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How would taking a communication skills course improve my sales techniques and negotiations, particularly in dealing with difficult clients?

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Question added by Nisreen Ahmad , dfgdhj , twst
Date Posted: 2016/01/14
Ella Fondevilla
by Ella Fondevilla , Team Leader/ Supervisor , SPI Global CRM

To be an effective salesperson we have to understand the different types of customers we are dealing with. A communications course will help us identify them by the type of questions they ask and their gestures. This course should also cover how to effectively react to different situations while keeping the client's attention. Listening skills play a very important role of which excercises on active listening will allow us to get the opportunity to negotiate. Good communication skills can translate to a sale when we understand the needs of the client at the same time we should be able to deliver clearly why we believe our product is what they need.

Baby Lyn Nuqui
by Baby Lyn Nuqui , Sales Associate , Prowork’s Cooperative

By everyday talking with the clients or customers makes my sales techniques and negotiations skills improving.

ruth kobusingye
by ruth kobusingye , procurement and supply chain officer , De-point Procurement Consultants Limited (A third party agent for Public Procurement and Disposal of

Adjust my Mindset; this means being with a positive attide and aim at improving customer care

 

Listen actively to thecompliants of customers and be Apologetic when you discover the business is wrong. 

ensure to make things right through bonuses, after sales service so as to keep the customer loyal to your brand.

lastly follow up employees to ensure that the customer is given care and attention or if the customer is satisfied with what they are paying for.

 

 

Communication skills are essential no matter where and who you are.If I have best communication skills then I can deal with a difficult client by good communication.

Deepankar Boro
by Deepankar Boro , Senior Manager Content Marketing , Khatabook

Taking communication skills is necessary for any sales guy.

Communication skills teaches us how to communicate with other people, and while I mention communication, it doesn't mean speaking, it means listening, and understanding what the audience speaks.

Often, it happens that a sales guy is just hearing his audience, but not listening.

Listening is very important when it comes to sales, as it allows the sales guy to listen to all the necessities and problems his customer is facing, and it also gives the customer the assurance that the sales guy is there not just to sell but to listen to his problems.

Apart from listening skills, the sales guy should also be able to understand body language, which is taught via communication skills.

The listening along with the understanding of body language, and proper speaking capabilities, its easier to get a sales pitch done.

A sales guy should have this knowledge to function better during a sale pitch.

Arnab Ghosh
by Arnab Ghosh , Head of Marketing and Business Development , GP Solutions DMCC

A communication course will help you get your message across to the receiver clearly, concisely and in a manner they would understand. That is always a useful tool, regardless of one's job function. It would enhance your sales skills, too. However, it is worth evaluating specifically what is holding you back in your sales role: the manner of communication or actual sales skills. Techniques such as negotiation and dealing with difficult clients are usually covered in most comprehensive sales training courses. 

Noorul-Ain Khan
by Noorul-Ain Khan , Program manager , Fitterfly HealthTech

An effective sales person is one who identifies the client's requirement & delivers accordingly thus ensuring complete customer satisfaction. To be able to do so an individual not only needs to develop listening skills but also effective communication skills which helps the customer understand the need for the product. A communication skills course helps break through the barriers an individual presumes when approaching the client. 

FIKRET CHATZI IMAM
by FIKRET CHATZI IMAM , Project Manager , RR-PROFESSIONAL GMBH

Once we are aware that our client is unhappy then our first priority is to put ourself into a customer service mindset.

The most important step in the whole of this process is listening actively to what our client or customer is saying – he wants to be heard, and to air his grievances.

 

Dealing with difficult customers can be challenging. Buf if we handle the situation well, w emay even be able to improve our relationship, and create further opportunities.

AMAN BAIG MIRZA
by AMAN BAIG MIRZA , Assistant Marketing Manager , EDU ACTION DEVELOPEMENT SANSTHAN

Good communication skills are imperative for any business. And it would not be wrong to say that communication skills often means the difference between success and failure.

Having good communication skills are very vital for a sale person. This is because one needs to make to sure that people around should understand the product or service that one is supporting and promoting.

if your communication is of intermediate level ou can improve it by reading ,meeting new peoples getting in touch with various blogs focused on communication skills. But in case your communication skills are not very good then taking a good communication skill development course will always going to help you as it will make your conversation with your clients more precise and clear.

But in case your communication skills are not very good then taking a good communication skill development course will always going to help you , as it will make your conversation with your clients more precise and clear. you will be able to explain your product to the prospects in a better way and can handle difficult client quite easily. 

Oybek Abdualimov
by Oybek Abdualimov , sales executive , Eldorado

I'll listen them attentively and make my conclusions.

Waleed Saleh
by Waleed Saleh , sales man , desar

Through constant communication with customers and improve relationship with them . that is make me vader to idenitfy people and earn trust of customers .      

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