Post Tagged with: "sales"

NEW for 2/28: On the school board, where you live and sales

NEW for 2/28: On the school board, where you live and sales

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Comment from a recent meeting with Gwinnett’s School Board
EEB PERSPECTIVE: What is your reason you live where you do?
SPOTLIGHT: Crowne Plaza Hotel
ANOTHER VIEW: Two simple lessons taught this lesson in salesmanship
FEEDBACK: Schools should focus on fixing lack of courtesy and accountability 
UPCOMING: Commission gives green light to variety of new project
NOTABLE: Gainesville Hospital become Level One Trauma Center
RECOMMENDED: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Chattahoochee Riverkeeper helps protect these waters
MYSTERY PHOTO: Check out these standing plaques and tell where they are
LAGNIAPPE: Beautiful blooms at the Collins Hill Public Library
CALENDAR: State of the County speech will be on March 2 

Share
by · February 28, 2023 · Full issues
Perry

ANOTHER VIEW: Two simple lessons taught this lesson in salesmanship

By Raleigh Perry  |  In spite of all of what I learned in school and college, I spent my whole working life selling. Ninety percent of selling is personality. The other ten is product knowledge. You are born into selling, you cannot get it with book learning.

Share
by · February 28, 2023 · Another View
BRACK: With Covid falling, times are good for local businesses 

BRACK: With Covid falling, times are good for local businesses 

By Elliott Brack |  Talking with business people throughout Gwinnett, the times are good. The fallout from Covid seriously hurt some companies, but that appears to be over for most.  We talked to one Gwinnett businessman, and his words were straight-forward: “Sales are booming!” 

Share
HOUSTON: Learning from a Manhattan guy the success of cold calling

HOUSTON: Learning from a Manhattan guy the success of cold calling

By Debra Houston | During my 18-year career at a telecommunications company, I worked for some good managers and some not-so-good. One of the good ones grew up in Alabama. When I left public relations for sales, he hoped I’d work for a New Yorker. “You could learn how to succeed from them,” he said.

Share
by · May 27, 2016 · Another View