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Who's selling and who's buying - Are you selling or are you being sold??

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Be careful! You may not be the one doing the selling. You may be letting your customer sell you. If they sell you, you won't sell them. This will be a controversial article for the "if I could would you?" crowd.

You have 5 seconds - First impressions - An easy Close with high gross starts with the greeting

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REMEMBER: An easy close with high gross profit start with the greeting . You know how important first impressions are, and you only have about 5 seconds to make that first impression. Take a check up from the neck up before you take that up - make sure you're in the right frame of mind, thinking positively and assuming you'll make the sale. You'll find everything you need for a successful greeting in the Baker's Dozen for Relationship selling -- maximize that first 5 seconds.

EZ Sales - An Easy trick to get a few payment bumps - find out what they are really able to pay

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When you ask a customer what kind of payment they can afford they will give you the lowest possible number every time. So, how do you find what they can really do for a payment? This is a super easy trick, anyone can do it.

Show them the Buffet - Sell them the car they didn't know they wanted!

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"Show them the buffet" was something Ed always said and firmly believed. All of the cars were mixed up, so if you wanted to see all of any particular model, you'd have to walk through the whole lot, the back lot where the new arrivals are, and even though the shop to see if any were in there being worked on. After doing that the customer has seen all of the cars on the lot! Not only the ones they are looking for.