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submitted: Aug 26th 2008 | by: Mak | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 707 | |

You have a dream of selling cars. It doesnat matter to you if theyare new or used, you just believe selling cars is your calling, and you want to be able to make a good impression with your boss by showing him how many cars you can sell. Can that only be accomplished with formal training?

If you have some sales experience, a training course may not be necessary. You should especially consider any experience you have selling cars. Are you going to work at a relativeas car lot? Will you open your own? Perhaps you have decided to work for a well established business. Whichever path you choose, if youave sold cars before, you know your assertiveness and personality can help you immensely.

Bigger dealerships, especially those of major car makers, tend to set up apprenticeships for new salesmen. It would be great to be trained at one of these as it will prepare you for opening your own business eventually. In the meantime, you should concentrate on how to close your deal, which is important no matter where youare working.

When a prospective buyer is present, make sure you attend to his needs. Even if he has a specific model in mind, show him several alternative possibilities as well. Once you have done that and made appropriate suggestions, let your new client have some time alone to think things over. This will help your customer feel more comfortable with you and begin to trust you, two key factors that will help you make the sale.

A worthwhile place to look for closing strategies, would be to take it from your superiors. Superiors in the profession is what I am talking about here. Go around to car lots, inconspicuously while you are at it if you think best, and shop for various vehicles. Watch how the sales person respects you and your opinions. See how they will let you feel the merchandise with your hands, maybe even take a test drive. See, isn't this nice?

This is how you want your customers to feel, so you should treat them the same way. You should also be sure to make a good match between car and buyer. You should use your expertise to make suggestions, but donat make off the wall choices that will make your potential buyer feel like you havenat been paying attention to what they are looking for. If that happens, your connection and the sale may both be lost.

If you have done your job well, however, your client will now have complete faith in you as a helpful, honest person, no matter where you are working at the time. Now is the time to concentrate on making the sale. You have already helped the client select the best vehicle as far as model and price go, so now itas time to seal the deal.

To close the deal, you want to ascertain the payment of course. You will want to manage to get a signature from the person, or at least verbal promise when they plan on signing the sales contract. You perhaps have included a bonus of maybe $1000 off the sticker price or a tank of gasoline, or maybe both upon closing, to help facilitate the closing signature.

Additional incentives, like a year of free car washes, can be added in order to close the deal. Setting up partnerships with local businesses who can provide this type of service to you for free or for a greatly reduced cost will help you both in the long run while at the same time offering your customer the kinds of extras that will make him want to buy from you again and again.

The last step is establishing exactly how the buyer intends to pay for the vehicle. If you are the owner of a small lot, you may not be able to finance the deal yourself, so you will need to verify that your client has adequate credit options. Having your own small dealership often allows you to give clients superb deals, but it is all for nothing unless the buyer has some way to secure the payment price.

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