The world’s oldest profession involves selling. One might even argue about which came first – the selling or the sex? In fact, selling and sex are so closely related that succeeding at either one of them can be euphoric, addictive, and good fun. Some.

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A sale is often completed in business without any inspection of the actual products by the purchaser; as when the sales person shows a picture of it with a catalog number. The “goods” are to be delivered later. However, the selling process is...

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A little over a week ago, I wrote Sales Management, It’s About Inspecting The Process, Not Transactions . In talking to many people who contacted me about the article, we ended up talking about the confict sales managers face in doing their jobs. Yes,..

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More salespeople make the mistake of overselling their prospects than underselling. In plain English, they talk their prospect to the point where there is a readiness to buy and then talk them out of that mood, losing the interest and the order after it..

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There are two kinds of sales managers. The first one, a more focused type, concentrates on improving his sales reps’ strengths while downplaying their weaknesses. The second type of sales manager is one who shapes his sales reps to become all around...

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