Quotes about Sales

I didn't really like doing commercials.

Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.

Sales are a function of product-value and advertising. Promotions cannot produce more than a temporary kink in the sales curve.

It is often charged that advertising can persuade people to buy inferior products. So it can — once. But the consumer perceives that the product is inferior and never buys it again. This causes grave financial loss to the manufacturer, whose profits come from repeat purchases. The best way to increase the sale of a product is to improve the product.

My brother Francis wrote a letter in Greek to the headmasters of private schools, selling cooking stoves. When some wrote back that they could not read Greek, he sent them another letter — in Latin. This produced orders.

I had a great time being a salesman because of the pitches that I gave when I was selling shoes. However, I don't think I'm as well versed in shoes as I am in comedy. Being a salesman was all about being a people person, and I enjoy being around people. I also love talking to people - which is why I think I did so well.

Combine the dual qualities of empathy and ambitionin every sales relationship.

For every sale you miss you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.

She did her homework. She studied her industry, the people she'd love to work with, and learned creative ways to sell by finding common ground between herself and prospects that were "out of her league.

Sales Cure All. Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.

Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.

To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day. And here's what's exciting: There are lots of people!