There’s no sales personality test to make a military veteran’s transition from military life to civilian life easy. Fortunately, returning from a war zone isn’t as difficult now as it was in the Viet Nam era, when soldiers were treated with hostility and protest demonstrations. Now, at least, our military men are recognized and appreciated

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You’ve probably heard that tired old cynical definition of insanity; it’s doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s supposed to be a quirky way of bringing you to some kind of epiphany, in case you’re in a rut. And for people who are constantly trying to achieve better sales by

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Ask any sales manager what their worst job is and 3 out of 4 times they’ll say “hiring salespeople.” In fact, most sales managers, who’ve had some experience in the job, can tell you about some real disaster sales hires they’ve made. Want to be a successful sales manager?  Realize, then, that you must stop

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If you’re in the position where you do the sales hiring for your company, you probably have your own idea of what makes a good salesman. But if you find that your sales hires are unsuccessful more than one out of four times, maybe you should re-think your criteria. Different sales managers look for different

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  When you’re a sales manager, you generally wear a lot of different hats, but you wish you could leave your sales hiring hat it the closet. You have to develop and implement marketing strategies, prepare action plans, oversee sales tactics, keep an eye on expenses, monitor goals and profitability, and provide feedback to your

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