Category Archives: selling

A bad word?

Sales – some believe is an undesirable profession, something to be ashamed of.  After working in business development for over a decade, I beg to differ. 
Unless you’re into making a quick sale – the kind where you take someone’s money and run – selling, whether it be products or services, is an honorable career path.
Here’s [...]

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Roll up your sleeves

Of the 1.3 million US college graduates in 2007, more than 50% became professional sales  people.1  That same year the total number of graduates from US med schools was 16,000.2
I can see how some might find this statistic shocking.  Particularly those who feel that sales is beneath them.
Make no mistake, even though most sales people do not [...]

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Negotiating the Em-Powered Way

If you’re in the game of taking control of your career and running it like a business, negotiating your pay package is the most important negotiation that you’ll go into during your working life.  And if you’re doing things right, this negotiation will take place several times during the span of your career.  For the [...]

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