Topic 

The art of selling art

Main body 

Main idea

       To share the experience of selling paintings, the mistakes i made, and the knowledge i learned, and how i improved myself into becoming a better salesperson by observing the customers and the way others sell paintings.

Topic sentence 1

    Since it was my first year of selling art, i was really excited and wanted to do a good job.

Supporting ideas

   * Inexperienced as i was, i had high hopes about the results.
   * So i poured all of my effort into talking and persuading every single person that passed by, even the          teenagers and the one's who brought cameras with them.
   *  I was really exhausted but felt good at myself for doing such a "good job" and looked forward to the results.
   * Due to my lack of experience and technique, the results were far from my expectations.

Topic sentence 2

     I knew there must be some severe mistake in my selling technique last year, therefore i observed others and changed my way of selling.

Supporting ideas

  * I learned that a salesperson is very much different from a guide, our goal is to make the deal, not telling everyone how amazing and important the painting is.

  * I began to select my customers, only talking to the ones i think that are likely to purchase the artwork. 

  * By doing so, i began to check out people's clothing and their handbags and so on.

  * I improved a lot this year but i was still too hasty about talking people into buying art pieces.

  * The results were much better but it still didn't meet my expectations.

Topic sentence 3

      Due to my experience of the last two years, i was more familiar with the way how sales business works.

Supporting ideas

  * I got even better at selecting customers. Not only looking at their dressing, but also at their accessories like their watches, jewelry or their glasses.
  * Most of all, i learned the art of talking. I used to be too hasty and talked too much to customers, hoping that the more information they get, the higher the chance of them buying the painting is. But now i learned to talk them into buying art at a slower pace, to let them admire, to let them think, and when the time is right, i'd say a few words to enhance their determination of purchasing.
  * I even contacted outwardly towards customers, reminding them about the art works that they liked.