Superficially, it looks like selling is a breeze; but any experienced sales professional will tell you otherwise. However, mastery of the previously mentioned skills will afford you a profitable, fulfilling and rewarding sales career in any economy, if you are willing to do the required work.
Learning how to sell your ideas, to persuade others to your way of thinking, may be the most important interpersonal skill that one can develop. Many of our successes in life hinge upon our interactions with others. Those personal interactions depend upon the relationships we develop. Those relationships are built by trust and integrity expressed through effective communication between the people involved.
Effective communication hinges upon our ability to sell our ideas to others, to effectively convey our ideas in such a manner that gains critical acceptance from others, influencing their thinking and decision-making process. Are you effectively communicating to your market the benefits that only you provide?
The volatility of the present economic climate has left many professionals and businesses, including salespeople, in states of fear and uncertainty. We now have experienced the largest number lost jobs in five years as businesses are trimming people and shrinking their operations. How do you sell in this environment? You must learn to expertly and quickly qualify new prospects, seeking to offer the highest possible value both there and to your existing customers.
Selling is indeed a unique profession, combining one's personal chemistry with precise direction. Today's business climate demands greater focus and clarity from salespeople. We cannot afford to be congenial generalists as that mindset will not allow us access to key decision-makers. We must become the expert in our field, being perceived as a valuable resource, problem solvers and their go-to person. Salespeople must filter their offering of products and services, specializing with laser-like focus on one particular solution that will be of greatest interest and service to their marketplace.
Despite tighter credit, increasing unemployment, shrinking production and other economic woes, many businesses will remain a going-concern, requiring an ongoing influx of key products and services to operate effectively. Your focus must be at this level.
In the short term, selling almost anything will indeed be tougher. Prospects and customers are busier, perhaps doing the jobs of several people in prior times. It will become more difficult to reach decision-makers, as their ready availability declines. The "sales-men will be separated from the boys" as they say. Many salespeople may not weather the storm, yet wonderful opportunity remains for those willing to adjust their strategy and tactics in this ever-evolving economic situation.
Be strong. Be encouraged. Dig-in your heels and ride out this storm. Those that do will emerge in a superb position to prosper when the economy cycles back to growth mode. Will you be one of those salespeople?
All over the media, there are reports of hard economic times. The newspaper, radio and and television stories abound with reports that the stock market lost over $8 trillion in equity this year. Powerful corporate stocks like GM and Merrill Lynch are collapsing. The FDIC is currently compiling a list of banks they will be forced to close during the next 12 months and are preparing for a coming wave of bank failures.
With so much financial uncertainty in the air, businesses large and small need to take special care to avoid lost productivity, business interruptions, and employee absenteeism. These days profit margins run thin, and all businesses need their employees to be as productive and happy as possible.
As a Podiatrist, it seems people are more likely than ever to come into my office to have their foot pain treated. When times get tough, it seems that people develop a sense of urgency to treat minor complaints such as heel pain, bunions, ingrown toenails and ankle pain. These are some of the most common problems that I come across in my office. Often patients will complain that they cannot "afford to miss work." With so much corporate downsizing, lay-offs, and business shut downs, people are nervous. The typically worker seems concerned that if they start to need time off from work, this might put their jobs in jeopardy.
Many people work on their feet and this can take a toll. Musculoskeletal complaints like foot and ankle pain commonly result in disability, lost-work time, and reduced job performance. 25% of all female airline check-in counter clerks reported foot pain in one study.
Most types of foot pain are easily preventable and treatable. Common sense can go a long way. Be sure to wear supportive sensible shoes. If you start experiencing foot pain have it evaluated by a podiatrist. Don't miss work unnecessarily. Many times foot pain starts out small and gets worse. Often, the longer you wait to have it treated, the more prolonged the recovery and the worse it gets.
Even though the financial news reports may be dreary. This does not have to affect all of us. Thankfully, most Americans have enjoyable jobs that they help them provide all the needs for their families. By losing weight, keeping fit and taking care of those feet, no one should have to miss work or worry about lost productivity in their businesses.
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