How is your Salesmanship?

Have you seen The Prestige?

I won’t give away any movie secrets so don’t worry, there are no spoilers here ;)

It is about two up and coming magicians – both are very devoted to their craft and want to be tremendously successful.

They are both quite good – but given similar tricks – one gets a better response from the crowds.

An experienced and wise man who knows them both sees clearly that the difference between them is Showmanship.

One felt like the tricks should stand on their own to impress the crowds but the other understood that the build up and the close were equally important.

Showmanship is basically Salesmanship.

I know that most of us are in online businesses because we don’t really want to be in ‘Sales’ but you know everything all comes down to selling in one way or another. 

For many of us, we have the tricks – we even have access to the crowds – we just need to work on our closing.

Do you ask for the sale? 

Do you ask for it with confidence and no embarassment? 

Do you so believe in what you have to offer that you know that you’re not asking for a favor or ‘putting someone under pressure’?

Any good salesman will tell you that there has to come a time when you plainly ask for the sale. 

If you’re afraid of hearing ‘No’ you won’t ask a yes or no question.  But the problem with this is that instead you ask end up asking questions that can’t be answered with ‘Yes’!