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GUIDE 7 - SALES TECHNIQUES AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
GUIDE 7 - SALES TECHNIQUES AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
2. PRESENTACIÓN
This guide attempts to help you understand the different sale techniques and the traits salespeople or sales
representatives should enhance to create a system of analysis, tracking, and improvement in each sales led.
Objective: From the development of these activities, you will be able to propose and execute strategies to
successfully selling a product or service..
SALES TECHNIQUES
WARM UP- Activity
“The emotions we feel, the events we experience, and our ability to interact with other humans are all
controlled by language. If we want more control, and more agency in our lives we can start with a greater
understanding of the potential power in what we say to ourselves and others”1. Brendan McCaughey.
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Retrieved from https://multitude27.medium.com/the-power-of-words-61c524ddf1b5
Before watching the video, discuss:
• What is a prophecy?
• What do you understand for ‘the words have power’?
• Do you believe that words can shape your success?
• Share your answers.
Now watch the video ‘the power of positive words’ at https://youtu.be/HLIzxfqxOi8 and make notes to
answer the questions below:
1. Make a list of inspiring words related to your personal and professional growth
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2. Think of some words that might hurt you, hold you back or stuck you in a negative way. Write them
down and discuss what they mean to you with your classmates.
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3. How have you impacted another person’s life with words you said … good or bad? Share your experience.
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READING PRACTICE: article of techniques for selling
Always start with a bang. One study tried to figure out how to increase room service tips for waiters in hotels.
They found there was a super easy thing waiters could do to increase their tips. All they had to do was start
with a positive comment. When hotel guests opened their door, waiters said, “good morning” and gave a
positive weather forecast for the day. Just that one positive comment increased their tips by 27%!
How does this help you? Never start a sales meeting or pitch by talking about bad weather, traffic or being
busy. Always begin with a positive comment or anecdote. Great weather, fun weekend plans or a favorite
sports team winning a game. That gets you off onto the right foot.
2. Don’t Self-Sabotage
The biggest self-sabotage mistake is to speak ill of a competitor. Research has found something called
Spontaneous Trait Transference. They found that whenever you say bad things about someone else people
can’t help but put those same traits on you. The brain can’t help but associate your gossip with you, even if
logically we know you are talking about another person. If you say your competitor is low-quality and
unreliable, your potential client can’t help but associate those traits with you. No matter what, when it comes
to gossip, always say “no comment”.
When you assign someone a positive label, like having high intelligence or being a good person, that actually
cues them up to live up to that label. In one study about fundraising, the researchers told average donors
that they were in fact among the highest donors. Can you guess what happened? Those donors then did in
fact donate above average. We live up to our positive labels. When you are with a client or potential customer
give them genuinely good labels—I never want you to be fake or manipulative. So be sure to stick to positive
truths. You can say, “You are one of our best customers” or “You’re such a pleasure to do business with”. In
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Retrieved from https://www.scienceofpeople.com/sales-techniques/ and adapted by SENA
that way, they will actually want to be one of your best customers and try even harder to be a pleasure to
do business with.
Study after study shows that you have to use nonverbal communication to be an effective salesperson. In
one study, Salespeople who used power body language increased their sales numbers by 56% after only one
training.
5. End High
Lastly, end on a high note. Ok, let me explain a really gross, but fascinating study involving one of my least
favorite topics: colonoscopies…I’ve only ever heard one thing about colonoscopies. They are super
unpleasant. And doctors know that they have a bad rap. They wanted to do research to find a way to give
colonoscopies a better reputation. A little background: a colonoscopy is only a few minutes long, but they
are pretty uncomfortable. They found that if they added one minute at the end of the procedure that was
pain-free, people remembered the whole experience as more pleasant. In other words, even if it takes a bit
longer, ending on a better note makes someone recall the entire experience better. Before someone leaves
your pitch, end on a high note. Gift a final perk, offer them a mint, pay them a compliment. It will make the
entire time with you even better.
DESCRIPTION #
To have a right start on a sale, we must bring positive comments to the conversation.
Read the text again and tick the statements below True (T) or False (F)
The purpose of the text is to introduce some selling practices supported by sellers experiences ( )
Search the meaning of the words below and their classification into nouns, verbs or adjectives and set
them accordingly.
Offer, tweak, convince, afford, budget, play, safe, outrageous, wimpy, average, compelling, expensive, cheap,
luxurious, profit, decoy
Watch the video, make notes to complete the activities below https://youtu.be/3oEv13ZYLig
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and explain
how it works.
WRITING PRACTICE: what makes a good/bad salesperson
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Image retrieved from https://www.socoselling.com/traits-of-good-versus-bad-salesperson/
Now create a product or service and make a brochure with all the information needed to sell it. Keep in
mind:
• Functionality
• Potential customers
• Problem(s) your product will solve
• Advantages
• Differential aspects from the competitors
• Price
• More…
Instructions: Each pair participant will play the role of the bad salesperson and the good salesperson one
time while the other is the customer.
Use the product /service created in the previous writing task to do this activity. Keep in mind previous
concepts such us:
You will have 5 minutes to perform your role play. At the end of each round, the instructor will provide some
feedback to the participants before moving onto the next group.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: Extension activities will help you improve your performance in the topics. You need
to reach at least five hours of practice on your own.
Visit the following links and do the activities you will find:
4. ACTIVIDADES DE EVALUACIÓN
Tome como referencia la técnica e instrumentos de evaluación citados en la guía de Desarrollo Curricular
5. GLOSARIO DE TÉRMINOS
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Word, power, declare, speak out, give life, become, to be mindful, vibration, abundance, generate, struggle,
lack, forces, take over, law, principle of success, outcome, powerful tool, realize, subconscious mind, truth,
blessed, strong, accomplish, prophecy, prophesy, victory, positive, affirmation, tell the right thing, lift, destroy,
struggle, direction, success, outcome, accept, bless, strong, fantastic, accomplish, impact, speak life, speak
death, Forward, Sabotage, gossip, Unreliable, Traits, Non-verbal communication, Gross, Colonoscopy,
Background, Pain-free, Relentless, Give up, Follow-up, Outcome, Mindset, Master, Sale, pitch, trait,
salesperson, transference, trait, associate, fundraising, average, potential customer, apply, offer, convince,
buy, price, choices, strategy, contrast pricing, outrageous, compelling, marketplace, profit margin, cheap
customer, majority, features, benefits, value, decoy.
6. REFERENTES BILBIOGRÁFICOS
26 Habits of Incredibly Successful Salespeople retrieved from 26 Habits of Incredibly Successful Salespeople
(hubspot.com)
The power of words retrieved from The Power of Words. Words are powerful. Spoken, written, or… | by
Brendan McCaughey | Medium
Business Grammar: How to Use the Four English Conditional Tenses in Business. Retrieved from Business
Grammar: How to Use the Four English Conditional Tenses in Business. | English with a Twist
5 Killer Sales Techniques Backed by Science Retrieved from https://www.scienceofpeople.com/sales-
techniques/
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