How?
We once ended up getting tablets from the pharmacy for headaches and I am not
joking!
2) Its their source of livelihood
so also treat them with respect.
3) Their excitement is actually
contagious. They make you feel they are about to let you in on a world secret
and you have no choice but to accept.
Everyone is a sales person consciously
or unconsciously. We are all selling something to one another and someone is consciously
or unconsciously buying something from you and I. it does not have to be
business related, it could be attitude, friendship, strife, love, ideas,
reputation, gossip, lies, truth, pretense, reality etc.
What are you selling?
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