“A sale is made when your conviction about something is stronger than the potential buyer’s.”
This is something I recently read in a book on selling.
A large part of the art of selling anything — products, services, ourselves — is about our ability to communicate belief.
If we can show that we believe in what we’re selling, buyers will buy.
Obviously having a good product that produces results is vital for authentically believing in it, and wanting to get out there and sell things.
This was an issue I found with many of the creative freelancers I coached.
Many would create beautiful art, but failed to be motivated to sell, because they lacked conviction in themselves, and their own work.
They couldn’t see why it held value for other people.
What’s interesting is that you can have the greatest product, but if you yourself are not convinced of its value — even if it isn’t perfect (and of course it won’t be), you will have trouble promoting and selling it.
What caught my eye when reading this book was how this idea applies not only to products and services, but also to our own self-belief.
