Definitely, it can possible to sell product without lying. That's why we are taliking about customer relationship management. Faith should maintain between company- employee-customers-consumers.It is difficult to maintain in current scenario, i agreed that many company's sales person to manager are lying towards customers/consumers. Politics is much important factor in corporate that we know very well.Nothing is impossible but difficult.
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Virag Shah, Confidential
| 01 12 2011 13:07:00 +0000
yes, a product or service can be sold without false promises or misled info. infact, there could be the usage of white lies which in marketing parlance is widely legitimate.. in today's environment, when infinite products/services are vying with eachother for survival, its only natural for people behind the products to take short cut methods to stay afloat..
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Kiran Sethumadhavan, Partner, Sunrise Associates
| 01 12 2011 10:46:01 +0000
Depends on the product life if it is short lived you can not but will have to lie and if you want it to be sustainable and profitable on a longer run better show the truth and let the product prove itself to attract customers.
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Harshit A Shah, Consultant, Independent Consultant
| 12 29 2010 07:50:07 +0000
Selling a product or service doesn't mean lying all the time. Selling a product or service means meeting the needs or demands surged from a particular segment. In few decads ago salesman were considered to be "cheater" but no longer now.Custmers, nowadays, are aware about what's happening around them, & who could offer them value for money, so cheating or lying to them will lead a company to nowhere. The focus of every business is shifting from selling to scoring brownie points by means of customer relationship management.
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Ajeet Pratap, Marketing Officer
| 12 26 2010 18:44:57 +0000
If you want only one time sale. Then lies will pay. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â BUT If you look forward to sales in the coming days and a steady growth of your organization, then don't depend on lies. Ensure the quality of goods and make only true claims about the product. Only this will help you in the long run. Lie has short legs. it will not help you in the long run.
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Vinod Alexander, Acountant (Payable), National Corporation for Tourism & Hotels, Abu Dhabi
| 12 22 2010 11:21:30 +0000
Yes.Sales is a profession which doesn't keep any boundaires to restrict your thoughts for selling a product/service.
Though it deals with numbers pretty often,it doesn't mean that you have to lie on what you sell just to accomplish your target.The reason being,every new business would not only adds value to your organisation but also plays a vital role in increasing the reputation of it.Any sale made of being straight to your prospects would definitely be valued high.Hence,its not necessary to lie for selling the product/service.
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Natarajan.N , Sr.Exe-Business Development, Congruent Info tech (P) Ltd
| 12 21 2010 20:28:17 +0000
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If the customer has 5 needs and my product can cater to only 1 compared to the competitor's 4. I as a sales person would try making that 1 need most essential compared to the rest, to sell my product. Now if this is lying then there is very little sales with out lies. But blatantly giving wrong info about a product is a definite NO NO.
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Cecil Abraham, Head of Department - Corporate Training, TalentPro India HR Pvt Ltd
| 01 12 2011 10:23:04 +0000
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