Many times when i was out in the field, i got excited and wagged my tale like my dog ! I felt unstoppable and this feeling lead me to close more sales. I would find more lay downs than anyone in my office because i was knocking more doors then them. When you are riding this wave, it seriously feels like the customers have more to loose than you, selling door to door. It wasn’t until i had gotten my first customer that told me they were looking for what i had to offer, they couldn’t believe how in expensive my product was, that i literally jumped ahead steps and wrote up the contract in a matter of minutes because this was a lay down. To my astonishment they cancelled that same night. I still remember the lady and her husband. They were inviting me to there house, they offered …
Read More »It Doesn’t Take A Rocket Scientist To Sell Alarms | Sometimes It Feels Like It…. read on
The mass majority of my door to door career was selling home security systems door to door. Kinda like if you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere, i strangly believe the door to door world and home security sales is the same thing. It is odd to know that not many people who start door to door end up successful. Take a look at the stats with businesses that succeed in america. 1 in 10 businesses succeed meaning if you were to open a business you have only 10% of success. Or does it mean that? you see i always believed that stats were based on averages, altho this is true, i like to put my efforts into an above average category at anything i do, hence achieving above average results. If your reading this and your not going “Paul, i know exactly what your …
Read More »3 Step Process To Selling Door To Door
What is my 3 step process that attributes to all the sales i closed in my career knocking on doors ? 1) The Opener Pitch 2) Features and Benefits 3) The Close Understand that in order to close a sale you really only need to go out there and talk to people and it is inevitable that you will close sales. Althou this works, this isnt my strategy. Anything i ever did in my life, if i chose to do it, i did it at my fullest potential so that i can maximize the reward for the efforts i put in. These blog posts are deigned to get you thinking like me, like the top people in the industry so that you can in return close more sales selling door to door. Why would you go out and not want to close as many sales as you possibly can? The …
Read More »If You Can’t Prepare Your Expectations… Don’t Do Door To Door Sales
How much do you need to make this year? Again in previous posts i explained you need to find a door to door company that pays well, selling small ticket items wont get you there. I always say if your not planning on making a six figure income year after year i personally believe door knocking is not worth it. Whether your selling home security systems, pest control or even solar door to door, you need to keep this post in mind. Getting back into the door to door game makes me know i have to set expectations and break down the details. Such details entail $/sale Number of sales Number Of Working days Monthly Targets ( $ volume, sales volume ) Overhead costs ( If spending money on marketing to get leads ) Most average sales people just go out on a day to day basis hoping they will …
Read More »How To Deal With The Thought Of Not Wanting To Go Out And Work | Special Twist To Your Career
Often times I hear sales people tell me: They are not feeling good They don’t think they can make it into work today I have errands to do My grandpa or grandma needs me and all the other ridiculous excuses i hear. I know many of you reading this will be thinking “Paul I just cant stay focused” ! I know because i dealt with thousands of sales people that thought they wanted to change but never did, and only a select few that actually wanted change and did. There is a rep that used to come to me day in and day out to all my training courses for 3 months straight, his sales were at 1-3 a month. His name was Josh, i would ask him, why are you continuing to do this job when you can go make more money else where, however you still show up …
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