Whats the best way to get my home designed cards for sale in shops? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 5 answers

NewbieSalesFilter: So im giving sales a try for the first time in my life. I will be selling motorcycles one day a week. Its all commision. What advice can you give to a newbie motorcycle salesman so that i can succeed and make a little extra cash? Suggestions im looking for are, how to close? open ended questions?? Thanks in advance!!
posted on May 12, 2008 - 19 answers

How can I sell surplus stock in North America? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 6 answers

What are commission structures like for software sales reps? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me find an easy Point of Sale software solution for our business [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 8 answers

Where can I find mall and department store sales statistics? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the trajectory of an above-the-line sales career? Assume no college degree but slowly working towards one. [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2008 - 5 answers

How should we make the most of our business trip? Two partners and I are visiting NY next week for a client meeting. (We're normally in London and US West Coast.) We may have a spare couple of days, and I'd like to make those as productive as possible from a networking perspective. Suggestions? (More inside.) [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm going to shoot a TV program. How can I package and sell this germ of an idea? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 4 answers

Can you point me to studies/stats or bona fide case studies on the use of money-back guarantees with information products? [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 4 answers

So I just purchased a ' BRAND NEW HTC MOGUL W/ CLEAR ESN, FREE CAR CHARGER NIB!' from eBay, and now have a few questions about how these cell phone dealers work. [more inside]
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - 1 answers

Where does one find public RFPs for technical projects - specifically websites? Is there a trusted, standard repository of some sort? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me know what people who sell online ads know. [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 1 answers

My family owns a small business. We manufacture boxes, which we sell to other industrial clients. We've hired a salesman, but he has no sales experience. (We're okay with that.) We're teaching him about boxes, but we'd like to get him some sort of training in sales. We don't have traditional expectations (we think of the job more as "customer relations"), and aren't going to demand that he meet quotas, but we'd like him to have grounding in the basics. Can you recommend some good books on sales? How about training seminars in the Portland (Oregon) area? Any web sites he should read? Info on how to approach cold calls would be especially helpful. (So far we're just going with the "baptism of fire" approach, which has its pros and cons.)
posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 16 answers

How can a new company track leads submitted via its website through the sales and post-sales process, simply, automatically, and online? [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 12 answers

What is the etiquette of dealing with commission (commissioned?) salespeople? [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 23 answers

My firm is trying to decide whether to hire a marketing/sales director. I have been tasked with gathering information about marketing and sales in general and presenting that information to the team, so that we can make a decision. So, what are the key responsibilities and duties of a marketing/sales director? What will such a person bring to our team? What's a good way to go about finding the right person for the position? What qualities should we look for in the hiring process? I am particularly interested in service marketing, for small consulting firms. [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 9 answers

What are some free web-based ticket sales applications? [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2007 - 3 answers

For an assignment in college, I need to cough up a sales promotion strategy for a bogus product, complete with a media and planning chart to outline timing and integration. Since the prof has not supplied any chart templates for the class, and I don't have all day to wait for her email reply, where on the internets might I find said chart to coordinate all these activities in a sane manner? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 0 answers

Suggestions for easy ways to automate selling prints of my photos online? Websites/vendors that will do this? [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - 6 answers

How do I learn to optimize my website/sales approach to sell online to college kids? [more inside]
posted on Nov 23, 2007 - 12 answers

Are there likely going to be holiday sales on budget laptops? [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - 14 answers

I have about 200 binary data files totalling about 60 GB that I want to sell online. How should I go about doing this? [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 8 answers

I want to buy a pedal steel guitar, and preferably I would like to buy one from Ed Naylor. I visited his shop in Portsmouth, Ohio, a few years ago and almost got one for US$500. His shop isn't there any more. Anyone know where I can find him? If not, anyone know where I can get a basic beginner's pedal steel guitar for under $1000?
posted on Nov 11, 2007 - 5 answers

How do I find an advertising sales agent who can represent a weekly commercial radio show to advertisers in the San Francisco-Bay Area market. of course there's [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm looking to make some extra income online. How viable is Affiliate Marketing? I currently have no websites, but I am reasonably conversant in web concepts and terms. Anyone have success in this area of online business? If so, how long did it take you to start earning a profit on your campaigns? What kind of input was necessary to achieve these profits? Basically I'm just wondering if this is a viable option for someone with no experience in online business and sales.
posted on Nov 4, 2007 - 9 answers

