Saturday, 2 May 2009

A Prospect Said No? So What!

If you're involved in any sales at all, whether conventional, direct sales, network marketing or anything else... you will have approached a prospect about your product range and had them 'reject' you.

And it probably affected your mood. It may have ruined your day. Maybe it even led to you leaving your business to avoid future 'rejections'.

The fact is, if you are involved in any sales business, you will find that people say no to you. Because even the best, most life-changing product in the world won't appeal to everyone. In fact, you could stand in the street and offer everyone who walks past a £20 note, and some would refuse. No catch, just 'take this money from my hand right now and owe me nothing in return', and people would say no.

That's life.

Deal with it.

With sales, you really have to focus on the bigger picture.

If I can use myself as an example - I retail very high-quality nutritional supplements. I'm so passionate about these products and the benefits they offer that I genuinely feel it is my purpose in life to share them with as many people as possible. I know that they are life-changing products.

Does that mean that every person I speak to orders some? Not at all.

But it means I am focused on the big picture.

If you're finding that prospects saying no to you is crushing your confidence and making you doubt the business you are in, you don't believe in the products enough.

Because, trust me, when you are offering products that you know can transform people's lives, it doesn't matter if you have to put up with 1,000 people who say no to find 1 person who says yes and has their life changed.

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