Knowing When NOT to Sell

Before entering world of marketing, I spent many years as a college instructor. One of most important lessons that I ever learned about teaching was fact that saying "I don't know" as a response to a student question wasn't necessarily a BAD thing -- in fact, truthfulness of answer did more to build my credibility with my students than any lame, improvised, off-the- cuff answer could.

Of course, I also realized that you have to follow up that "I don't know" with a firm "but I'll find out for you." In other words, when I didn't know exact answer, I would make sure to do my research to see what I COULD offer student in form of an answer.

I believe this principle also holds true for sales. As a salesperson, you have to remember that you are selling YOURSELF as much as you are selling a PRODUCT, especially if you are looking for any kind of return sales or long-term relationships with your customers.

That means that you should be truthful with your clients and customers, even if means that you might not make immediate sale. For instance, there have been times where clients have asked me, "Do you think a press release would be effective?" In many of these cases, answer is "Yes" and I will tell them so. However, there are also cases where a press release WASN'T appropriate, and even though it meant losing sale, I made sure to let them know that they wouldn't get results they were looking for and that I wouldn't recommend it.

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