New job, sales!

[Ben_]

done all types of sales since i was 16 (24 now) and it is by far and away the worst job type of all - thats why im going to be a teacher

You have done one type of job since leaving school, yet you know its worse than everything else? Strong logic.

Great stuff, I hear the money is great in teaching.

[Ferral]

Depends what you are selling really mate. I work for Vodafone in sales in one the shops at Gateshead Metro. Selling Mobiles, Accesories and the in thing at the min the USB Modems.

Customers tend to know what they want when they first come in which is always a good thing so selling them the benefits and how you go about it is literally down to yourself. I never lie to my customers with regards to how insurances work, network coverage etc. Now I get customers returning directly to me for help and advice even taking out new agreements.

[SilentDeath]

I sell vacumme cleaner systems.

They cost a small percentage of what a house costs

Its worth the money for a lot of people, the sales is very targetted. For people with allergys it helps them a lot since it picks up almost everything, where as a dyson cant pick up any very fine stuff (and somehow has became the standard stype of cleaner, just because you can see the dirt go round). For example if you hoover your bed with a dyson, it will pick up almost nothing , but with this it will fill a pint glass with microscopic dust. They dyson cant filter it and it just gets blown into the air (so if you do it with a dyson wear some kind of mask!)

[Ben_]

I sell vacumme cleaner systems.
They cost a small percentage of what a house costs

Like most things with a price tag then.

How much are they?

[SilentDeath]

£2k


Just done another demo and it went ****e. Turns out my friend used to be an insurance salesman but before that he also applyed and done the interviews and training with the same company Im with on the other side of the country..
Not to mention his carpets are so thin they dont hold any dirt. I would have got a more positive responce if I just done a **** in the middle of there living room but I suppose thats how this job goes... It done better than the dyson but more like £10 better rather than £1700...

/wonders off listening to made of hate - judement

[chicken]

I don't work for DsGi

I work for a 'better' company apparently

Comet?

For example if you hoover your bed with a dyson...

*For example if you vacuum your bed with a dyson...

What ever you do, don't say "Hoover" for the action unless it's hoover you're working for!

[Blitzen]

I sell vacumme cleaner systems.

They cost a small percentage of what a house costs

Its worth the money for a lot of people, the sales is very targetted. For people with allergys it helps them a lot since it picks up almost everything, where as a dyson cant pick up any very fine stuff (and somehow has became the standard stype of cleaner, just because you can see the dirt go round). For example if you hoover your bed with a dyson, it will pick up almost nothing , but with this it will fill a pint glass with microscopic dust. They dyson cant filter it and it just gets blown into the air (so if you do it with a dyson wear some kind of mask!)

Not a Kirby is it?

[Lucio]

£2k

Not to mention his carpets are so thin they dont hold any dirt. I would have got a more positive responce if I just done a **** in the middle of there living room but I suppose thats how this job goes... It done better than the dyson but more like £10 better rather than £1700...

/wonders off listening to made of hate - judement

Dear god, how on earth does your company stay in business? There can't be *that* many idiots out there willing to pay for a vaccuum for their home! That said, you mentioned you were on a trial, am I guessing that at some point, you have to pay them for the "franchise" to sell their product in your area?

Also, how on earth do you sell a product that you don't believe in???

[Zak33]

Not in Kirby is it?

my first thought too.

I'm confident he's trying to sell Kirby door to door.

[Zak33]

OK, here's the deal on being a Salesperson.

You cant always tell the truth, it wont get you there. Some people want to buy what they want to buy. Try to help them change their mind and you'll lose out as much, or more, than you win. Just because you think that cheaper laptop is better, doesn;t mean the customer thinks that.
If you'd like this justified, search the net for milions of people reviewing something that they are self-justifying now that they've purchased it.

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You must be consumately professional. If you are to interject yourself into people's lives, please expect a pile of rudeness. I give it out when I'm dragged away from my dinner for the third time by someone knocking at my door.

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You must be in total knowledge of the opposition, and be able to overcome objections, NOT in your mind, but in the clients mind. And that involes unheard of levels of LISTENING, not talking.

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You must be able to "travel" and in this, I mean psychologically. It means to swap your personality for a short time to move to the standpoint of the person you're dealing with, and to mould to fit them. If they talk slowly and quitely, do the same. If they talk fast, and accurately, don't waffle and don't stumble. If they seem bored, switch subject, away from the sale and see if you can draw their character from them.

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You MUST be 100% behind your product, irrespective of how negative the client is.

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And you're really up against it in 2008, selling Kirby cleaners, because there are thousands for sale second hand. But it is a good job to START in selling with, because it only gets easier from here...... cos that job is HARD in the UK. HARD.

[MadduckUK]

Kirby, dear god. life over, send to morgue

[chicken]

Salesman of the year!

[MadduckUK]

yoink!

[Blitzen]

If it is Kirby, can you let us know when you get your WatchDog feature?
Im not trying to put your enthusiasm down but if it is then its almost certainly doomed to failure.

BTW.........I went for a job with them when i left school.
I went to London (Covent Garden) for the interview and they paid for a team building excercise in Valencia.

I got on the plane to Valencia, drank myself stupid for 3 days without going to the team building exercise, then flew home again.

Thanks Kirby for the mini-break

[Zak33]

just for the record, the kirby cleaners are awesome.... I know people with them, and they are outstanding.

But sorely expensive.

[Blitzen]

just for the record, the kirby cleaners are awesome.... I know people with them, and they are outstanding.

But sorely expensive.

Agreed. The cleaners are great.

Its the selling practices though that got them known