Its a really big question because the answer is in a big scope.For sales,u always have to suffer for the first 1-3 months because u have to "create networking" between people before u guys can "sync" ur products and ur customers moolah.

Normally i take out all my old name cards given,and start by calling the potential ones 1 by 1 asking em to come out.They'll know ur intention,they/re not dumb.But make sure ur own approach is not to sell.Its purely going out.Then just wait til the right question comes out,"So, what ure doing for living nowdays?"

LAUNCH YOUR ATTACK!

In sales, it depends on what are u trying to sell first:

You or the product itself.

I'm not implying that u can just sell urself or the product alone,heck no.Its which do u promote to the customers first.If ure a sluggish person and walks like 20kgs of rice tied to ur leg and talks like a dead man.No matter what u sell,U WON'T BE ABLE TO CLOSE A SALE even your product is whatever top notch bladah bladah bladah.

A good sales combination would be a presentable person,well trimmed and groomed.You don't have to wear an Armani suit to impress.Press your pants and your shirts,get a hair cut,cut your nails.small good and there you are.Stand with proper posture.A product can sell by itself if its selling BENEFITS instead FUNCTIONS,ATTRIBUTES or whatever u wanna call it.Just my 2 cents.Sorry for the caps.