{"id":349,"date":"2011-08-22T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T12:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/?p=349"},"modified":"2011-08-22T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T12:01:53","slug":"sales-maker-or-order-taker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/2011\/08\/22\/sales-maker-or-order-taker\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Maker or Order Taker?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an argument going on and it\u2019s time for me to weigh in. For years I\u2019ve heard managers complain that their salespeople are \u201clazy order takers.\u201d I\u2019ve witnessed teammates jab at one another by delivering the lowest of all low-blow insults, \u201cYou\u2019re nothing but an order taker.\u201d<br \/>\nSo what\u2019s so wrong with being an order taker?<br \/>\nBetter yet, what\u2019s the difference between an order taker and a salesperson? The difference, in my not-so-humble opinion, lies not in the title but in the attitude, the approach, and the effort of the individual. It\u2019s the difference between being proactive and reactive. Between giving a prospect a quote and giving a prospect a show. It\u2019s a combination of attributes and qualities rather than a scientific definition. Let\u2019s compare:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-350\" title=\"Sales Maker Order Taker\" src=\"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/sales_maker_order_taker.jpg\" alt=\"Sales Maker Order Taker\" width=\"580\" height=\"227\" \/><br \/>\nSo which are you?<br \/>\nOrder-taker or sales-maker? Which would you like to be?<br \/>\nPick your title. Then live by it.<br \/>\n<em><strong>What you call yourself is infinitely more powerful than what others call you.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI don\u2019t care what you call me. I\u2019m making sales.<br \/>\n<strong>Are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s an argument going on and it\u2019s time for me to weigh in. 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