Over 12 years ago I decided to take the plunge into door to door sales. I was a new sales representative in a new industry. Before knocking doors, I graduated from business and was working a corporate job. My previous work was not making me happy so I set forth to look for a new opportunity. I was looking for something that paid well. A career that was very rewarding. My intention to start door knocking was there and this is what I want to discuss in this article. Are you new to door to door? Are you wondering what it’s going to take to be successful as a entrepreneur door knocker? Here is the break down. Door to door sales works. It also works for everyone. What stops people from becoming successful at it is their beliefs and their commitments to growth. If you knew someone who was successful as …
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Difficulty Retaining Sales Reps… The Most Difficult Challenge For Companies With The Door Knocking Business Model
We are going to discuss the ins and outs of all the reasons and solutions that I can think of when it comes to this topic. Being that this is the # 1 question that I get asked from managers and business owners. I decided to create a detailed blog post so that each time I get asked this question, The answer will be here. First, lets remember that if there was a one phrase answer like, hire people, give them a pay scale and send them to “this turf”, everyone would be doing it. Just like sculpting a perfect body, there are so many situations that there is no one size fits all. The easiest way to learn how to do it best for your company is to identify what the successful people are doing in your industry. At my company and the alarm company I helped grow to over 200+ …
Read More »Can Door Knocking Ever Get Fun… The Fears Revealed
How can door knocking be fun? If you go out there on a daily basis and keep getting rejected of corse its no fun. The key to take away from this blog post is… Door Knocking gets fun when your closing sales. Ever have a day where your getting rejected over and over again until you finally cross that sale ? yea it fun after all hey ! You need to understand that you have to be up for a challenge. The top sales people in the industry all go out hunting for their sale. Top sales people don’t hope a sale will come to them. If your new and you want to close more sales, get out of your mind that your new. Make door knocking fun by challenging yourself to go out and find that first customer. Who cares if your getting beat to the ground, know that …
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