Get involved to raise your profile and share your expertise Get Business advice showcases Tips and Advice from specialist contributors in a variety of business sectors. If you would like to be part of the growing Get Business Advice network simply email us at info@getbusinessadvice.com.au |
Free Newsletters
Ads by Get Media
Sales tip Taking personality into account.
Networking tip Networking tips for shy people.
Business tip Partner with UNICEF and show your community you're giving back?
Speaking tip Speaking tips from The Corporate Ninja.
Partnering for profit Contact our office today to find out more. |
| Taking personality into account: self-assured confident type |
|
|
|
|
A factor in ensuring the success of this goal is the manner in which you approach, communicate with and relate to each prospect. As a professional salesperson, you will always seek to ensure that you are talking to your prospect in their own language. Your art, then, lies in matching your approach to your client's personality type. While everyone is different and is something of a mixture of all types, most people tend to display characteristics from one of the following types as their predominant behaviour:
This being the case, you can maximize your chance of "connecting" with each new prospect, by taking the following concepts into account: Self-Assured Confident Type This type of person is usually all business and wants to control the conversation (a factor that you can balance using a questionnaire to maintain control in your hands). They:
Recommended Approach: Be very businesslike and confident in your presentation. You can close by assuming they have bought without their ever having said they have bought (to do so explicitly would be a win for you and a loss for them). They will be willing to take some risk and to be the first in their industry or district with your product. These tips have been provided to you by Peter Rowe. |

What do 75% of your consumers have in common? They'd rather you supported a cause! UNICEF, with help from its SME partners, have identified why supporting a cause is key in today's business landscape.

Not everyone wants to be sold to in the same way. Maximize your chance of "connecting" by taking the following into account.
Networking is not a normal and easy activity for many people, it is a skill that must be learned and appreciated.
Why is there such growing interest among the Australian business community to show they're giving back?
Everyone possesses a sense of humour, so it's a matter of tapping into an individual's personality.



Not everyone wants to be sold to in the same way. The real art in selling is to ensure that the right prospect ends up with the right product.