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Do salesmen sell or do customers buy?

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    by Joseph Malek

    The job of a salesperson is to bring the product to the customer and/or demonstrate or explain the purpose and the use of the item in question. From that point forward the custo...read more

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    by Cheryl Burger

    Do sales people sell? Of course they do or they would not be making a living at it! And the same holds true for the customer, they buy. This is like asking the question; "Which ...read more

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    by Ned Millis

    After forty-odd years in the business of "selling" I've come to the conclusion that "There's no such thing as a salesman." Until recently I have always thought of salesmen as...read more

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    by Carol Gioia

    Selling is a talent and a skill. The world is populated with people who profess to be salesmen. In actuality they are employed as "order takers." They wait on customers and c...read more

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    by Baldytaz

    We are always selling. This is meant as no affront to the average consumer, which is at least 90% of the buying community, but they have zero idea what is going on. A salespe...read more

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    by Sagebomb

    No product can ever sell its self. Even if a product is picked off a shelf in a supermarket and taken to a checkout operator it has been though a sales process. Not where the cu...read more

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    by Dave Astley

    As an experienced sales professional I have absolutely no doubts that salesmen sell products and services far more often than customers buy them. Although there are a variety of...read more

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