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Sales Skills — Perfecting Your Technique
Perfecting Your Technique Without Sounding Like A Used Car Salesman
Increasing your sales skills — perfecting your technique — is the single most valuable resource you will have throughout your life.
The best sales people work regularly to improve themselves in this area. I’m reminded of a quote here by the man who changed the face of retail selling forever…
“Salesmanship, too, is an art. Sales skills — perfecting your technique requires study and practice.” ~ James Cash Penney
Have you ever heard the term “You’re a natural-born sales person?” Someone born with a natural style of selling that isn’t annoying or pushy? But is being a likable salesperson something you are born with or is it something you can learn?
Personally, I believe it’s a mixture of both.
It’s true that some people can naturally sell ice to a Polar bear. But for most of us selling brings to mind the days of going to buy a used car and being pressed into buying a certain one by an annoying, pushy salesman.
Does the Very Idea of Improving Your Sales Skills and Perfecting Them Make You Feel Dirty?
Does the idea of putting a smile on your face, pretending strangers are your best friends…
