Why do so many salesmen not believe in their own product? Toyota dealers drive Fords....?
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I think you may be confuding humantiy a little bit. Humans work at McDonald, Taco Bell, Toyata, and Ford. I dont think that one must become a companys biggest fan just because they work there. We still have a right to our own likes and dislikes and beliefs. And last time I checked we are all sinners. And sinners go to church too dear. They great thing about god is that he Loves us knowing we are sinner and will never be perfect.
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They sell "advertising".  Their trick is that rather than showing you an advertisement for Ford when you do a search for "Ford", they present a link to the Ford web site.  Any links at the top or on the right of the page are "sponsored".  That means, they may not be the best matches for what you are looking for, just that someone paid Google a lot of money to get their link to appear when you do that search.\n\nThere is nothing wrong with their approach, because they clearly state which are the Sponsored Links verses the ones which their search algorithms say are the best links.
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I think I agree with what you're saying but to me it amounts to very similar things. Firstly, being "passionate" about your service/product doesn't necessarily mean that you dream about it night and day and climb onto a couch and bounce around while discussing its merits. It simply means that you convincingly believe that the offering is a valuable one. Realistically you also understand that this value may differ depending upon the needs of your potential clients.\n\nAnd so, a sales person may be passionate about Honda's because they realize that a Honda can be an extremely cost efficient and reliable automobile with strong performance for a consumer that values those attributes. However, if the defining attribute that the consumer is looking for is prestige, the Honda sales person will appreciate that a BMW or Mercedes may be a better fit. (Of course, you're unlikely to find this understanding in their sales pitch.)
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Trying to outsmart their competition but only they end up doing it to themselves. In other words, By them using cheap materials their cost of manufacturing cars will be lesser. Therefore they dont last while others use high quality materials that last long.
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I saw a massive SUV the other day. It was a GMC Denali with huge 'FOR SALE' signs on the sides and back. I just stood there and started laughing. The guy saw me and ducked his head. I could tell he felt very, very foolish.\n\nLive as you preach. I do. I drive an economical car. I conserve all I can. We eat nothing but organic food and avoid fast food and food that is packaged with a mile of plastic. I think we're doing our part... now it's up to the other 264,999,997 Americans, and one guy with a huge gas-guzzling tank.
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Of course it's true.  Sometimes we as consumers are influenced to "want" things we didnt realize we wanted.  But yeah people only sell what they think people will buy
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I blame the media for this. You look at MOST commercials and they are send out a strong message. For example. Really big pickups are the worst. The underlying message is that if your truck isn't the BIGGEST, LOUDEST most POWERFUL thing within 15000 miles of you then your small pathetic genitals will be laughed at!. And guys EAT IT UP!.. Cosmetics?!.. Yikes.. How have they manage to convince billions of supposedly intelligent, educated women that they can't possibly be beautiful without eye liner, or blush or lip gloss or whatever just blows me away..Some of the most beautiful women I know..need no makeup...and grey hair... lets not go there!...lol.\n  The media convinces the viewer that if they are not the skinniest, most beautiful creature driving the fanciest vehicle and living in the most expensive house, that they are pathetic, loathsome,slovenly losers with no reason to live.. So it becomes a point of envy. A battle of egos and who's got what. With guys..women don't help the matter. In the united states (true statistic from the US gov). 87% of all women would marry a total jerk as long as he was rich..luckily for most rich guys, they are smart enough to see that type and shut'em out.\n I don't know HOW they do it, but they do convince everything on the bottom that the top is the only place you can be happy. Not true. I have lived on the streets. I started my free life on the streets of Nashville Tennessee. I lived beneath underpasses and ate garbage for almost a year.... 27 years later, I have all the "stuff" people think they need to be happy,jetskis,snowmobiles, boats, cars,bikes..whatever.. but that's not it. If its true "money can't buy happiness, then its also true money can buy misery you can live with.What does that mean?..If you are miserable poor, you'll be miserable rich..I know ALLOT of rich miserable folks. IN fact I knoiw more poor t middle class happy people than I do rich ones..Does that tell you anything?...The suicide rate among the rich is freakishly high.Almost as high as it is with gays.\n    All my life I have been a happy, funny, goofy eclectic guy..Non of that has changed. I am still all of that. So people thinking that they will finally be happy only if they can get all those "material" things?..they won't. Jealousy is a type of anger, so even if they had it all, they'd still be angry.. So regardless of your social economic status.. be happy..Be grateful for what you have. Maybe one or two of you wonder.."on the streets? underpasses? eating garbage??" how could you be happy living there? Simple I WAS FREE!....What did I escaped from?...abuse, beatings, ridicule, fear, terror, uncertainty and often I was already cold and hungry so it was no big change there...I was FREE of the chains that once bound me tightly.. and they had NO idea where I went to...I    Was   free!
