Introduction
First let’s start with a question: why is sales skill important?
Many of them have different answers like getting clients/Customers, deals and partnerships
Apart from that, sales is a life skill that you need to learn. It can help you in your day-to-day life and also for your business.
Learning and working on sales will give you some best lessons like:
- How to talk to people
- How to deal with rejection
- Working smarter not harder
- Listen before talking
- Prioritization and self discipline
In this post, I will be sharing the best beginner 5 tips on how to start with learning sales
1. What your customers want
Always try to understand what your customers want if you are in a B2C business. This will help you make more decisions, furthermore treat them like your friends and know what they are really looking for.
Once you have this knowledge you can easily talk with them and you will also get an idea of what to talk about.
This also works in real life whenever talking with someone always has a prediction on what the opposite side would want and talk accordingly.
2. Product knowledge
If you are selling something then you must know what is your product what pain point of customers is your product going to solve and who is your target audience etc..,
Once you have strong knowledge about your product then you can sell anything to anyone.
Here are some of the questions that you need to be ready to answer:
1. Does your product offer any features and solve any problems?
2. What technology would I need to access those features?
3. Is your product customizable?
4. Will I receive any support or training?
5. How much is it going to cost me?
3. Active Listening
Always listen when the opposite one talks. This can help you to understand what they are talking about and will create a good impression.
Always be curious, seek to understand their point of view, shift from confrontation to conversation and also learn how people want to be managed by asking better questions.
4. Handling Rejection
If you are rejected, always keep in mind people always care more about themselves than you stay rational instead of getting emotional.
Different products and services have various ratios and it’s essential that you look into them and mark your expectations accordingly.
This shall help you to immunize to get refusals and this will help you to set realistic goals.
Conclusion
There are three stages of learning sales learn it, Master it and Forget it.
Coming to the end apart from these all tips make sure to build a strong trust with your customer/Employee.
To inspire and motivate and make sales in the long term tap into your people’s individuality.