A nice set of motivating words of wisdom when business gets frustrating.
Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman,
not the attitude of the prospect.
-W. Clement Stone
To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day.
And here's what's exciting- there are lots of people!
-Jim Rohn
If you work just for money, you'll never make it.
But if you love what you are doing,
and always put the customer first,
success will be yours.
-Ray Kroc
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
-Richard Cumberland
Fall down seven times. Stand up eight.
-Japanese proverb
Two sure ways to fail-
Think and never do or do and never think.
-Zig Ziglar
Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
-Ben Feldman
I do not think there is any other quality
so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance.
It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
-John D. Rockefeller
Everyone lives by selling something.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
A smart salesperson listens to emotions not facts.
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What separates those who achieve from those who do not,
is in direct proportion to one's ability to ask for help.
-Donald Keough
Forget about the business outlook, be on the outlook for business.
-Paul J. Meyer
In sales there are going to be times when you can't make everyone happy.
Don't expect to and you won't be disappointed.
Just do your best for each client in each situation as it arises.
Then, learn from each situation how to do it better the next time.
-Tom Hopkins
It is not your customer's job to remember you.
It is your obligation and responsibility
to make sure they don't have the chance to forget you.
-Patricia Fripp
Every sale has five basic obstacles:
no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
-Zig Ziglar
Confidence and enthusiasm are the greatest sales producers
in any kind of economy.
-O. B. Smith
A salesman, like the storage battery in your car,
is constantly discharging energy.
Unless he is recharged at frequent intervals he soon runs dry.
This is one of the greatest responsibilities of sales leadership.
-R. H. Grant
Timid salesmen have skinny kids.
-Zig Ziglar
Always be closing. That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal,
but it does mean that you need to be always closing
on the next step in the process.
-Shane Gibson
The sale begins when the customer says yes.
-Harvey MacKay
The key is not to call the decision maker.
The key is to have the decision maker call you.
-Jeffrey Gitomer
Stop selling. Start helping.
-Zig Ziglar
You don't get paid for the hour.
You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
-Jim Rohn
To satisfy our customers' needs, we'll give them what they want,
not what we want to give them.
-Steve James
Forget about the business outlook, be on the outlook for business.
-Paul J. Meyer
For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic,
you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
-Zig Ziglar
Internalize the Golden Rule of sales that says;
All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to,
those people they know, like and trust.
-Bob Burg
A sale is not something you pursue;
it's what happens to you while you are immersed in serving your customer.
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