Fake Money Blog

Yesterday night I was in an informal meeting that discussed China as an export market for Finnish industries. We had interesting set of people giving short presentations of various issues that must be addressed. As usual, presentations were not the thing I went to check out. I was there because of leads.
WORN OUT ADVICE ON [...]

Good people get often trampled by bad people. The good ones are usually so innocent and sweet that they end up being bad for themselves. For a seasoned salesman this kind of a prospect is the test of a moral backbone.

DO YOU HAVE BUSINESS ETHICS?
Innocent and trusting people really do listen to the sales professional. [...]

There are times when I don’t believe what I’m hearing. This brilliant video grasps that specific feeling so well that there’s nothing left to say.

This week’s carnival is very special because of my lack of updating the publishing schedule. I did try to do it once, but blogcarnival.com happened to be down. Enjoy my oldies and one recent production (just for this carnival).
BIG GAME HUNTER
Written just for this carnival. It is about my encounter with an international hunter.
I KILLED [...]

I’m 100% sure that you thought this to be about a salesman who only goes after big sales - it’s not. It’s about a customer who happened to have an extraordinary hobby - big game hunting.
BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY
It was a beautiful day with sunshine and those white fluffy clouds with frosting on the top. I [...]

In the still of the night. Midsummer and all of Finland is drunk except religious fanatics and me. I am writing posts for next week, because I have absolutely no time to spend on this personal project during the next week. Florence Nightingale once said that if you practise something every day for one hour [...]

We have the lead generation, sales negotiation with information gathering and offer calculation and formulation and finally the fulfillment part. Lead generation is the one that is the easiest to subcontract from an outside source or dedicate special team for that inside the company.
THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS
Naturally you don’t need to divide your sales [...]

I believe that any successful company has special relative strength in the area of sales when compared to their competitors. Good sales department secures strong revenue stream for the company and enables business development.
THIS DRAG CALLED SALES FULFILLMENT
Normally lead generation is the part of the sales process, which is considered as the great time sink. [...]