The Hard Sell

I declare right up front that I am not, and never have been a fan of the Hard Sell. You have probably guessed that from all my previous posts.

And if you ask most people about what they think about the profession of selling they will often describe something akin to the ‘Hard Sell’. Of late I have also noticed a rise in ‘hard sell’ stories where people are being unnecessarily pressured to buy or sales people being pressured to sell at almost any cost.

The hard times may be pushing some people to do things they wouldn’t normally do like the “Hard Sell”.

The Hard Sell can also be described as:

Boiler Room Techniques
High pressure selling

To put it into perspective, the ‘hard sell’ is not a common sales strategy employed by many businesses today … read more by subscribing.