What are the most important sales skills?

Know the exact need of the customer, to be able to communicate and be trusted in the future when you deliver exactly what is needed

1. Understanding of customer requirement i.e. what exactly customer is looking for, what are the existing pain areas with the customer so that those areas can be targeted

2. Product knowledge

3. Knowledge of competition

4.Big heart for interacting with the customer who don't want to buy from you

5.Persistence

6. Patience - when one is not getting results, keep chasing till the time you get desired results

7. Adaptability - one should be able to change his/her style of sales discussion as per customer behaviour

Most important in Sales is Communication Skill and  how much you know your product,your customer and your competitor.

There are various kinds of sales skills depending on the product u sell and industry. Most importantly what type of customer we are dealing with. The most basic sales skills are meet& greet, product knowledge, presentation and closing.other skills include good listener and speaker,prioritize customer speech and expectations, present and deliver as per the requirement, trust building, make u as his opinion master,advisor. Be a good story teller to divert demanding customers attention for convincing sale closure. Be friendly rather than official behavior. Understand customer portfolio, psychology with ur tactics for future business and referrals. Be responsive and attentive all the time even after sale.Tune ur attitude, talks and most important ur body language from customer to customer.

First do Client's RND, known you client then punch him right points at a right time that's the key to convince or agreed him for any deal. More on your image in front of the customer, which you built matters a lot; 90% of the deals will be closed if your prospect knowns you and have some trust on you. Sales always happen if there is a mature business relationship. Never expect business at first meeting!!!

Selling is exactly like fishing, you have to have the best food for the kind of fish you are looking for then manage to present it to it in the most effective way.

.Known your self 

.Plan a head

.Understand your customer

.Known the industry 

   Key Sales skills can be defined as below

• The most important is to know the customer requirement, expectation.
• Know your product thoroughly , for high end products preparation is critical.
• Communicational skill , Body language , non verbal communication are critical part.
• Confidant , positive attitude , neatly and cleanly dressed up.
• Convincing power , call closing ability , follow up and never die attitude                                                                                                                                    Further we can have  more soft and hard skills which can be added as per services , product etc...

Identifying customer desire and your attitude is a key element!

In order to be a professional in sales, you have to have comprehensive understanding of the following: - Your solutions ( products, services..etc), technically and commercially - Your customer (KYC), the customer could be end user, business partner, community, distributer..etc. -The market by monitoring the ( competition, market needs, economical status, emerging markets...etc) In addition: - Handle your product perfectly ( build customer relationships, position your self, interact with the stakeholders, and assure excellent after sales services)

Build up a good busines relation ship with customer