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| Buy | 49% | 406 votes | Total: 822 votes | |
| Sell | 51% | 416 votes |
Buy
by R.A. Scott
Created on: October 23, 2008 Last Updated: April 11, 2009
I hate salesmen with a passion. The worst of these are car salesmen and of those the worst are those
Created on: June 20, 2009 Last Updated: July 03, 2009
Did you ever see the movie Boiler Room? If you're in sales, you will be familiar with this quote
by Linda Smith
Created on: September 28, 2009
No doubt about it, customers buy. What every good salesperson needs to know, however, are the three
by Peggy Molloy
Created on: February 03, 2012
My primary experience as a salesperson has been in fine jewelry. I have sold jewelry at Bailey, Banks,
Created on: August 26, 2008 Last Updated: February 27, 2010
Customers, when wanting to buy a product, largely focus on their own thoughts and need or wants to buy
Created on: February 24, 2009
Do Salespeople Sell or Do Customers Buy?
Consumers are ultimately responsible for their buying decisions.
by Sarah Wood
Created on: June 30, 2010 Last Updated: July 01, 2010
From my experience in sales, either someone can be a good customer service rep or you get the type of
Created on: June 16, 2011
Stay focused on the consumer.
The most recent target of a sale is a transaction, and the transaction
Created on: February 27, 2009
Customers buy! If they didn't, salespeople would be out of a job.
It's all very well for salespeople
by Joseph Malek
Created on: June 09, 2008 Last Updated: April 30, 2009
The job of a salesperson is to bring the product to the customer and/or demonstrate or explain the purpose
Created on: June 24, 2009
A successful salesperson never sells anything. Sounds impossible. It is! It is because, not many know
Created on: August 29, 2009 Last Updated: August 30, 2009
Do salesman sell or do customers buy?
That's a hard one depends I guess on what and where they sell.
by Brad Oneill
Created on: April 19, 2010
Do salesmen sell or do customers buy?
A salesman’s job is to find ways that his product will solve
Created on: March 25, 2009 Last Updated: March 31, 2009
The term selling has worn out its welcome. It's like cassette tapes, beepers, and mullets... times have
by Roy De Souza
Created on: August 01, 2010
The question of whether customers buy or whether salesmen sell is an interesting one because it all
Created on: September 19, 2008
How would you describe selling? As far as I am concerned selling is the art of influencing people's
by Charles Ray
Created on: February 08, 2009
This is definitely a case of "it takes two to tango."
The only answer to that question that makes any
Created on: January 23, 2009
No salesman in the world can talk you into buy something that you don't want, unless he is able to present
by Toni Foyer
Created on: January 23, 2009
Do salesmen sell or customers Buy?
Any individual can be trained to take an order over the phone, fill
by Ron Busby
Created on: July 11, 2008
This is a question that every salesman must deal with at some point in their sales career. Unfortunately
Sell
Created on: February 03, 2010 Last Updated: February 05, 2010
If you make a good product that people want it will sell itself, if you make the best quality product
by Shaheen Darr
Created on: October 26, 2008 Last Updated: December 22, 2010
This topic brings to mind the question, "what came first, a chicken or an egg?" A question that is so
Created on: April 25, 2011
This question seems to be a bit of a conundrum. A transaction can't take place without the contribution
by Barry Marcus
Created on: December 26, 2008 Last Updated: April 22, 2009
People often find it difficult to make a decision about a major purchase. The purchase of a new home,
by Carol Gioia
Created on: May 21, 2008
Selling is a talent and a skill. The world is populated with people who profess to be salesmen. In actuality
by Vince Ryan
Created on: March 11, 2009 Last Updated: March 31, 2009
Salesmen aren't devious people contrary to what most buyers may think. To the average salesman it revolves
by Tanya Uber
Created on: January 14, 2009
I definitely think that Salesmen sell. No doubt in my mind. I used to be a telemarketer. IE; I had to
Created on: April 14, 2009
No one will buy if they do not want the product. The job of the sales man is to make the customer want
Created on: June 29, 2009 Last Updated: July 19, 2009
Unless you have a product that sells itself, you need salesman to sell it. In this day and age of volatile
Created on: January 26, 2009
To answer the question objectively, one will say that salesmen sell goods and services to customers.
Created on: September 19, 2008
True salesmen sell, but that description may be somewhat befuddled in the lexicon of the average person.
Created on: January 18, 2010
Haven’t we all done it? I have, more times than I can, or want to count. You are going to run
Created on: November 02, 2008
Do salesmen or salespeople, since they are both men and women, sell or do customers buy? One way to
by Sage Doak
Created on: May 13, 2008
No product can ever sell its self. Even if a product is picked off a shelf in a supermarket and taken
Created on: May 13, 2008
As an experienced sales professional I have absolutely no doubts that salesmen sell products and services
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