People just hate being sold too. I want you just for a second to imagine walking up to someone close you, who you haven’t seen in years and telling them your a sales person. I want you to imagine the look on their face, the exact look of them trying hard not to cringe. You can laugh because it is funny, and is completely true.

So Why Do We Hate Sales People?

It’s very close to the same reason why most of us hate mosquitos. Most of us have been programmed since we were kids to stay away from them. We group them with the kind of people who make you do things you don’t want to. Which by definition would equate to evil influence or “Satan” for short. Even the most sales resistant of us will lose our edge around people who are great at selling, at some point. You put your guard down for a second and next thing you know you wind up with an $800.00 tea kettle set in your  bachelor pad.

The Solution

Don’t sell people, refer them. Refer people to useful products and/or services. You don’t have to convince someone to get something they need. So if making money off of commissions is how you want to make a living, simply refer people to great products. First, find the products that make your life worth while. Second, ditch the old book on sales, it’s out dated, and doesn’t work. And third, commit yourself to referring a product or service you feel have great value.

Don’t Forget to Grow Your Network

Network daily, meet new people, and start new conversations. Don’t be the first to tell someone what you do, let them ask you. Show off how good you feel, and excited you are to be doing what you’re doing. These are character traits of success. People see this and they will be searching through your profiles, and browsing your websites, in an attempt to find out what you’re into.

Last But Not Least

You don’t have to learn how to sell. If you can think back, we’ve been selling since we were kids, convincing our parents to buy us stuff, convincing our teachers to let us make up exams, convincing our girlfriends to….. (lost thought). So how persuasive were you back then? and why was it so effective? My message to you is stop spamming the world, and start learning how to be a more effective “You”.

I want your feed back on this. What was the worst sales experience you’ve ever had? Why was it so bad?

Thanks for reading,