Selling effectively is the art of persuasion and helping customers get what they want. Selling skills incorporate many techniques that must be practiced and experimented with until they become fined tuned. Below are some basic selling strategies for effective selling. * Get revved up. * Assume the customer will buy. * Never prejudge a customer. * Develop rapport with the customer. * Establish eye contact. * Listen to the customer and do less talking. * Develop a sales pitch. * Ask questions that require a "yes" answer. * Use credentials and testimonials. * Give good service. * Give free samples. * Prepare for customer objections. * Fearlessly close the sale. * Never annoy or embarrass the customer. * Observe the customer's body language. * Be careful of hand gestures. * Be persistent. * Use simple language. Activity Titles

1. Establish Rapport
2. Listening Techniques
3. Show Empathy
4. Accept Hospitality
5. The Customer Is a Person
6. Get Revved Up
7. Put Your Heart Into It
8. Confidence
9. Making Appointments
10. Rev Up The Customer
11. Use the Five Senses
12. The Customer’s Eyes
13. Walking and Sitting
14. Hand Gestures
15. Good Eye Contact
16. How Do You Sound?
17. Mirroring Body Language
18. Good Timing
19. Be Perceptive
20. Too Much Information
21. Customer Wants and Needs
22. Create a Desire
23. Be a Good Neighbor
24. Over Promising
25. Why a Sales Script?
26. A Sales Script Outline
27. Opening Lines
28. Use Metaphors
29. Close the Sale
30. The Power of a Good Joke
31. Magical Words
32. Rehearse Your Sales Pitch
33. Visualize the Sale
34. Customer Objections
35. The Customer Objects
36. The Real Objection
37. Quickly Fix the Problem
38. The-price-is-too-high Trap
39. Accepting “No” for an Answer
40. Objection Logs
41. Empathize
42. In the Face of Fear
43. Hook the Customer
44. Watch for Signs
45. Know When to Fold
46. Facial Expressions
47. Assume the Customer Will Buy
48. Recommend
49. Review the Benefits
50. Never Do
51. Closing Too Early