Non- Verbal Communication

Non- Verbal Communication

It is widely known and many coaches, trainers and writers have time and again told us the importance of effective communication. If the communication is not effective the desired objective is not met with, which results in wastage of time, energy and money.

Let us first understand what is communication? : Communication is the transfer of stimuli or the information from the transmitter (a person who has the information) to the receiver (a person who the information is directed at).

There are essentially 3 types of communication: Verbal, Written and Non- Verbal. The impact each one of these types have on the receiver is 7% written, 38% verbal and a whopping 55% is due to Non-Verbal communication.

The first two forms are pretty well known and extremely well used and understood to a large extent. Non- Verbal communication is the most underutilised and not honed properly.

All kinds of communication, which is neither spoken nor written is termed as Non-verbal Communication.

It is not a substitute for verbal communication. It actually enhances the verbal communication if used properly and in line with the context of the meeting.

Personal Appearance, Facial Expression, Posture, Gesture, Eye Contact and Touch are all part of Non Verbal communication. Along with these the personal appearance, the Attire, use of deodorants, perfumes used and tangible accessories like chains, bangles, bracelets, cuff links, ties etc also become an integral part of this very important process. The type of accessory to be used or awareness of body odour is as important as what you speak or write to the client (receiver). This will either make or break the deal.

In any form of communication, Eye Contact is extremely important along with the Body Posture. This is so because it complements what you wish to convey. Eyes and posture convey whether you are honest, interested, bored or cut-off from the conversation (communication process).

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What Makes an Ideal Salesman!

A salesman has always been labelled and generalised as Con Man, and dishonest. This is because of a few dishonest men in this very noble profession who have tarnished it. It is one of the noblest professions in the world because a salesman helps you taking the right decision for yourself. He is actually your friend in need! He helps you in going through your needs and wants and then helps you to choose the product or service which will suit your requirements and budget.

A salesman job is the most difficult. He has to go out there and sell the company’s products and /or services and get revenue for his organisation. Sales the department which actually, physically converts all the effort of an organisation which has conceived, produced, packaged and marketed the product.

Hence, the salesperson becomes a very important person in the entire chain of the organisation.

He has to have a following traits/ qualities in order to become a successful salesperson.

1-         Self Confident

A sales person must be a confident of himself. This means that he must know his product/ service thoroughly. He must be knowledgeable of his competition and the strengths and weaknesses of his own product/ service as well as his competitors’. He must know his target audience or his customer profile. If he is not aware of who, his prospective customers are, he will never be able to sell effectively. For example, If the prospect, he has approached does not have need for the product/ service or if the product /service is as per his needs or wants, but he does not have the required wherewithal (disposable income) to pay, the efforts will be in vain and the sale will not happen.

2-         Empathy

A sales person must always be empathetic towards the clients’ moods and emotion. He must try to think from the clients’ perspective and react.

Suppose during a sales call, a client gets news that some calamity has occurred in his office or premises, it would be help if the sales person understands the situation and asks the customer whether it would be better to stop the discussion there and then if the situation warrants it or does he want to continue. If the customer says that it will be handled by his staff (HR/ Admin dept) and that they can continue, only then he should go further. It will help in strengthening his customer relationship and help him later to close the deal effectively.

3-         Problem Solver

Every salesperson must be a solution provider to the prospective client. He must help the client in visualising how his product or service will help increase the productivity of his firm by saving, time, energy, money, manpower or all of them in some form or the other. 

4-         ‘Never say Die!’ Attitude

An effective and successful sales person has a ‘Never say Die!’ attitude at all times. He is eternally optimistic in nature.

He must be able to take a 99 “No’s” and finally get that 100^th yes and clinch the deal. Every sales call is different because every prospect is different and therefore the next call will also be different than the previous one. Even if the earlier calls have not been converted successfully, he should say to himself, one more call, and I will close this one. Try and try until you succeed.

Try different ways and means, think laterally, and tread the path which others haven’t tried before. There is always a better way, a different way to close the deal.

Be Successful, Be different, Keep Trying! That’s the Mantra!

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Build Customer Loyalty!

In today’s tough times, it is extremely critical for any business/ Brand to have a loyal customer base, which helps it to secure its market share.

So, how do you build and maintain customer loyalty?

Firstly you have to know your own product/service thoroughly. The customer depends upon you to take the decision on whether she/ he will want to purchase your product/ service. If you give the prospective customer an impeccable service from the very moment you meet with him, then you are well on your way to gaining customer loyalty.

But, remember this is only the beginning. You must maintain the same quality and level of service right through the entire sales process which will cement your brand in the mind of the customer. The order, when placed based on the pre-sales process you had undergone must be followed up with the execution as per the commitment made when you secured the order.

The level of service must be maintained consistently during the execution of the order. Special care must be taken after sales as this is the crucial time when most business falter and end up undoing all the good work done earlier.

The after sales follow-up will finally determine whether you will have the customer’s loyalty for life or it will be another casualty. Impeccable after sales service is the corner stone of securing ultimate customer loyalty. Take utmost care to ensure that all existing customers’ queries, complaints are attended to immediately and respond to them each and every time they contact you.

I would like to add here that you will score highly in the mind of the customer if you put in place a customer loyalty program, where you gather all the customers’ details like, birth dates, anniversary dates, etc and send them a greeting on the occasion without fail. A planned periodic visit to the customer’s premises will ensure cementing the loyalty as well as the TRUST factor and also help you in not only getting repeat business but also get you a good amount of referral business from this loyal customer base.

Wishing you a loyal Customer database!

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Market Scenario in Indian Retail Automobile Market

Today's Automobile Market Situation


At the rate at which the Retail Sector and especially the Automobile sector is growing year after year, it is required to have well trained Sales & Service personnel ready to serve today’s discerning customer. Today’s Customer, who is mainly in the 25 – 55 years age group, presents a huge challenge to the Automobile sector in particular. He/ she, is extremely well informed, socially aware, media savvy, up-to date with the latest trends in the world, in India especially, and upwardly mobile with a huge amount of disposable income. He is ready to spend this money on the best things, Life can offer. If we have to take advantage of this and grab a good percentage of this income then we must be ready for the customer. And, this process begins and ends with excellent and well trained and well groomed, sales personnel that is ready to meet and convert maximum sales for the dealership and the Brand.



What is required to achieve the above?
An excellent and well trained person who has the following attributes which are inevitable and is a pre-requisite in today’s day and age.
1) Proper Product knowledge
2) Competitors’ information
3) Excellent Selling Skills
4) Proper Selling Etiquette and Attitude
5) Aware and well read
While Product Knowledge and Competitors’ information is imparted by the Principal the other skills have to be managed by the dealership itself.
It has been noticed, in general, the sales staff is woefully inadequate in some or all these aspects. 


This results in less-than-effective performances and therefore not so encouraging sales performances leading to frustration and finally attrition. Further it is becoming increasingly difficult to hire sales personnel that are trained in all aspects of the sales process.


Do call me if you want your sales force to be well-oiled and ready to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.


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