Tim Kinnett

CSO/CPO at Independent Printing

Characteristics of a qualified salesperson

I came across an article and thought it was pretty accurate as far as the 4 main characteristics that make a good sales person

Assertive: goal-oriented, competitive, decisive, impatient, controlling, loud; more likely to speak in sentences than in questions
Amiable: patient, friendly, open to challenges, calm, informal; often good listeners who ask many questions and seek strong personal relationships
Expressive: people-pleasing, convicted, colorful, persuasive, outgoing, creative, spontaneous, intuitive, loyal, enthusiastic; also likely to speak in sentences instead of questions and seek strong personal relationships
Analytic: impersonal, fact-driven, formal, serious, direct, patient, prepared; likely to ask many questions and not seek personal sales relationships

Thoughts?

Agree

Attached poll

48%

I agree

32

15%

I disagree

10

36%

different opinion

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Sunbunny31

Politicker

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Hi Tim, you're new. You'll get the best engagement from the group here if your posts are meaningful and relevant and are created by you, using your experience.
Many of us fled LinkedIn and that kind of content because it's soapbox-y and pretentious, and come here to discuss sales, issues, etc.
So if you can bring this up in a "I read an article that mentioned these traits and found them interesting, do you agree? " with some context about why you found them interesting and if they apply to you or your experience, rather than "here's my copy paste text block that informs but does not engage" you'll do better.
That said, this isn't intended to be gatekeeping, just a suggestion for how best to engage with the group here and what's been best received.

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CSO/CPO

Hey Sunbunny31,Appreciate the reply and definitely agree with your suggestion and will keep in mind as I continue on this new communication platform. I will be bringing a few things soon that will not be copied and pasted and no personal input. But for now simply feeling out what type of responses will be received from a basic posting.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Welcome! New voices are definitely appreciated. Take a look around. The other thing I'll advise is to check the search bar prior to posting to see if there's anything that's already been posted, and if what you want to post adds more value. Looking forward to hearing from you!

detectivegibbles

Politicker

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Sales Director

Maybe link the article? This doesn't make any sense...

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CSO/CPO

It most definitely makes sense but I'll supply a bit more to help with the basics of what I posted, hope this helps
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4173-personality-traits-successful-sales-people.html

detectivegibbles

Politicker

5

Sales Director

It doesn't make sense without any context.

You copied and pasted the section that talks about the personality types but said they were the 4 types of characteristics of a qualified sales person...

I'd encourage editing the post to include the part of the article that talks about HOW TO SELL to those types of traits...

2

CSO/CPO

Understood about copy and paste and was simply starting and sampling the type of responses that would come with it. Now I know and will provide my own personal experience comments or questions to this diverse group of professionals

CuriousFox

WR Officer

3

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What are your thoughts? 🤔

RedLightning

Politicker

2

Mid-Market AE

I think some of these traits are conflicting

RandyLahey

Politicker

2

Account Executive

Welcome Tim! Original content, relevant and thought out is king here. But I can see from your interactions thus far that you are open to feedback.
Best of luck.

WheelofCheese

Opinionated

1

Sales Executive

I’m confused. You’re describing all personality types. Is this meant to be a tongue and cheek post?

1

CSO/CPO

Exactly finally someone gets it. Thank You

WheelofCheese

Opinionated

0

Sales Executive

😁

Maximas

Tycoon

1

Senior Sales Executive

I agree, recommend you to check my reply on the other same post you made!
https://bravado.co/war-room/posts/characteristics-of-a-qualified-sales-professional

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