SmartPartner said...

SmartPartner at 08:48 PM JST - 4th June

Thanks for reading. Clarification on Cow's comments: the lights on the arena came back on if you re-read the article you'll catch it. Yes, with gloves on you would be visible to the a mob, so please take your gloves off if a mob goes after you. Third, I asked…

Posted in Time for sales staff to take the gloves off at 08:48 PM JST - 4th June
SmartPartner at 10:04 AM JST - 28th April

tkoind2- Thanks for reading great comment. Questions will keep you from wasting time with clients that are not going to spend money. Questions will help you to find which clients have money and how they will allocate it for your projects. You are very right, when noone is buying anything,…

Posted in Bad sales numbers? Don’t take it personally; your questions sucked at 10:04 AM JST - 28th April
SmartPartner at 03:24 PM JST - 27th April

I am clueless about your comment :-)

Posted in Bad sales numbers? Don’t take it personally; your questions sucked at 03:24 PM JST - 27th April
SmartPartner at 10:53 AM JST - 27th April

Altria, thank you for writing that, I couldn't! Cheers mate :-)

Posted in Bad sales numbers? Don’t take it personally; your questions sucked at 10:53 AM JST - 27th April
SmartPartner at 10:12 AM JST - 27th April

Thanks for reading some of my article.

The point was to give sales people various questions, at various stages, for practice, possible use and roleplaying.

That was made very clear if you read it.

Posted in Bad sales numbers? Don’t take it personally; your questions sucked at 10:12 AM JST - 27th April
SmartPartner at 09:49 AM JST - 27th April

ultradude, thank you for reading. Almost half-way through 2009, lets keep punching!

For some great sales reading buy anything Gitomer writes.

http://www.gitomer.com/

The little red book of sales changed my life :-)

Posted in Bad sales numbers? Don’t take it personally; your questions sucked at 09:49 AM JST - 27th April
SmartPartner at 10:30 AM JST - 10th April

Brilliant comment about "Yes". Avon is one of the industry leaders in direct selling having been around for generations.

Read the book "Birth of a Salesman: The Transformation of Selling in America by Walter A. Friedman"

There is information about how Avon got started, very strong brand, best of selling…

Posted in Avon calling at 10:30 AM JST - 10th April
SmartPartner at 08:39 AM JST - 8th April

usaexpat - Thanks for reading and the feedback. Indeed having sales people hire other sales people is great advice. Too bad it doesn't always happen that way.

Concrete- Thanks for reading. Maybe we could do a booklet together titled, "Life is easy, just don't suck" :-) I'm all ears mate!

Posted in Beware toxic assets in a depression at 08:39 AM JST - 8th April
SmartPartner at 09:43 AM JST - 3rd April

ben4short - Understood, let's see YOUR articles and linkedin profile, or full name so we can check out your background. Would be interesting to see how YOU tackle difficult issues and write about them. Oh, and make sure you are writing it in a second language. The writer did a…

Posted in Dealing with sexual harassment in the workplace at 09:43 AM JST - 3rd April
SmartPartner at 04:26 PM JST - 30th March

They should run a skeleton crew of account managers/editors with a free-lancer group for a PDF web-only or iPhone/iTunes only version. Silly to cut and walk like that.

Posted in Esquire Japan to cease publication amid tough times for magazine industry at 04:26 PM JST - 30th March