How
To Make Your Cash Register Ring All Day
By Saleem Rana
A woman
walks into a sweet-smelling shop, the product display is exquisite,
the perfumes and oils and soaps bright and enticing.
She
is approached by a young man. His face is bright, enthusiastic, well-scrubbed.
His hair is clean and fragrant, his nails trimmed, his suit pressed,
and his shoes polished. Then he opens his mouth and uses words with
the sophistication of a back-alley brawler.
The
magic is lost. After a few flustered words, a few patent excuses,
the woman leaves. The cash register remains untouched, and the proceeds
for the day the same. Hour after hour this tragedy continues.
What
tragedy befell this merchant?
Meanwhile,
she, still in need of cosmetics and toiletries visits another store
in the mall. There the pace is hectic, the display mauled over, and
the salesman, despite careful grooming in the morning, now appears
disheveled by too much work.
She
approaches with hesitation, and her impatience and resistance, too,
are stronger. Seeing her approach, the salesman speaks.
She
smiles for the first time that day, the pinched look on her face disappears,
the pursed lines around the mouth soften. Eloquent words flow from
his lips, words of courtesy, interest, and charm.
He shows
her one product after another, describing the benefits and the magnetism
of each in turn. Soon she is moving swiftly, from one choice piece
of soap to another bottle of exquisite scents. She piles up her arms
then asks him to assist her to carry more. Together they carry the
boxes to the counter.
The cash
register rings yet again, the drawer is almost overflowing with ill-pressed
bills, and the salesman barely has enough time to close it and catch
his breath when she has been replaced by yet another eager customer.
Why
the good fortune of this merchant?
Business.
It is simple. It is the words you use.
Business. It is complex. It is the words you use.
Words
create reactions, people buy or refrain from buying because of them.
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A product
is manufactured. A service is created. A structure is built around
them. A strategy is designed to deliver them to the public with the
most appeal. Yet without words, no perception is created.
The
beautiful product image is not interpreted. The stirring value of
it’s content is not appreciated. The elaborate service model
is not permitted full execution. Without words, it is only so much
dust. Another product that sits on the shelf, another enterprise that
is unvisited, another service that is not sought.
But
add words, the right words, and it is as if the dust is now fairy
dust. Everything now has a certain magic, a mysterious appeal, an
allure that cannot be denied. Even yesterday’s outdated product
is perceived with a nostalgic touch and considered a vintage find.
The eager hand of the customer reaches for it. Money is exchanged.
The cash register rings. The merchant is happy, his face uplifted
in a smile, a vision of prosperity glazing his eyes.
What
do words do?
They
lift up perception.
A product
is just another product. Until words are added to it. Then it takes
on luster and power and comes into a life of its own.Heed your words,
your spoken words, your written words.
It’s
not enough to throw a pitch, to make a broad appeal for interest,
to say any foolish thing that comes to mind in a clumsy grope for
rapport.
Something else is necessary, the right words; and behind the words,
a service philosophy, a genuine desire to be of help.
Business
is about words. The right words. The expressive words. The words that
lure, dazzle, entangle. Each person is in a world of their own, a
trance of mixed variety, and your product is just another product,
until you add the right words to it; then it flies off the shelf,
and behind your customer is another, waiting eagerly in line to satisfy
the perception that the words she overheard you speak aroused in her.
Business
is simple if you use the right words. It’s complex if you use
the wrong ones. Train your sales people with the right words and magic
happens. The rest of the story, the quality, the display, the structure
around which the business is molded pale in comparison to the words
used to describe the merchandise.
Business
is about words.
Whatever
the business, regardless of the magnificence of its shape, size, and
reach; regardless of its originality, brilliance, and design; deny
it the power of words, and like a magnificent ocean liner striking
a reef, it will sink like a rock.
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