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It's not so much that they call a lot (although they do)...it's that when you say you're not interested, they STILL don't shut up. Whoever's been training them needs to rethink their strategy. I mean, if they weren't wasting their time going on and on (and on) to ppl who don't want their product, they might be able to make a sale to someone else instead.
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be careful who's advise you buy - but be patient with those who supply.....\n\ndo they actually act the way you tell them too?
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A good career salesperson realizes that they are not just selling a product, they are really selling themselves.  This is especially true in commercial / industrial sales.  A typical professional buyer does not want to buy a mistake for his company - that's his worst fear, even worse than paying too much.  Therefore, they tend to buy from the people who are industry savvy and they trust to competently handle their business.  \n\nSo in view of the forgoing, consider your 2nd tier products as stepping stones.  Assuming they are reasonable quality, your second tier product has got some advantages as well.  Maybe it's lower cost or delivery / availability is better.  Focus on the strengths you have and how you can use them to fill customer needs.    \nIf you are an independent rep or distributor, gain as much market share as you can with the second tier product and wrest the distributorship for the leading product away from the competitor.  If you are the market sales leader, the top manufacturer will want your company working for them.\n\nRemember, the bottom line is the bottom line = Income $$$,$$$.00.  Your sales efforts are what put food on your table, a roof over your head, shoes on the kids feet and the sky is the limit if you are industrious.
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yes, we demand cheaper products, the world ( India, Russia, China ) responds. Eventually the Chinise will make full size pick up trucks that are affordable and durable, kool. the other poster is a MORON in saying buy USA, only if it's good will I buy, it the USA corp's fault for making crappy products to the point that outsiders came in and gave us what we needed, ( cheaper too, but then that's also a UNION problem as well, see GM and the UAW for their headaches ). We used to make the best, ect.. we still do in some catagories, but there is not a USA made company that does not sell / import from abroad ( mainly China ). If you fear being outsourced, then you will, as if you are any good you will be in demand ( same hold true dating / marriage ).
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Top salesmen listen more than they talk.  They hear what the customer wants, and offer it to them.  They don't push products that the customer doesn't want, or waste time trying to sell something too expensive / too big, etc...  By listening to the customer, trust is established, and the customer will usually be the one to say "lets' do it" to the salesman, instead of the salesman putting the pressure on the customer.
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Now's your big chance fellas - somebody actually WANTS to talk to a car salesman... \n\nHoney, call down to He11 and see if it's frozen over or what...
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GM sells more than Ford.  But I think Toyota is now overtaking GM.
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All Are Different The  Dealership I Run Is Paid On Gross\n25% Of The Profit Goes To My Salesguys For cars 1-9 In One Month 10-25 Gets Them 35% Of The Gross retro. To The First.\nIf They Sell Nothing i Fire Them
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Marketing helps to bring efficiency to the sales engine....and sales can be quite costly without it.
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You've got a little short-circuit in your head.  Don't worry, we all have them and yours is much better than many others.\n\nEver notice how after a friend or somebody close get's a new car, you start seeing that same model of car everywhere?