Most sales people aren’t selling and they don’t know it.
Most sales people are order takers. They aren’t salespeople.
Most sales people react to the customer and the customer dictates the sale. The salesperson simply reacts to the buyer, wielding little influence over the sales or the direction the sale goes. Sometimes they get the sale, other times they don’t.
This reactive, customer driven approach to sales opportunity management ISN’T selling. Selling requires a sales person has influence.
In my most recent Forbes post, I talk about this phenomenon, why most sales people aren’t selling and how management can address this problem to improve revenue attainment and improve their team’s effectiveness.
It’s a problem too many sales organizations aren’t paying enough attention to.
You can read the entire post here: Why Most Sales People are Order Takers, Not Sellers
I would have to agree. This is actually painfully true. The buyers are the ones dictating what should be ordered. I am working here in seo agency melbourne, and I still need to function for the sales of the company.
This is true indeed. Thats why you have to be an expert in sales and acquired a necessary knowledge and trainings to know your target market. You can learn these stuff when you took an online course in almentor. One of their best teacher is Mr. Refaat. He teaches sales.