{"id":1121,"date":"2015-07-22T16:48:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T20:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2015-08-07T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T16:00:14","slug":"how-to-land-top-sales-talent-in-your-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florist20.com\/blog\/business-tips\/how-to-land-top-sales-talent-in-your-shop","title":{"rendered":"How to Land Top Sales Talent in Your Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You may purchase top quality flowers and employ creative designers with prestigious accreditation, but if your sales staff lacks confidence, ambition or tact, your business will never meet its potential.<\/p>\n

Training, an invaluable exercise for every employee, improves these shortfalls \u2014 to a point. Some people simply aren’t cut out for certain roles, says Mitch Mohanna, of Mohanna Sales Representatives in Plano, Texas.<\/p>\n

“Just as there are natural born opera stars, major league pitchers, and world-renowned sculptors, some people have an innate ability for sales,” Mohanna said. “It takes practice to refine the God-given talent, but you have to be endowed with it by the time you’re about 5 years old to really thrive.”<\/p>\n

That’s why Mohanna insists it’s worth taking time upfront to find candidates who not only possess the work ethic you crave, but also the natural charisma to make sales with ease. “If you don’t have the correct person in the correct position, everyone’s miserable,” he said. “If you have a shy person who has to talk on the phone all day every day, he or she is uncomfortable, your customers are unsatisfied, and you’re unhappy with your sales numbers.”<\/p>\n

The next time you’re in search of new blood for your shop, follow this three-pronged plan to land a natural-born sales person, Mohanna said.<\/p>\n