Archive for August, 2007

Job Hopping

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Having recruited sales professionals for 10 years I have seen how the best have gotten ahead and raised their income levels.  With few exceptions, it wasn't from changing jobs every 1-2 years.  In fact, with too many jobs on your resume the best and most sought after positions will be ...

Selling To VITO

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

I have read Selling to VITO and seen Tony Parinello live.  The essence of his approach is to go straight to the top person in an organization ( VITO = Very Important Top Officer) and get their backing to shorten your selling cycle and increase your sales.  Nothing really new there ...

Brag Books

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

If you go to the resources part of our website you can see examples of how to put together a brag book.  What I want to talk about is what to do with one.  Essentially, if the sales manager absolutely loves or hates you the brag book is going to ...

Due Diligence

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Nothing is worse than getting a new sales job and finding out that you have been misled or lied to about the opportunity.  Sometimes, everything that was directly told you was true, only they left out a few important facts.  For example, maybe 20% of the company's sales reps earn ...