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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Business, Finance, and Careers > Hey you, Sales Person. Come here. People want to talk to you.
 
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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

 Hi all, hope this is an acceptable question to ask here.

My brother is in sports sales and enjoying it. He wanted to me to ask for him here if there are any books that aren't bullshit that will actually give valuable insight in terms of how to steer conversations, cold calling tactics, etc. Just kind of a bunch of real advice that is actually going to help hone his instincts?

Much appreciated all.

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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

Duckman2008 posted:

Legit answer: The Art of War is a great book to read if you are in sales.

otherwise, I don’t know about a book, but what he should do is find the top 5-10 sales reps, ask if they can spare 15 minutes , and talk to each of them one on one over the course of a few weeks.


Interesting suggestion re: the book, I will pass it on. In terms of the networking, he's all over that and getting pretty buddy-buddy with a lot of different people in different organizations who already have their eye on him / have started mentoring him a little because he's so good at networking.

fawning deference fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Apr 6, 2023

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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

 Any thoughts on "Inbound Selling" as being worthwhile (or not)?

fawning deference fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Apr 6, 2023

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fawning deference
Jul 4, 2018

 Thanks everyone, these are cool and good replies.

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