Saturday, November 20, 2010

Selling has no seniority system

The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology has a chapter titled: "Starting Low but Ending High: A reversal of the anchoring effect in auctions"

The Singaporean dream has always been to start at the bottom and make it to the top.

There is no "bottom"in sales. A 45-year old veteran and a 1-week rookie are on the same level when they go in to see a customer. It is the level of professional skill that determines which one gets the sale.

Selling has no seniority system. Just because you have been around a long time does not mean you are more professional or successful than another. Some 20-year sales veterans have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times, while others grow with each passing month and reach higher levels of professionalism in a short time.

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