A Journey into Sales

-Know and believe in what you are doing or selling.

-You serve the needs of others.

-Sales is serving the unserved.

-Sales is selling whatever is lacking.

-In selling, different is good.

-It requires a lot of faith, self-confidence, willingness and preparation in accordance with the competitive products you are about to present.

-See things objectively.

-Be open-minded and always have the facts.

-Your products or services should make a difference over the competitor’s.

-Be disciplined and detailed, put the customer first, meet the customer on their turf.

-Be inspiring and exceptional in your product knowledge.

-Travel as necessary to perform the sales target.

-Sales is truly a matter of numbers.

Mr Bülent Belbez was born in 1968 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Chemical Engineer with a BS and MS. He received another MS in food science and technology in the USA. He worked three years technical and 14 years in sales at multinational and Turkish companies. He sold ingredients and additives to mainly food and chemical industry with mostly R&D work in developing recipes and testing the products. As part of his job, he travelled extensively in Europe to visit the companies he had represented for training and meetings. He has been tutoring business English lessons as a freelance tutor since 2015.