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I'm back again, y'all.
Bored at work, as we're slower than shit. Should be going home in a few and wanted to do another one of these threads.
On me: 24 year old timeshare salesman averaging $12,000 a month income. Here to help build sales pitches, give general sales advice, answer questions about timeshare, or get called a fag a bunch.
I'm going to focus on getting prospective clients to ask you the right questions and how to work a tie-down today.
>>1038712
Home. Phone died.
So, getting clients to ask the right questions. Some anons might be wondering why it's not the other way around. That's because telling isn't selling. Nobody cares about the features of your product or service until they've asked for them. You'll ask questions, but there are certain questions you want a client to ask, and you'll want to steer the conversation that way.
Some examples:
>What does it do?
>Why...
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>>1038894
So you have a product that saves people money by reducing their electricity consumption. The benefit is obvious. It saves money. The how is great; it reduces electricity. To get a sale, you need to introduce that benefit, explain how it's achieved, and then justify the cost.
So...
>It's a Widget. When did you first hear about it?
I didn't. What's it do?
>Well, that's a great question. If I told you it saves you money,...
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>>1038904
Look back up through the thread. Every question is met with another question for the most part. Every statement ends with a question designed to elicit a yes. Since examples.
>Saving money would be a benefit, right?
>You can see the benefit here, right?
>So if you could use it in the shower, it'd be better?
>So, if I understand correctly, you'd like it to do X, Y, and Z?
All are answered with a yes. You want those small yesses because it helps make the big one easier. You don't start a date by asking a girl to let you bend her over the kitchen table and fuck her in the ass. You start with a hello, work to a hand hold, then to a kiss and so on. (Actually had a female manager give me that one). If they've done nothing but say yes to you for the past hour, it makes saying the big yes a lot easier, and saying no a lot harder.
>buy shares just 1 month ago
>see drop by almost 20% now
>tfw this is just the beginning of the shitstorm that is to come...
Bill wants to make money on the stock market
Bill is waiting for the bottom of the dip before buying
Bill is clever
Be like Bill
>>1043993
>bill didn't tell me shit
>blew my load last week
>fuck this niggershit needs to pause at least
>>1044000
lol dummy. you didn't buy the dip
http://marketrealist.com/2015/02/although-job-creation-remains-elevated-participation-low/
"Since the onset of the recession in 2008, labor force participation in the United States has dropped by more than 3 percentage points. As the chart below shows, looking further back, since peaking in the late 1990s, the percentage of workers has dropped by 4.4 percentage points, meaning millions of individuals are no longer engaging in regular work."
how long until there won't be any jobs for anyone?
>>1043985
Eh, 40 years.
People keep thinking "more automation, less jobs" means eventually the government will give everyone free money and they'll be in paradise, but in reality it's more like everyone living in post cold war Russia
only an absolute moron could read the job participation and interpret it as loss of jobs. in case you didn't know there is an enormous bulk of population known as baby boomers that are retiring and that's why job participation is dropping.
the only reason YOU don't have a job is because you're lazy and incomprehensibly stupid, not because of "the economy".
stop shitting up /biz/ and go the fuck back to /pol/ with these retarded "it's happenings".
Here's a story for you /biz/anons,
My neighbour used to import buttons and other shit and sell to haberdasherys, around 3000% marge. He was the first one to import that kind of stuff from china in here (EU).
He was doing pretty well for himself untill he started ditributing those sort of draperies / curtains which old ladies could embroider with thread included in the set in a way that some religious motive would come out. Pic related Two months later he's bought two new premium class cars and bragged how much of success it was.
I guess what im...
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>>1043980
Also for amerifags, a brand new premium car here = 70 x avarage national wage
ty
You pussy ass long term holders would be making more money if you had the balls to short sell and use puts.
>>1043964
you mean had more free time to predict markets. most long term holders are employed and such.
>>1043995
I actually realized that after I made this post.
Today is a good day to double down.
Shorting is absolutely retarded.
Just do inverse ETFs if you want to benefit from the crash without putting yourself at risk of literally infinite losses.
So i may be getting the opportunity to be a used car salesmen #scumbag
Any tips?
I am hardly a salesmen. I have no experiance trying to sell anything.
well-oiled hair.
>Start 401k last month like you guys said
>Already in the red.
seriously fuck you all.
>>1043841
>Giving a shit about a short-term drop in a 20+ year retirement account.
