Here is a funny story that I read today from richdad.com forum :

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A young kid from Arkansas moves to California and goes to a big “everything
under one roof” department store looking for a job.

The manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?”

The kid says, “Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Arkansas.”

Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow.

I’ll come down after we close and see how you did” His first day on the job
was rough but he got through it.

After the store was locked up, the boss came down.

“How many sales did you make today?”

The kid says, “One.”

The boss says, “Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day.

You’re going to have to improve considerably or look for another job!

How much was the sale for?”

The kid says, “$112,237.64.”

The boss says, “$112,237.64?! What the hell did you sell?!”

Kid says, “First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fish
hook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod.

Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the lake, so
I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boat department
and I sold him a new bass boat.

Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him
down to the automotive department and sold him that new Ford pick-up.

I asked him how long he was going to be out at the lake and after he said 5
or 6 days I took him down to the RV department and sold him a slide-in
camper for the truck.”

The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a
boat, a truck and a camper?”

Kid says, “No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and I said, “Well, your weekend’s shot, you might as well go fishing.’”

After reading the story, my first feeling is the boy is a really great salesman and really know what is the job for salesman. If you involve in business like me, you will know salesmans are your troops. They fight the markets and bring profits back to company. Sales is the most important things to make a business success because it brings profits and money to company. The boy in the story is really a great salesman, first he can open the opportunity to sell his products to the client, second he managed to up sale his products, third he approach the customer just like a consultant - solving customer problems and last but not least the ability to close sales since the client don’t have any intention to get all the fishing stuff, it needs some works to make the client buy all the things.

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