Sales Calls - February 21, 2008
Poorly trained salesmen keep bothering me. I received notification that a Sales Training company had launched a new website. The mainly deal with corporate clients but it got me thinking whether better trained salesmen would be a good or a bad thing.
Sales training is an essential part of bring sales teams up to scratch, but if everyone was well trained would it be impossible for us to say no. I’m not easily swayed by salesmen, well at least I think and hope I’m not. But if people are easily swayed would a better sales team influence them more. Even cold callers could become good and just stop bothering me with pointless phone calls. Would a better training scheme help those people read the situation better or would it just make it harder to get rid of them. I have two tips for getting rid:
1. Put the phone down – this is a great way to end a phone all quickly. It may seem rude, especially to us well mannered brits but they have bothered you, interrupted your TV or even your tea!
2. If the workplace you can say it’s not your responsibility and you are not authorized to give out the other persons number or just simply say now is not a good time.