Ask HN: How to sell? 14 years ago
Two pieces of advice.
1. Read. A lot! Some of the best salespeople in the world, the very best in their industries have written books. You can save yourself a lot of time by learning from the best. Commit to reading a sales related book a week, more if you can.
2. Spend as much time as possible in front of customers selling. Not preparing to sell, not going to sell, not travelling or pracitising.. just selling. It is like anything else, the more you do it the better you will get.
If you do just those two things you will become on of the best salespeople in your field. Not to mention the other benefits such as more confidence and money.