1. What “sales” tactics annoy you the most?
2. How would you like to be approached?
3. Would you ever consider working with a company that represented themselves in this manner?
Great topic Michelle!
Since the advent of the do not call list in the US that has helped tremendously with the volume of phone calls I get, but still I get one occasionally. Usually I cut them off very quickly by interrupting their spill and saying I’m not interested in whatever you are selling and remove me from your call list. It’s not unusual to get hung up on. :roflmao: If they keep on talking, I just hang up.
Occasionally I will make a call myself to inquire about some product or service and there is nothing that is more of a turn off that some arrogant pushy salesperson.
Actually I don’t want to be approached unless I’m the one who initiates the contact.
NO I absolutely would not work for any company that promoted themselves by trickery or taking advantage of someone.
Here is my own quick little story. I used to work as a administrative assistant for a small business. The owner would sometimes purchase certain supplies from a company in California. Most of the time the salesperson was the one who would contact the owner by phone. Of course I was the one who answered the phone 95% of the time when he called. He would phone and ask for the owner by name and if he wasn’t available I would of course say, “I’m sorry but he isn’t available right now, may I take a message. This salesman…..(which is not the name I had for him) :sarcasm: would hang up on me just as soon as I said the owner wasn’t available and before I could get the rest of the sentence completed. Time after time he did this and of course after a few times I started being able to recognize his voice. So one day he phones………instead of my usual. I say to him, do you have a minute? He is taken aback and mumbles, I guess. I ask him, how long have you been doing sales by phone. He tells me several years. I said to him……..well it looks like by now that you would have learned some manners and have you ever considered that it might be to your benefit to not hang up on me. After all I AM the gate keeper and if you are nice to me, I’ll make it a lot easier for you to speak with the owner. Please remember this next time you call or perhaps the owner might not ever have time to speak with you again. lol He did not hang up on me again and and he said please and thank you from then on. :hattip: