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Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.
Resolve to be among the top 20% of salespeople who make 80% of the sales.
To me, ideas are like annoying salespeople that only go away once I've built them.
Why do so many salespeople talk to customers about the product and not the result?
Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win.
Salespeople are in the decision business. Their livelihood depends on the decisions of others.
Theatricals can be irritating, but will provide a better night out than mobile phone salespeople.
No computer network with pretty graphics can ever replace the salespeople that make our society work.
Financial planners are salespeople. They are NOT teachers. Get your education from someone NOT getting a commission.
I have next to no interest in makeup as a thing in and of itself, and nothing stresses me out like Sephora's salespeople.
It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.
Salespeople are the most important people in any organization. Until a salesperson gets an order, nobody in the company has a job.
Most salespeople would like to think of themselves as being rock stars, but they don't display the talent to match their definition.
There's an idea out there that salespeople have actually been obliterated by the Internet, which is just not supported by the facts.
Most salespeople are half prepared. They know everything about their company and their product. They know nothing about their prospect.
When you hear bosses talk about their best salespeople, they often refer to them as rock stars. It's the highest praise your boss can give someone on your team.
I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about.
Many salespeople are trying to make their quota rather than developing a deeper belief in their product or service - and even worse, they don't have a strong enough belief in themselves.
A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.
Strong emotional connections between individuals, customers, and salespeople that trust each other will always be 10 times more powerful than the most expensive ad campaign. That's the power social media makes possible.
Just about any growth company is going to need smart salespeople, account and project managers, business development, marketing, operations, customer service, content creation, communications, analytics, and social media.
Qualified software engineers, managers, marketers and salespeople in Silicon Valley can rack up dozens of high-paying, high-upside job offers any time they want, while national unemployment and underemployment is sky high.
I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
The guardians of French pharmacies - the lab-coated salespeople - are busy, serious, and probably know more about your face than you do. Therefore, don't interrupt them, and if they ask you if they can help you, for God's sake, let them. They will not steer you wrong.
When we acquired Secureworks, if we had taken it and made all the salespeople into Dell salespeople, we would have totally destroyed Secureworks. Instead, it remained Secureworks but with capital from Dell and access to Dell's customers. And now, it's a great business.
I've always taught that a poor economy is the best opportunity for salespeople because the naysayers and grumblers have already given up, leaving more territory, more opportunities to be successful than in a good economy when virtually all salespeople are out there, giving it their best.
Grittier students are more likely to earn their diplomas; grittier teachers are more effective in the classroom. Grittier soldiers are more likely to complete their training, and grittier salespeople are more likely to keep their jobs. The more challenging the domain, the more grit seems to matter.