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Entries from November 2007

Being prepared v being slimy

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Over on his blog James Duncan Davidson tells the story of his recent car purchase experience Car Salesman Protocols and it got me thinking about my best car buying experience and what I can learn from that sales professional.
Slimy sales people who handle and manipulate will drive me away from purchasing a product even if [...]

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Technology sale meetings, the basics

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Over on BeyondVC Ed Sim has a nice post entitled Tips for the first VC Meeting I found this article through BrownBlog’s post entitled Tips for the first VC Meeting or Customer Stating how to Sell to Him
The root post is very insightful and should be read and digested by anyone selling software face to [...]

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Most Embarrassing Sales Moment

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Over on Lawrence GG Brown’s blog BrownBlog he has a nice post recalling his Most Embarrassing Sales Moment.
Reading it made me cringe with him in embarrassment and it made me think back to my most embarrassing moment in a sales presentation; so I thought I would also share..
I was selling Alienbrain at the time; it [...]

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