Sales | Selling Sucks, and if you sell, you suck too

[showmelight]

I did "direct marketing" (ie. cold calling, emailing) for some time. I felt like such a jerk making those calls all day. This was several years ago... Now, I'm actually considering sales opportunities again, which would require me to "sell" and annoy people, just to stay afloat. Frankly, I can't blame organizations who use these methods. If anyone is to blame, it is the people who actually buy as a result of cold-calling. Take them out of the picture and people will finally wake up.

[worldmarketingcenter]

LOL...This is an awesome video I love Frank's work and the way his personality comes across in his videos. He always tells it like it is.

[Tezcatlipoca3]

I hate selling although, I love it when ppl just come in and buy!! Also, when they call me very interested as a result of reference from a happy customer.... The hard part for me is true marketing. I need a more efective way to get them to come in .Referrals are great but, it's been a slow process!!!

[sauder1971]

Well Frank you are absolutely right about one thing

Selling really does suck

I wish I had read your book instead of "Think and Grow Rich" or "Unlimited Power" or the myriad of other get rich motivational tripe gathering dust on my bookshelf

I maybe would have saved myself years of heartache and would avoided sales like the plague. I now know that it is a dead end profession going absolutely nowhere

Take his advice and mine : Selling Sucks , get into a real profession you can be proud of.

[jonascelemencki]

@sauder1971 Hi, so what do you do now ? I also think that selling sucks ass I have spent many years cold calling b2b and being a pest and now I have very little to show for it sucks.......

[bankcardexpert]

Well said.