Yes, You Are A Salesman Too

I thought I would respond to Oklahoma Lefty's post "Sales Mentality vs Tech Mentality" with a few articles which seem to confirm my belief that....

Everyone's A Salesperson
(By Brian Tracy)
"Sometimes I ask my seminar attendees, “How many people here are in sales?” It’s interesting to watch how people respond to that question. There are always a few people who will raise a hand at first, and then another hand goes up, and then another, and soon perhaps half the people in the room have a hand up, even though they may be in fields such as management, administration, finance and accounting.

I then smile and ask again, “Now, how many people here are really in sales?”
At this point, virtually every person in the room has raised a hand. We all smile at the realization that each of us is in the business of selling every single day.

From the time you get up in the morning until the time you go to bed at night, you are negotiating, communicating, persuading, and influencing - trying to get people to cooperate with you to accomplish the things that you want them to accomplish.

So the pivotal question with regard to selling is not if you are doing it, but if you are good at it.

All top executives are excellent salespeople.
All effective parents are wonderful salespeople.
All effective employees use sales techniques to get their coworkers and bosses to go along with them and to cooperate with them in getting the job done.
Everyone who is effective in virtually any are of life that involves other people is an excellent salesperson of some kind.

Salespeople are the movers and shakers in every business and industry. They are the key people who create the demand for all the products and services that keep everyone employed at every other occupation.

Brian Tracy is a leading authority on personal and business success. As Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, he is the best-selling author of 17 books and over 300 audio and video learning programs.


EVERYONE IS A SALESMAN
"Everyone is a salesman. It’s just a matter of what you’re trying to sell.

Whether it involves a physical product, a service, or even a concept, everyone is selling something. It may not even be a conscious action, but in just about every time there’s more than one person is involved in some sort of interaction, there’s a certain amount of persuasion and influence taking place.

If you are able to keep that concept in the back of your mind, it will open your eyes to an entirely different world of communication and personal interaction."

SuccessTheory.com

"You are a Salesman/Saleswoman when you go for a job interview.
You are a Salesman when you try to meet a romantic partner
You are a Salesman when you try and get your project accepted.
So you are always a Salesman for yourself and you should always take every opportunity to improve your Sales Skills."

In SPORTS, Everyone is a Salesman

(From Sports Info Business) "Many of the students I mentor at the Long Beach State Sports Management program insist that when they begin their sports career, it will not involve sales. I always let these student declarations hang in their air for a moment. I find it funny because they do not yet realize that everyone within a team administration or a front office is part of a sales effort whether they realize it or not. Let me show you an example and then I will illustrate more specifically with relative job descriptions."