Q: Nobody likes to feel pressured during a sale, so when interact with your customer, you need to avoid any statement or action that may create tension. Persistently and consistently engage the customer, but once your customer starts backing off, you need to do the same. Doing otherwise may make you seem pushy and intimidating. Depending on the circumstances, you might be able to increase the sales total by recommending products related to the main product your customer has decided to buy. Choose items that may genuinely benefit the customer. The add-on product should either improve the original product or address some fear related to the original purchase. For instance, you might recommend matching earrings to a customer interested in buying a necklace or security pens to a customer buying a checkbook cover. At minimum, purchases must be packaged safely before being handed or shipped to the customer. It's also good to package purchases in an aesthetically pleasing manner. Products that can break must be wrapped in an adequate amount of padding or tissue paper to protect them. Consider printing shopping bags with your company's logo or including customized business cards inside boxed packages. Even small details can make the buying experience more exciting for the customer. Encourage customers to buy another product later by including a free sample of that product with his or her original purchase. For example, you might include small sample tubes of lip balm when a customer purchases other lip care products from you, or a sample swatch of perfume when a customer purchases a matching lotion. Unlike samples, free gifts won't encourage the customer to buy any specific product from you in the future, but they can build your reputation with the customer and cause him or her to visit your shop again. Gifts should be small but meaningful. For instance, a seller at a book store might throw a free bookmark into the shopping bag before handing it over to the customer. When an unforeseen circumstance damages the product after the transaction has already concluded, and neither you nor the buyer are at fault, you will need to take the loss instead of forcing it on your buyer. You may never encounter this issue if you sell in person, but you'll probably deal with it at some point if you plan to sell online. For example, if the purchased product gets lost or damaged in the mail, you'll need to be willing to offer a refund or replacement if you want to keep your customer happy. Happy customers are more likely to buy from you again and recommend you to others. When appropriate, consider following up with the customer after the transaction is complete. Doing so suggests that you genuinely care about the customer beyond his or her wallet. If you've made an online sale, for instance, send an e-mail to the customer a few days after the product was due to arrive. Ask if the package arrived in good shape and if the product meets his or her needs. For sales made in person, following up might not be necessary. You should make it easy for the customer to contact you again by providing business cards or by printing contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers on the sales receipt. Build on past success and correct past mistakes. Selling is a skill you'll need to continually improve if you want to survive in the broader marketplace. Review your past successes. Ask yourself which tactics encouraged the customer to buy from you and include those in your future selling experiences. Likewise, review your past failures. Try to identify things that drove the customer away and avoid making similar mistakes in the future.
A: Avoid acts of desperation. Encourage appropriate add-on purchases. Package the product with care. Offer samples and free gifts. Sacrifice when necessary. Follow up. Learn from experience.

Q: Success is contagious. Make friends with people you admire. Join teams with people who have achieved things you want to achieve. If you meet someone whose success you admire, or are jealous of, swallow your jealousy and welcome their company. It may be tempting to hang out with people who make you look good, but you'll lose sight of your goals if the bar is set low everywhere you look. Besides, you'll enjoy your friendship more with people you truly admire. Compete with yourself as well as with others. When you have achieved a goal, set your next goal higher. For instance, if you got all A's and B's one semester, set the goal to get all A's the semester that follows. Take time to celebrate each goal as you achieve it, but avoid complacency. If you notice yourself feeling jealous or unsuccessful, that's a sign that you're ready to set a new goal. Identify the cause of the negative feeling, and set a goal that will catapult you beyond it. For instance, if you are jealous of your neighbor's new car, set goals for earning or saving more money so that you can buy a car you like. You may end up changing your mind about the car once you have achieved your goal. The satisfaction you get from setting a goal and achieving it will be greater than any satisfaction you can get from showing up someone else.
A: Surround yourself with winners. Outdo yourself. Turn negative feelings into motivation.

Q: Don't try to remove the jewelry yourself, or you will make the condition worse. Whether it is infected or embedded, visit your doctor and be sure to tell them that you want the nose ring permanently removed. Many infections can be treated without removing the jewelry, so tell your doctor that you want it take out; otherwise, they'll assume you want to keep it in. If your jewelry has become embedded, it may require surgical removal. Talk to your doctor about getting it removed as soon as you can. If you have removed your nose ring for good, you want to make sure the hole shrinks without infection or other trouble. Continue to clean the wound area twice a day using warm water or a saline solution. In most cases, the piercing hole will heal on its own, shrinking down so that all is left is a barely noticeable dimple. If your piercing has become stretched, it is less likely to heal back to its original shape. If you change your mind, and decide to get your nose pierced again, make sure the hole heals completely before getting it pierced again. If the area doesn't heal, you can create scar tissue from the additional trauma to your nose. The piercing must be healed on both sides. How long this will take will vary from person to person.
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Take your jewelry out unless it's become embedded or infected. Help the piercing heal. Wait for the area to heal before getting a new piercing.