Hello folks,
Sales and dating; sounds familiar to you?
It has been always familiar to me.
Sales is just like dating. When you go for a date with someone; you go into sales prospecting even if you don’t realize it. From prospecting to closing. It has the same process. It is fun fact a bit, but I enjoy it :)
If you are good at sales, you are good at dating. And vice-versa. Lemme elaborate it:
Let’s start with online dating as it is the most used way in 2021. Like apps Tinder, Bumble, or Instagram to meet new partners.
When you slide in someone’s DM on Instagram or creating your Tinder profile. You should personalize your message after viewing the profile and shoot your shot to get a reply from a girl/ boy, whatever you are into. This Cold Outreach in sales. If you are not good at cold outreach then it might not work out. If you just pitch like: Hi, how are you? You will fail most probably. Stand out with your customized, interesting cold message! I recommend you to cold message by asking relevant, funny questions with a hint you gathered from her/his profile. Free nugget for you, guys :)
Let’s say, you get a reply. Then you have to make your conversation interesting and offer some value to the counterpart. You have to master your conversation-building skills to make yourself interesting and different than others. This is warming up the leads and Relationship Building in Sales.
Let’s say you nailed it and got the first date appointment. Then you should know where to take her according to your insights you gathered during the prospecting stage. You go to date and your number one job is to make conversation flowing, hours passed and you guys didn’t realize. You can do this by asking relevant questions to her understand what she is looking for at this phase of her life, where she hangs out, what makes her excited, what her values are, what she likes etc. After you gather all the info you need to know. Now You have to pitch yourself out there in a more authentic way. Not a salesy, more elegant way. This is a Sales Call/ Pitch in sales.
During the first date, you are kinda trying to convince her for a second date. This is Negotiation in Sales. If she agreed to the second date, you closed the deal. Congratz! This is Closing in Sales.
If she ghosted after the first date, maybe in the meantime she was having a low mood, unexpected things happened or she just got so busy. You never know. You should show up and impress her by conveying to her you are always there whenever she needs. This is a Followup in sales.
Once I was on a date, during our first date out, she directly told me: You are a sales professional, right? I was like how did you know before I tell you? She is like: You are nailing it down, you are selling yourself to me now, ofc she told this as a joke but it is what it is in reality.
Master your sales skills, you will get more dates. Eventually, you’ll find the love of your life or whatever you are seeking in dating. Good luck :)
Sales is just like dating.
Do you agree with me? I wonder what you think, lemme know.
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Take care,
Furkan