Forget the
Price
Forget the
price. Yes, that’s right. Forget the price. It doesn’t matter; leave
that decision to the customer and the market.
I believe when you pay for something you appreciate it
more, so why give it away for free? Unless of course you are being mugged, or
when there is a very good reason for giving it away for free such as marketing
to the media and the press.
In my
previous life, I can
remember winning prizes for having the highest average sales per order as a
salesman in a year. Do you want to know how I achieved that? Do you want the
short or long version? They say size doesn't matter, but try telling that to
your partner.
Anyhow, here goes
the short version because I like things as simple as possible. I had only been
with the company for just over a year when I achieved the highest average sales
per order as a salesman. I was surprised because I hadn't set out to achieve
this, but the prizes were very welcome at the time.
Now, the company had many
thousands of employees both on the factory floor and out there flogging the
stuff. I was one of many hundreds flogging the stuff. I had previously worked
for various national companies selling a whole range of different products and
each company had their induction sales training which for some companies was
good, others not so.
The
philosophy of this
national company in terms of selling its product was twofold.
First, sell the customer the cheap low-cost product and work
upwards from there. The company considered it was easier to sell their cheap
product range first.
You see the company produced both a low-cost economy
range and a more expensive luxury range. So their salespersons were trained
this way.
But, I
decided I would
always start at the top of the price range and work backward if I had to. And
I can count the number of times on my fingers I had to do that, it was very few
in a year. The reason I did this was for many reasons. I considered I was
selling a better product to the customer even though it cost more to them. And
of course, I wanted to make more money.
I can
honestly say most of
the time I never mentioned to the customer that the company did an economy
range; I felt the customer might be embarrassed if I did.
Besides, the customers were happy
and I knew they were buying a better product and one which they could afford.
So,
you see price never comes into the equation. It’s a misnomer.
I remember
someone once said, “If you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it.”
Read the
article on Life Skills here. You will not regret it.
Are you listening, what are you dreaming?
In my book “It’s Never Too Late” read how dreams do come true, but be careful what you wish for. Understand the secret of greed and you will attain one of the secrets of prosperity. The book will also take you on a journey and explores love, money, luck, and much more.
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Hey, Chuck. Did you bring any spending money? Viva la vida loca.
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