Life of a Salesman
People tend to shy away from a sales career due to the fact they lack self-confidence or they don’t want to be the stereotype of being pushy or dishonest. A career as a successful sales representative requires a positive attitude and the ability to be creatively persistent to sell a product without forcing it on the customer. According to Alliance (2013), “sales representative jobs have the potential to be dynamic, exciting and very lucrative” considering you meeting new people every day but at times very stressful. The reason it is so stressful is due to the fact that it requires you to work long hours without the potential of receiving commission and that you deal with rude and unsatisfied customers routinely. Every salesperson has their own way of pitching their products to you with some being pleasant while others very unpleasant and awkward.
Discussion
Each salesperson approaches selling products their own way from prior experiences. But some salespeople are more respectable and friendly than others. According to Online Business Advisor (2014), “poor salespeople have a short-term mentality looking for quick cash, lack organization or have poor management skills.” The poor salespeople also tend to let stress build and take the best of them resulting in poor customer experience. This poor customer experience is what created the stigma of salespeople being dishonest or pushy. While a good salesperson will always have a positive attitude and handle stress to provide a pleasant experience for the customer.
Friendly sales experience
The most respectable salesperson I ever dealt with was a very friendly person who genuinely wanted to help me. I was shopping around Best Buy looking to buy a new laptop for trav...
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...perience or people with low self-esteem are nervous about getting a job in sales considering they don’t know if they will be successful and don’t want to fail. According to Wood (2014), “sales can be a great challenge, a fun career, and a nice way to make a living” so don’t be so quick to judge and try something new.
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Sales reps salary in the first year is 70,000 and commission is capped until, they exceed the sales revenue in $70,000. Anything over $70,000 in sales Reps will receive 10 % commission on all sales life, disability, and Long-term care. The reasoning behind the $70,000 salary is Dan Price the CEO of Gravity payments decided to pay all of his employees $70,000 based on a 2010 Princeton study that basically says if you make less than $70,000 there will be compromises in your life that will effect your work productivity and positivity almost every single day (Weise, 2015, para. 12). $70,000 is a healthy amount of income for these reps, but it is also their sales quota as well. To reach that quota reps will be working long hours from 7am to 5pm or later based on
Lindstrom, Martin. Buy-ology: Truth And Lies About Why We Buy. N.p.: Crown Business, n.d. Print. All information gathered from this source.
Company sales are important even if you are not interviewing for a sales job. If you have reviewed several years of annual reports, you can easily see if the company's sales have gone up or down. Asking questions about the company's sales during an interview scores lots of points because it shows you have done your homework.
"We Are All Salesmen Now." The Economist. The Economist Newspaper, 17 Mar. 2012. Web. 09 May 2014.
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What is the "American Dream?" How does one define success? Many people hold different views on how to obtain true happiness. One common view is the accomplishment of something yearned. A majority of individuals desire love, compassion, and a family. On the other hand, there are those concerned with self-image, material items, and the fact that money can indeed buy true happiness. In Arthur Miller's play DEATH OF A SALESMAN [published by Ted Buchholz (1993)]--the story of a sixty-three year old man named Willy Loman striving to achieve the "American Dream" and his family who suffer as a cause--contains many examples of trying to achieve material success. Willy's ultimate dream concerns following in his brother Ben's footsteps and rising to be a successful salesman. Willy Loman wanted success so badly that he lost a realistic sense of himself. He wished the same for his sons, Happy and Biff. Yet his struggle for popularity, authority, and money for success caused his downfall. Unfortunately for Willy, most of his dreams were illusions. He was unable to come face to face with this fact. Willy Loman's definition of success warped his view of himself and that of his sons.
Personal selling will be measured in both qualitative and quantitative terms. Salespersons will have to fill reports regarding the interlocutors behaviour and product knowledge.
... an important part when it comes to sales for a company because a sales manager directs their salesman as to where they will sell product. Though there are many other jobs in the career field, one of these many jobs to enjoy is being a sales manager. This job position is an exciting, fun job with many duties.
With the current revolution in the corporate world, many organizations find the need to keep up with the set trends in the corporate scene. This is essential for them to maintain relevance as well as achieve set targets and strategic objectives. One of the aspects business management is sales personnel management. This is an important business aspect that can lead to efficiency, as well as effectiveness in business, if executed accordingly. This study will seek to analyze the various tools and techniques used in sales personnel management.