Could you make the sale?

In business, whether it is online or off, sales of products and services are crucial to the success of the business – without sales, the business doesn’t make any money and therefore will not thrive. All very straightforward and obvious you might think, but sometimes there is more to sales than meets the eye, and any person in business worth their salt will always be looking out for ways to increase their sales.

Anyway, I received this amusing little story about an extraordinary young salesman in my email this morning, so I thought I would pass it on:

A young guy from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big everything under one roof department store looking for a job.

The Manager says, "Do you have any sales experience?" The kid says "Yeah. I was a salesman back in Minnesota."

Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. "You start tomorrow. I'll come down after we close and see how you did."

His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it and after the store was locked up the boss came down. "How many customers bought something from you today?" he asked.

The kid says "One".

The boss says "Just one? Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers a day. How much was the sale for?"

The kid says "$101,237.65".

The boss says "$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell?"

The kid says, "First, I sold him a small fishhook. Then I sold him a medium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod, a tackle box, and fishing line. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin-engine Chris Craft, and told him if he didn't want to get lost, he better buy the latest navigational equipment too. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4x4 Lincoln Navigator."

The boss said "A guy came in here to buy a fishhook and you sold him a BOAT, a TRUCK, and all the rest?"

The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy Tampons for his wife and I said, 'Dude, your weekend's shot, you should go fishing.

Some people are just natural-born salesmen eh?

Til next time, remember;

People who cherish understanding will prosper Proverbs 19:8