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Re: Direct Selling .

LUCKIEST — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:35:29 GMT

h5. Direct selling Making the Sale.Know how the customer makes money.
Learn the customers decision making process.
Build relationships with the customer (not just sales).
Focus on the customers business needs.
Show how your product or service meets customers needs.
LUCKIEST

Re: Direct Selling .

Lighthouse24 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:20:11 GMT

Boasbiz, you can click on the website link in my profile here -- contact info is at the bottom of the web page. E-mail is generally the best way to reach me directly.

Re: Direct Selling .

BOASBIZ — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:55:09 GMT

Thanks for sharing your technique on Direct selling with me. Very useful & insightful. We will definitely follow your strategy. How do I get in touch with you?.

Re: Direct Selling .

BOASBIZ — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:47:59 GMT

h6. Thanks,Lighthouse 24, A very insightful and useful piece/response. Started using your strategy.
How do I get in touch with you?.

Re: Direct Selling .

LUCKIEST — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:29:04 GMT

000. Way to go. Doubled your numbers. (waiting for Buffalo)
Keep up the great work, LUCKIEST

Re: Direct Selling .

Lighthouse24 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:26:26 GMT

This reminds me of the story of two famous American shoe manufacturers who relied on direct selling (door-to-door) to sell their products in the 1950's. Each company sent a representative to remote Africa to explore the market potential there.

The first rep telegraphed his boss: "Market TERRIBLE. Nobody wears shoes."

The second rep telegraphed his boss: "Market FANTASTIC. Nobody has shoes!"

Direct Selling is the sale of a consumer product or service, person-to-person, away from a fixed retail location. It's about building a relationship with a customer, finding his or her need, and then filling that need. In the U.S., Avon is an excellent example of a business that was built on direct selling.

Your success at using that method will likely rely on choosing one of two strategies in the beginning: 1) beginning with people who already know the product and know how to sell, and they will go out and build relationships one-to-one with potential customers, or 2) beginning with people who already have one-to-one relationships with potential customers, and you'll go out and build their product knowledge and sales skills.

Which strategy do you think would fit best given the product, market, and resources you have in mind?

Re: Direct Selling .

TGA000 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:24:31 GMT

Nice job with the contract.

Well, it really doesn't matter who you are and what you sell. The basic idea behind direct selling is that you spend more time listening to your client than you do talking.

It's all about them. When you are confident in yourself and your product that you don't mind letting other people talk you'll rise to the top of the sales force.

Here's pretty much all you need:

#1: Complete knowlege of your product and how it effects the industry and your client
#2: The ability to listen to your client. They're going to be telling you what their objections are. Listen.
#3: Use what is called "the ledge method of selling". This is where you turn their objections into the reason they're going to buy from you.

I trained my entire sales force with that technique and doubled my numbers.

Good luck!

Re: Direct Selling .

BOASBIZ — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:17:52 GMT

h6.
Product in question here is "Women's underclothes" of all type.My company is a small Import/Export business
located precisely in NJ with a branch in Ghana,West Africa. Initial supply of Lingerie starts in April 2008.

Guru,I would like to receive some feed back on the concept of "Direct Selling"/marketing. Enlighten me on Direct Selling.

I do not have any marketing plan. We might need some funds coupled with what we have now.

Re: Direct Selling .

BOASBIZ — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:37:40 GMT

h6.
Thanks all for your quick and prompt responses to my Question/concern. We are basically into the Export/Import business.

Products. We specifically don't concentrate on one type of product.We would source and scout for any product our clients in Africa, precisely West Africa ask for. The product in question here is "Women's underclothes" of all type.

We have been in contact with a couple manufacturers both in the US & Asia.We are therefore leaning on a manufacturer in Italy with a distributor in New York. Supply starts in April.

We currently do not have any business plan. Any help in this direction?.

Re: Direct Selling .

LUCKIEST — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:07:17 GMT

Direct Selling OF WHAT TO WHOM?? Do not understand. Congrads on winning this huge contract
to do what, where. Where is your company located?? How soon do we start??
I ama Marketing and sales professional. How can I assist and enlighten you if I do not understand.
Do you have a Marketing Plan?? Do you need funds and how much??
LUCKIEST