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post 1690151333 09-16-2023, 06:39 AM
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Anthony Robins advice for people was to do door to door sales. I got hired for a security system sales company doing door to door sales. All the salesmen were young, good looking and charming. We made tons of money. About 1000 dollars per sale. I would make 5 sales in a weekend to put it in perspective. It was a fun job. I was one of the few people in my crew that always had a home base. I always had people take care of me. Mainly because of halo effect.
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post 1690152223 09-16-2023, 07:14 AM
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The sales guys that sell the most are the ones who look successful.

It’s really tough to convince someone to accept your expert advice and buy a product from you when you don’t look the part.
post 1690152273 09-16-2023, 07:18 AM
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Doing B2B and B2C sales made me bulletproof so when I'm selling for my businesses now (selling myself as a service) it's like fish in a barrel. My colleagues were always astounded that my close rate was like 90% when some of them struggled to break 50.

You also learn valuable things like prospecting, not wasting your time and being able to just have conversations easily with random people is so good for other things in life like dating. My girlfriend constantly is amazed that I can walk into a party knowing nobody and get to know people in five minutes.
post 1690156503 09-16-2023, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted By KRRZ350
What exactly are you cheeky kunts selling?
You can just about sell anything.

I started off B2B selling building materials, now I'm trying to build a side business basically selling my subs to build backyards. I sell the project and add my margin to it.

Easy money.
post 1690156843 09-16-2023, 09:17 AM
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Sales is all about lying and this thead is proof.

100% the salesbrahs here make good money but everyone who posted how much they make over inflated by $10k to $30k.

All these claims have 0 proof and can easily be proven.

Yet another easy fraud to bust.
post 1690157803 09-16-2023, 09:36 AM
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its not always about the smoothest talker or the best looking guy.

Many times, its the guy who is sort of an ******* who does the best.

Saw that a lot in car sales. Always mystified me who that one guy could ever sell one car much less a bunch of them. Couldnt stand to be around him for 5 minutes.

Not always the case but it is interesting.
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post 1690158403 09-16-2023, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted By bicmane102
how you look makes a huge difference.

younger, handsomer, etc

also, people skills. some are great at it, some suck.
Real big bitter pill to swallow is when you realize how you were lied to. We grew up being taught that if we are smart, work hard, get good grades, go to college and all of that, we will earn the best living. The reality when it boils down to it is how much revenue you can generate and then the demand for people like you compared to how many can do what you do. As a result, he amount of money you make doesn't always align as we think it should.
post 1690161443 09-16-2023, 10:57 AM
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post 1690161613 09-16-2023, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted By cavillac
I hate "sales" people. Most are an unnecessary expense that makes the end product/service more expensive.

If the good or service has value, people will consume it no sales pitch required. If a company has to pay people to talk low IQ people into buying, I would interpret that as the market saying your product or service is sub par.
This is an autistic take. The buyers at companies are also NPCs who pay more attention to the salesman than the product itself.

Sales is an arms race. If you don't have sales people, you will lose to competitors who do.
post 1690161623 09-16-2023, 11:01 AM
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It’s not as simple as a good pitch. The individual(s) on the other end of the transaction has to feel comfortable with the salesperson; they have to “like” the salesperson. And, obviously, that’s a whole other conversation to be had in how much is actually in control for the salesperson to work on/do.

90% of the time, it isn’t the pitch itself.
post 1690162033 09-16-2023, 11:09 AM
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post 1690162473 09-16-2023, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted By NMS3
It’s not as simple as a good pitch. The individual(s) on the other end of the transaction has to feel comfortable with the salesperson; they have to “like” the salesperson. And, obviously, that’s a whole other conversation to be had in how much is actually in control for the salesperson to work on/do.

90% of the time, it isn’t the pitch itself.
Thats definitely true. It seems like likability and trustworthiness are the biggest factors when it comes to selling.
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post 1690163023 09-16-2023, 11:25 AM
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Sales people got this country addicted to opioids

Fuk em.

Fuk u you too if you buy from them.
post 1690163283 09-16-2023, 11:31 AM
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Who tf is opening their door for a salesperson in 2023?

OP must live in an area where they're stuck in the old days
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