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Buddy Wisdom has more than 30 years of wholesale and retail experience. He is the author of Selling Retail Floorcovering - A Humanistic Approach. Find out more at www.lulu.com/shop/buddy-wisdom/selling-retail-floorcovering-a-humanistic-appropach-a-complete-10yr-write-over/paperback/product-22165170.html or contact him at budhurd1@gmail.com.

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Flooring Sales Tip: Selling Personality Types

Buddy Wisdom
August 15, 2019
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Different personality types have different communication styles and diverse ways of making decisions and achieving results. When connecting with customers, personality styles need to be recognized and carefully regarded if we want to consistently make sales.
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Using Psychology and Emotion in Closes

Buddy Wisdom
July 26, 2019
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Buyers often base their buying decisions on beliefs about emotional circumstances or preconceived conditions rather than logic or sound information. Sometimes closing is about meeting the customer's prophecies, beliefs and expectations.
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Building a Customer's Trust in Your Company

Buddy Wisdom
June 24, 2019
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During the selling process, it is important to sell yourself. But keep in mind the customer is buying more than you; they are buying your whole team.
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customer satisfaction

More Techniques for Successfully Closing a Sale

Buddy Wisdom
May 17, 2019
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Occasionally, completing the sale requires something extra beyond asking for the order.
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shopping for flooring

Flooring Sales Tips: More Closes that Work

Buddy Wisdom
April 25, 2019
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The best salespeople recognize that closing is a guided series of little sales that the customer helps direct, thus keeping your prospect in a comfort zone. Still, sometimes it takes something extra to close a deal.
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Closes that Work: Part 2

Buddy Wisdom
March 29, 2019
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If a close is to be effective beyond anything, trust is essential. In this article are several closes that, when called for, will be constructive in finalizing or inspiring a floor covering sale.
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closing a sale

The Holy Grail of Selling: Closes that Work

Buddy Wisdom
February 22, 2019
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Closing is the foundation of building relationships and trust, finding and satisfying needs, handling any concerns and then establishing the integrity and service of your store, all of which creates the correct value to buy.
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The Art of Negotiating: Part 2

Buddy Wisdom
January 25, 2019
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With the preliminaries of negotiating behind, let us begin in part two with some counter tactics once the best price is genuinely the last and biggest remaining concern.
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The Art of Negotiating: Part 1

Buddy Wisdom
December 24, 2018
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If the other party is negotiating, there is a good chance they want to buy. If that is so, why would we look at negotiating as a negative thing?
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Flooring Sales Tip

Handling Price Objections

Buddy Wisdom
November 26, 2018
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Genuine price issues are rarely around cost, but around value.
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