HTSS189 - Is sales a good career to get started in - Scott Sylvan Bell

Would sales be a good career for me?

A common phrase that comes up in Google is "Is sales a good career to get started in". This is something sales trainers and sales experts get asked as well. Know that sales is a great service to be involved with. You get to help people with problems and issues they face. 

Common fears about sales 

• There is always the fear about taking advantage of people – you don’t have to do this
• Living on commission
• Asking for the sale

What you get to take with you for life. When you know how to sell, you get whatever you want. 

• How to ask for what you want
• Negotiation
• Better confidence
• Ability to speak in front of a crowd
• Talk yourself out of stations
• Up your income
• You get a better understanding of people

Sales is a great career, you can move to different positions and or locations:

• Industries
• Services
• Locations

Systematized sales processes can be used in multiple locations. Here is what you may have to put up with:

• The learning curve
• Management -
• Product changes -
• No set or guaranteed pay – there is the opposite and a huge upside
• Unethical people

Who sales is not for

• Liars, cheats and frauds – they will always be in the industry (that’s the list)
• 3%

Where can you learn

• Network marketing (MLM)
• Start small think in terms of a low dollar item
• Look a place good reputation
• 2^nd party sales – garage sales, FB market, craigslist

Focus -