Is Everyone A Salesperson?

“Sales” A word that when told to most people they are not interested or are not really happy about.

Salespeople have been considered to be annoying, cheats and talkative people. These notions have made most people feel uncomfortable and unwilling to take up sales jobs. What most employees and employers don’t know is that we are all salespeople. Yes, I said it, you are a salesperson. It’s more of reading emotions, quickly finding pain points and off the cuff think through the possible solutions that you can offer and finally compromises.

Seriously look at these different scenarios where we sell but don’t know that we are selling it called non-sales selling.

1. A guy trying to convince his girlfriend to watch movie A instead of watching movie B.

2. You are trying to negotiate your fare down with a “Makanga” tout.

3. You are trying to convince your friend to take you somewhere that he/she does not want.

4. You are trying to convince your colleague to cover you while you go out for lunch.

What most people don’t know is that we all are salespeople and salespeople always pitch. Be it a pitch to a client, investor, collaborator, spouse, relative or potential employee.

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