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Celebrities and the Sales Force

Written by: Dave Kurlan

Article Overview: Here I introduce the 7th in a series of articles, The Celebrity Series, 11 articles about famous people and the analogies to the sales force.

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Celebrities and the Sales Force

Over time, I have attempted to organize similar posts and articles into series. To date, I have compiled and added to the following series: Salespeople are Like Children

Data Research and Science

Case Histories

Sales Motivation

Sales Training

I'm in the process of writing the The 10 Kurlan Competencies for Building Sales Cultures.

Now I'll introduce the 7th series of articles - The Celebrity Series:

Seth Godin - Sales Expert or Marketing Genius?

More Seth Godin on Sales

Zig Ziglar Meets Dave Kurlan

Successful Salespeople and Will Smith

Jeffrey Gitomer is Wrong

ARod, Lowell and Schilling Signings Have Additoinal Implications for the Sales Force

Curt Schilling's Contract Has Implications for the Sales Force

Dave Pelz - Golf School Lessons for the Sales Force

Gossage and Sox-Yankees Playoff a Key to Sales Competency

The Sales Part of Seth Godin's "How Do I Persuade You?"

Obama and McCain - Competing Salespeople Fight for the Big Sale

Jon Lester No-Hitter Like Sale of a Lifetime?

David Copperfield for the Sales Force

Seth Godin Reinforces the Proper Sales Process

Jim Collins' Fortune Interview Translated for the Sales Force

Sales and Sales Leadership Lessons from Lou Piniella and the Umpire

Sales Force Lessons from Gates, Crowley and Obama

Obama and Friends on Stage - Implications for the Sales Force

How to Find the Compelling Reasons for Seth Godin's Intangibles

With Manny in LA LA Land the Sales Force Can Produce

Manny Being Manny - When to Terminate Top Producers on Your Sales Force

Tom Peters - Sales Excellence

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About the Author: Dave Kurlan
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Dave Kurlan is a best-selling author, top-rated speaker and thought leader on sales development.  He is the founder and CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc., the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of David Kurlan & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Dave has been a top rated speaker at Inc. Magazine's Conference on Growing the Company, the Sales & Marketing Management Conference and the Gazelles Sales & Marketing Summit. He has been featured on radio and TV, including World Business Review with General Norman Schwarzkopf, in Inc. Magazine, Selling Power Magazine, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine and Incentive Magazine. He is the author of Mindless Selling and Baseline Selling – How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. He created and wrote STAR, a proprietary recruiting process for hiring great salespeople, and he writes Understanding the Sales Force, a popular business Blog and is a contributing author to The Death of 20th Century Selling (Dan Seidman), Stepping Stones (Deepak Chopra and Brian Tracey) and 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life, Volume 2 (David Riklan).

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