Stay needlessly stressed, silly anon.
>>1043841
You had a job but didn't start your 401(k)? You're retarded
>>1043841
>Not starting it in the middle of a recession so you get mad gainz and retire as a multitrillionaire in 3 years
Are you even fucking trying?
So, I'm thinking about starting a consultant business and provide training for companies about feminism, wage disparity, workforce diversity etc. Partly because I think IT companies will eat that shit up to appear more pc than the other, partly because it would be shits and giggles lecturing misogynistic neckbeards who are forced to attend.
In order to sell something like this I think I need to point out what a company gets out of it, but I can't really put my finger on what skills it would improve? Any pointers? Or should I just cite some studies about how diverse...
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Surprisingly self-aware idea for a SJW but there is no way that could possibly profit.
>>1043678
don't get me wrong, I think it is bullshit, but I want to sell that
/biz/ I am starting a business in the service sector that funnels a large portion of business through insurance companies. What are some strategies for getting my business on the lips of the first points of contact. Who do I talk to in insurance to let them know I exist, is it crony capitalism and kickbacks? Expense accounts and gift cards for the adjusters?
Tldr; how do I get my biz through insurance companies.
Bump for capitalism
>>1043650
>tfw you made that gif
It's impossible to say without you telling us EXACTLY what the business is.
Your comment sounds like.... I have an idea for a phone app. How do I sell it?
Since you're talking a service business, it's unlikely that someone reading this is in your city and will steal the idea.
When's the bottom? Why is this happening?
The S&P 500 has dipped again but recovered in the 1850 to 1900 area as it did in October 2014 and August 2015.
http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5Egspc+interactive#{"range":"2y","allowChartStacking":true}
http://in.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets-idINKCN0UT018
shanghai composite
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=000001.SS#symbol=000001.SS;range=2y
I think most likely there is a general global economic slowdown at the end of a long bull market and...
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this chart is by Euan Mearns plotting historical prices against supply, apparently current trends are out of synch
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Price-Scenarios-For-2016.html
all the fracking, russian and Libyan oil is a factor as well of course, even though no one cares I will look into that in more detail tomorrow I guess
Well /biz/? Which category does your major full under?
>>1043128
>tfw you look down upon your own major
>>1043138
This
>psych
Stock picking ideas:
ETSY: 52 week low. Ebay or Amazon buyout target?
GSVC: 52 week low. Owns shares of Lyft, Dropbox, Palantir. IPOs soon?
Comments?
>>1043708
Etsy is absolute trash. I had to check to see that it was the same Etsy I was thinking of because I couldn't believe someone thought taking tumblr's arts and crafts room public was a good idea.
Once they let resellers and manufacturers enter the marketplace, it was done. That was its sole niche, and it caved in the hopes that the increased volume of sales would make up for the decrease in prices and quality.
Amazon won't buy it out. They launched their own handmade division. There's...
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Will the S&P stay down today?
>>1043597
I'm glad you asked that, because I'm just about to build my time machine and find out from the future.
I already gave you the answer yesterday.
>>1043835
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>>1043597
After seeing that picture, I know one thing that ISN'T staying down today, if you know what I mean! ;)))))
![Grain-free-Coconut-pie-crust-540x359[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/N7atBxv.jpg "Grain-free-Coconut-pie-crust-540x359[1].jpg")
>grandma has amazing pie crust recipe
>everyone we know always asks for it
>it's so good, everyone totally ignores the filling and asks about the crust
I think I can market this as a frozen pre-made dough. How would I go about marketting it? I only ask because I realize the food industry is harder to get in to because of the health regulations and all that stuff.
Look at what other small scale food production companies do. You just get your stuff in local stores and spend zilch on advertising. There's basically no marketing involved. That's the first step before getting into large supermarkets. If you don't have locally owned non-ethnic supermarkets in your area, you're probably out of luck, short of selling at farmers markets.
>>1043178
No. Because the second you are noticeable, Pillsbury will do the same thing and out market/produce you.
>>1043178
Pastry has hardly anything to do with the recipe and everything to do with decades of experience making dough. Unfortunately this doesn't scale well and its a pretty specialized offering. Also, there are probably shops in your city already selling pastry dough. Finally, you have to meet food handling, production and packaging laws.
Selling whole pies would probably add more value but I don't really see this as viable friendo
