A man brags about making people cry during sales calls and getting a single mom to remortgage her house to sign up for his services in a seminar. This behavior is seen as unethical and predatory.
In order to break down barriers in a competitive sales industry, a focus on fun and culture can be an effective equalizer. By fostering an imaginative and enjoyable work environment, sales teams can work together more effectively.
In this podcast episode, the guest speaker talks about sales, money, and living in LA.
Providing valuable information to potential customers can help build trust and increase sales. This can be accomplished by offering tips, advice, or free samples to demonstrate expertise and establish credibility in the market.
The speaker shares their experience of selling fax machines door to door for seven years and how it taught them valuable lessons about sales.
The speaker talks about a technique to increase the average order value of a customer by introducing a little game of chance and applying slot machines to everything.
The speaker talks about his approach to sales, aiming to be a non-pushy but nice salesman by respecting the customer's time and teaching them something whenever possible. He applies this approach to email writing as well for web pages, cold emails, and outreach messages.
A man sells an airplane to a woman wearing rabbit fur clothing in the tropics for $5,000.
The speaker expected only a few sales after a month but was surprised when 500 products sold quickly.
Don't be in the selling business, be in the reorder business by providing a service or a product that is so good, customers will come back for more and tell others about it. Reputation and honesty are key in creating a successful sales career.
A man recalls a memory of a saleswoman getting worked up when pitching a booklet for knives and offers advice to not get too invested in sales pitches.
