Saturday, January 31, 2009

Salesmen and stigma.


Why do people hate door-to-door salesmen? (of which I am a recently indoctrinated one)

I mean, it is fair to feel annoyed, but what sparks the vehement rebuttals, the rude door slams? Every door, I swear, slams when the person is done talking.

At the end of the day, we are facilitating a service which someone with a reasonable amount of intelligence, decides is necessary.

I, for example, sell Optus products. I don't understand why, when we promise to save them money on their home phone and internet, it seems to not even register with them.

And maybe that's it. 

It doesn't register.

How can they understand what we're saying, when they don't even listen to it.

So, that seems to indicate that the mode of delivery, the first impression and the appearance of the salesman are the major obstacles in the way of closing a deal, and not the product itself.

Where's 'SalesDogs' anyway?

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