SalesHQ

       Today cracked me up ,I laughed until I had tears rolling down my cheeks. I am speaking to a woman in her late twentys. She is complaining  that she lost her job and cannot find a job.She works in the service world dealing with walk in trade.

        I looked at her  orange ,blue ,red hair with a piercing in the nose and lip and on her tongue and a nice colorful tattoo on her leg and arm and wondered why owners or managers would not hire her.

        I suggessted she try telemarketing.

people dont get it... you have to look a certain way to get hired! period!

       Appearance definitely conrols what you can or cannot do when dealing with sales.Open minded people may not care what someone looks like but wheh it comes to money that they may soon part with appearance will ultimately win out.Buying a car  do you go to the salesperson who is in a tshirt and jeans or the one who is dressed nicely?

       Saying the above I walked into a BMWdealer with a friend who just sold a bar for 4 mil.He looked horrible.Jeans with holes,ragged shirt unpressed tennis shoes. We walked in the showroom,looked around and no one came to us. A nice couple dressed real nice came in and 3 sales people came running ot them,only to find out they had no credit.

      Once the sales people came over to us and my firend was asked how he intended on paying for said vehicle ,he said cash is that  ok?However you will not sell  it to us.We went to another dealer.

    Morale of the story . Your client can look horrible,do not prejudge.You as the sales person must look professional at all times.

Personally tatoos don't bother me as much as a lack of hygiene.  There are hippies and then there are dirty crunchy hippies.

having an up-to-date neat professional appearance doesn't hurt.  I normally dress office casual unless I've got a particular appointment that needs me all dolled up.  Then I always want to look good.  Just Kidding.  Dress for who your meeting with.