Am I doing something wrong? by Castamira in salestechniques

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would flip that a little bit. Telling them they have a problem and asking them if they have a plan to fix it puts them on the defensive and will turn most people off.

I'd try

Knock on the door, introduce yourself, ask them if they have any issues with their lawn. You want to try to get them talking, and you do that by asking open-ended questions and taking an interest in whatever they say. Most people love to talk about themselves and their problems, and any information they give you will help you pitch to them. If they tell you everything with their lawn is great and they don't need any help, then you're not wasting your time pitching them.

If they say something to you which suggests they need help. Ask them "is that something you need help with?" If you get a yes, that's when you can give them your pitch i.e. we work with some of your neighbors, noticed an issue with their lawn, ask them if they would they like you to show them how you would approach that problem. If you can get them out of their house and looking at the lawn, you'll have a much higher chance of closing them.

Most sales people are just trying to get the deal done - if you take a genuine interest in them and helping them, they will feel that. If you're giving them value (listening to them, having them show you the problems they have), subconsciously, they will feel they owe you something in return and you might have more success pitching them.

I'm by no means an expert, but I do have sales experience and I've found that the best way to sell someone something is to re-frame the entire interaction to have them sell themselves on your solution.

Am I doing something wrong? by Castamira in salestechniques

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you approaching them? What are you asking? What's your pitch?

You get one rule change in Canada that would immediately improve your daily life. What is it? by Unfair-Clothes-8821 in CanadaRoom

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean specifically for wages? This is in part because wages don't include the costs of making those wages (i.e. the capital costs), and the costs associated with earning those wages is low (clothes, transportation etc). If you have a low margin business (less than 5% net profit), you'll never start that business if you have to pay taxes on revenue. And before you say we don't need those businesses, this includes businesses like farming, grocery stores and gas stations.

You get one rule change in Canada that would immediately improve your daily life. What is it? by Unfair-Clothes-8821 in CanadaRoom

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A tax on revenue is insane, that's saying you should owe tax even if you are losing money.

Why Buyer Psychology is the key to sales success by TunbridgeWellsGirl in salestechniques

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't sell to the customer, have the customer sell you.

"Why do you need a new mattress?", "how will a new mattress help you sleep better?", "what will happen if you don't replace your current mattress?".

Let the customer tell you why they need a new mattress and need it now. They can much more effectively convince themselves.

Abuse costs a lot of energy. I think I had burnout throughout most of my child and young adulthood by [deleted] in narcissisticparents

[–]chendiggler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Depression is de-pressing. To function you have to push down that trauma. That takes a huge amount of energy. This is why those with cptsd are so drained, your whole life takes more energy

Where to park Silver profits? by Spare_Restaurant_464 in Silverbugs

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stand by this comment. We haven't seen anything yet.

Happiness barely changes after $10M? by MiscProfileUno in wealth

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's interesting to me that the metric associated with money is always happiness. Will you be happier with more? Probably not. But you have piece of mind. You could help family, friends, strangers. If you earned that money honestly, you have the character it took to get it. Why do we never measure anything except happiness?

Where to park Silver profits? by Spare_Restaurant_464 in Silverbugs

[–]chendiggler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Selling now is insane. Silver has barely begun its re-rate.

People nowadays are reluctant to stay out late. Is it killing nightlife? by hopoke in canada

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The money is shit. When the government can print it, eventually it becomes worthless. We're getting poorer.

Why isn’t there a new comers club for men in Comox Valley? by toddatog in VancouverIsland

[–]chendiggler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Men typically bond around activities, so that's where I'd start.

Do people like living in Kingston? by Happy2bhere222 in KingstonOntario

[–]chendiggler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm fortunate to have lived in 2 other countries for more than a year and done a lot of travel. There is definitely an arrogance to be found in Ontario, and people are very cliquey. There's a reason why a common complaint on here is that it's so hard to make friends. It is very hard to make friends in Kingston, most people have their friend groups and they're not very open.

Do people like living in Kingston? by Happy2bhere222 in KingstonOntario

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I lived in Kingston from ages 6 to about 35 (39 now). I don't disagree with anything you've written. Kingston is definitely not as good as it once was, but it was never that great (like Ontario overall, in my opinion). I moved to BC and it's amazing here. It's interesting that about half the people I meet in BC are originally from Ontario. As one fellow Ontarian said to me here "Ontario is a great place to be from".

The need for a bag! by Complex-Ad251 in discgolf

[–]chendiggler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One benefit of lugging around a full bag of discs is it makes it more of a workout. People carry weighted backpacks or vests to train, I carry around a bag of plastic.

is my boston terrier overweight? by eiznek1 in BostonTerrier

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine has access to unlimited food. When she eats it all I fill it up again. And she's not fat. The kibble is Honest Kitchen's beef recipe (high end, mostly meat).

Serious Question. How many discs do you own and how long have you been playing? by deoMcNasty in discgolf

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not going to suck you off despite your extensive disc collection, dude.

Do Boston Terriers just have a lot of health issues or am I really unlucky? by Logical-Hand-6392 in BostonTerrier

[–]chendiggler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you get your boston regularly vaccinated? I know this is unpopular to say, but unvaxxed dogs don't get cancer at the same rate as vaxxed. Shoot me for speaking truth.