Comments on: The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales training & business development tips from the hit TV show, part VIII http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/ Sales training & sales success from motivational speaker Gavin Ingham. Sales books, audios, DVDs, mp3 & seminars. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:54:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Issue #7: Vida com Esperanca thanks our contributors ! at Social Entrepreneurship Today http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-67934 Issue #7: Vida com Esperanca thanks our contributors ! at Social Entrepreneurship Today Sat, 31 May 2008 14:33:43 +0000 http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/#comment-67934 [...] Portnik presents The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales training & business development tips from the hit TV show, part... posted at Gavin [...] [...] Portnik presents The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales training & business development tips from the hit TV show, part… posted at Gavin [...]

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]]> By: pete mayes http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-61440 pete mayes Thu, 15 May 2008 15:55:38 +0000 http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/#comment-61440 Its all edited highlights i know but with the cakes there was not 1 question asked to the customer just trying to bully them into a yes,terrible. Its all edited highlights i know but with the cakes there was not 1 question asked to the customer just trying to bully them into a yes,terrible.

]]> By: Jamie Panter http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-61414 Jamie Panter Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:49 +0000 http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/#comment-61414 How did Michael survive again? I know someone who worked with Michael and apparently he did quite well in his telesales role. I think it is pretty obvious that you cannot take that type of sales into this type of setting though. Sara got a bit of a raw deal in my book - if she had been more vocal and put herself forward she probably would have survived. Still I think Alan got this one wrong. Michael seems to only have 1 way of selling and that simply is not good enough for the job thats on offer. I hope he learns and is better in the next show. How did Michael survive again? I know someone who worked with Michael and apparently he did quite well in his telesales role. I think it is pretty obvious that you cannot take that type of sales into this type of setting though.

Sara got a bit of a raw deal in my book – if she had been more vocal and put herself forward she probably would have survived. Still I think Alan got this one wrong. Michael seems to only have 1 way of selling and that simply is not good enough for the job thats on offer. I hope he learns and is better in the next show.

]]> By: Andy Smith http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-61358 Andy Smith Thu, 15 May 2008 09:12:28 +0000 http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/05/14/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-business-development-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-viii/#comment-61358 As ever, the contrast between the 'firee' on the show and how they came across afterwards on "You've Been Fired" is instructive. On the post-firing chat show Sara came across as funny and likeable, they'd softened her eye make-up, and even her voice wasn't as whiny. So why was she like that on the main show? I believe it was because she (like the other candidates) was under pressure and (unlike some of the other candidates) she let it get to her. People can smell desperation in a salesperson a mile off - a lesson I learned very early on when I was trying to start up my old hypnotherapy practice. So perhaps sales people should cultivate Zen Buddhist-style non-attachment to their targets! Also, as Helene (sort of) pointed out last night in a rare moment of insight, it's easy to behave well to your colleagues when things are going well. The real test - one that most of this lot have failed already - is how you behave in the face of adversity. As ever, the contrast between the ‘firee’ on the show and how they came across afterwards on “You’ve Been Fired” is instructive.

On the post-firing chat show Sara came across as funny and likeable, they’d softened her eye make-up, and even her voice wasn’t as whiny.

So why was she like that on the main show? I believe it was because she (like the other candidates) was under pressure and (unlike some of the other candidates) she let it get to her.

People can smell desperation in a salesperson a mile off – a lesson I learned very early on when I was trying to start up my old hypnotherapy practice.

So perhaps sales people should cultivate Zen Buddhist-style non-attachment to their targets!

Also, as Helene (sort of) pointed out last night in a rare moment of insight, it’s easy to behave well to your colleagues when things are going well. The real test – one that most of this lot have failed already – is how you behave in the face of adversity.

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