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Showing posts with label Professional Sales Best Practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Professional Sales Best Practices. Show all posts

Friday, October 25, 2013

It Makes You Think Outside the Box




Alex shares his thoughts about the Professional Sales Best Practices course:

“I implemented what I have learned in my daily routine. I loved the phone call section. I am usually very enthusiastic but it took my enthusiasm to the next level. It helped me with my word tracks. I LOVE the word tracks!  Compared to other automotive training, the Professional Sales best practices course is very intuitive, it makes you think outside of the box about selling and I like that it covers the fact that being a friend to your customer is very important.  The College deserves a 5 out of 5 star rating.“ 
Alex B.- Laguna Niguel, CA - Hyundai Professional Salesperson

- The College provides training that works and students agree with.
Money at Work or People at Work. We need one of the two to become wealthy. If we don't have large amounts of money, then we need people. Getting other people to work for you and send you referrals consistently is a skill that all of the best salespeople in the country have developed for themselves - and that is the only way they get to the point where their schedules are filled with appointments so they never have time to take a fresh up - nor do they want to. Those top salespeople would prefer working with referrals and repeat business. This training provides a specific plan to help salespeople accomplish this objective and helps improve closing ratios and increase profits per sale using relationship selling solutions. 


 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

From Professional Sales Best Practices
Your Turn w/ the Coach - What have you learned? What will you implement?



The student response was:
What have I learned or what can I take away from this course so far?
First and foremost is my perspective or how I have been looking at "customers". What I can change today on the very first customer is my mental perspective. I'm going to meet new friends today not customers. I will ask more questions about them and less facts and figures on our vehicles. I will try and gleam something from my new friends that I didn't know about them before they walked on the lot. Before, people were dollar signs or something to be closed. They were objections to be overcome. I'm actually disturbed by this knowledge. I'm ashamed of how I've been treating people. This course has opened my eyes on how to look at customers and how to treat them. Being friendly vs being a friend really hit home. Meeting customers needs of being loved, liked and appreciated TODAY is my new priority from this moment on. My goal is to become a relationship builder not a top sales person or F&I manager. These will come as a benefit of taking care of my new friends needs. I'm usually the top salesperson wherever I go simply because I'm willing to stay on the lot longer and put in more hours. Ive always believed sales was a numbers game. The more people I pitched the more closes i would get. This is true but looking back I've left so much money on the table. I rarely get repeat customers or referrals. Ive been burning both ends of the candle. I realize now this is not only a better sales technique but a better way to live. Treat others how you would want to be treated is a solid way to do business. It is also less stressful and obviously yields better fruit.




From  Leasing Department Administration
Your Turn - What have you learned about leasing?

The student response was:
Before I took the lease course I would just point to a number or bold word on the Lease Agreement and just read exactly what was already there in black and white.  Now I am able to break up and explain to the customer that Drive Offs are made up of 1st Month Payments, Security Deposits (if any), DMV Fees, etc. Very few times did I have a customer ask how we can to the Residual Value, but now if they do I can be confident to even write down the formula for them and show them that it is made up of the MSRP add the Hard Adds x the Residual Factor % minus any excess mileage (if any).  When a customer feels I have knowledge of how a lease is structured then they are more motivated to listen to me when selling back products such as the Wear and Tear.