My singing group sells CDs online using paypal (accepting credit cards) on our website. We also sell CDs at shows where we perform, and so far have been accepting only cash and check. We would like to accept credit cards in hopes of getting even more sales. I'm having trouble finding/understanding the information on the paypal website. Basically, can we get peoples' credit card info (the chick chunk slider?) and manually enter the credit card info into paypal at a later time? (I don't mind doing this manually, it's 50 transactions at the most.) We are straying away from the automatic machines because 1) we won't always have access to power and phone lines 2)we don't want to sign up with another merchant account. Thanks for the help!
posted on Oct 30, 2007 - 15 answers

How do I get rid of a dead car? [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2007 - 21 answers

I want to buy a friend's car. How can I ensure that we'll still be friends after? [more inside]
posted on Oct 6, 2007 - 17 answers

What are the job responsibilities of a high-end furniture sales rep? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - 1 answers

Sales Filter - What are some creative ways to communicate with and motivate an extremely mobile sales force? [more inside]
posted on Aug 2, 2007 - 10 answers

I humbly and politely request your input on my forthcoming character-related logo wear apparel marketing. T-shirts, sweatshirts, keychains, hats, etc., featuring a character I created. [more inside]
posted on Jul 20, 2007 - 13 answers

Is Western-Southern Life a good company to start out selling life insurance with? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2007 - 2 answers

Looking for a little help building a Google Maps/Craigslist display applet. [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2007 - 3 answers

How much do I charge for my lovingly restored 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger with a salvage title? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2007 - 8 answers

Marketing vs. Sales vs. advertising vs. PR -- help me find a great illustration that breaks down the difference between mktg sales PR etc. by showing different perspectives of a guy saying he's a good lover (advertising) or women describing the guy as a good lover (PR)... it was featured in DIgg or Lifehacker or boingboing a while back but I can't find it!
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 2 answers

What's a solid OS X software package for managing small business sales? [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2007 - 7 answers

I am looking for a program that can take customer lists, output route maps and allow for record keeping of sales/customer history. [more inside]
posted on May 24, 2007 - 3 answers

My realtor has gone from a proactive go-getter to a neglectful, smarmy do nothing. I need to sell my condo (I know the market is bad) but it's a nice place in great condition and priced in line with others in the market. How can I get it to move quicker? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2007 - 17 answers

How can I sell better when the interaction begins with a cold call and is transacted entirely over the phone? [more inside]
posted on Apr 11, 2007 - 19 answers

Is it ethical for a women who is in sales to remove her wedding ring so that prospective clients will be more interested in hearing her pitch? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 63 answers

Web-based CRM. Give me something smart to ask the vendor. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 6 answers

I'd like to get into sales. What are the best methods by which to break into the industry without prior experience? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 5 answers

So what are the other common big sales events/times besides Black Friday? Specifically after next March. [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2006 - 6 answers

I work for a magazine publishing company, and I think I am making a lateral move to another company which offers more upside potential in the future. I get a base salary, but most of my income comes from commission. The company I work for is relatively small, a LLC, and I dont think there are any $$ problems. My boss however is somewhat of a tyrant. My concern in leaving is that he will try and find a way to stiff me out of any remaining due commission to me. It is currently and ranges around 20k, in which he owes me, and pays me off in increments per paycheck. When I started here, we had put the agreement down on paper...(more) [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2006 - 2 answers

Where can I buy a pair of Brass Balls? [such as those seen in Glengarry Glen Ross] [more inside]
posted on Nov 3, 2006 - 2 answers

How do I get relevant/fulfilling work experience while in grad school for my dream job? [more inside]
posted on Oct 28, 2006 - 14 answers

What constitutes an agreement to sell on sites like Craigslist? [more inside]
posted on Oct 26, 2006 - 17 answers

In this NYT article, it says "...Wal-Mart's $312 billion in sales last year exceeded the sales of the next five biggest retailers combined." How can I find out who those five big retailers are and how much they made? Are these rankings based on U.S. sales, or worldwide + U.S.? Googling gives me data for 2004, but I can't find anything for 2005.
posted on Oct 2, 2006 - 6 answers

SAP / Oracle, these are the big expensive systems I want to avoid in a new business system. What other options are there for a small to medium sales comapany? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2006 - 9 answers