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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Ron Guilbault

Partners in Excellence

I found a position with one of my vendors at 100% commission, base against draw, plus expenses. As I loved working with a team, I tried a bigger challenge leading an advertising sales team for a publisher of trade journals. The amount was a hell of a lot more than I was making as a buyer. I decided I would get a rep job.

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How to Adapt to the Well-Educated Modern Buyer

Sales and Marketing Management

Here’s a tip: Have your salespeople keep a journal of common customer questions, complaints, and feedback. When you know what pain points customers experience, you’re in a better position to create a product or service that eliminates them. Kelly Bosetti is the CEO and founder of CEA Marketing Group and a keynote speaker.

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Why the Skepticism? Understanding Small Business Owners’ Concerns About Digital Marketing

BuzzBoard

Currently, a worrying 45% of small businesses shun any form of online advertising, according to recent studies. However, embarking on digital advertising initiatives such as content marketing and social media promotions can substantially enhance visibility, cultivates customer fidelity, and escalate profits for local businesses.

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Culture vs. Quota: How the ‘Great Resignation’ is Changing Sales

Zoominfo

Data from Indeed, the recruitment platform, indicates that between July 2020 and July 2021, searches for vacancies advertising such incentives increased by 134 percent. The Wall Street Journal reported that many potential newcomers to sales are turned off by perceptions that the industry relies on toxic high-pressure tactics.

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How to Get Into Sales Without a Degree [+ 7 Expert Tips]

Hubspot Sales

An excellent way to start creating content is to use LinkedIn as a public journal to document your successes, failures, and learnings. While this was a marketing position, this tactic (and more) applies to jobs in many disciplines. Examples are insurance, SaaS, consumer packaged goods, and advertising.

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Taking Us Back—and Bringing us Forward—to a Stable Society

Pipeliner

It provides the drive and energy to the person far beyond the money earned, and has a positive connotation within society. And much of journalism, a field that once had a great deal of meaning, seems to have wholly lost its search for objective truth in the quest to sell advertising. What does meaning do for a profession?

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How to Get Into Tech Sales

Crunchbase

But before you start blanketing every tech company out there with your resume, it’s a good idea to develop a thorough understanding of how to become a competitive candidate for tech sales positions. Let references know that you would like them to highlight certain aspects of your background that will help you win the position you seek.

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