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Set Your Sales Goals Set Your Sales Goals
Are you going after and getting what you really want? Learn to aim high and track your progress.
Land a Sales Job Without Experience Land a Sales Job Without Experience
These strategies will help you get past the three-plus years of experience prerequisite and land your next sales job.
Sales Random Interview Question Generator Sales Random Interview Question Generator
In a sales interview, you're selling a product: You. Practice for the big day with this random question generator.
Podcast: Key Account Manager - Monster.co.uk Podcast: Key Account Manager - Monster.co.uk
This podcast provides insight into what it takes to be a success in sales, the challenges you will face and perks of the job.
Is a Career in Sales the Right Move for You? Is a Career in Sales the Right Move for You?
Success in sales isn't exclusively for 'wheeler dealer' type personalities. Find out if you have what it takes.
Four Tips for Superior Customer Service Four Tips for Superior Customer Service
Many sales professionals neglect customer service and thus fail to reap the repeat business that is so important to success.
Be Consistent Be Consistent
Consistency, or the absence of contradictions, is one of the hallmarks of success.
Too Personal Can Cost a Sale Too Personal Can Cost a Sale
How skilled are you in handling candid conversations with strangers? This is something sales professionals need to master.
Professional Shopper Professional Shopper
Imagine being able to shop and get paid for it. While this may sound too good to be true, demand for personal and corporate shoppers is growing.
How to Deal with Difficult Customers How to Deal with Difficult Customers
Retailers with poor customer service risk losing revenues, profits and even going out of business.
Choose Your Path Choose Your Path
Retail is an industry that rewards and promotes performance. Many people who started their careers on the sales floor with no training are now executives and managers.

Managing Your Career

Influence Your Sales Interview Influence Your Sales Interview
Use these six principles to get your sales interview off on the right foot and the interviewer on your side.
When You're Smiling When You're Smiling
Customers can tell when you enjoy your work. If you're not passionate about what you're selling, they won't be, either.
Your On-the-Road Workday Your On-the-Road Workday
Trying to balance drumming up new business with travelling for current projects? Follow this plan to make it work.

Sales Career Paths

Be a Sales Assistant Be a Sales Assistant
This role lets you learn about the field without the high-risk and commission-only salary structures. Get all the details.
Work as a Fashion Buyer Work as a Fashion Buyer
You need a lot more than an eye for fashion to work as a buyer. Find out if you've got the goods for success.

Sales Strategies

To Win the Sale, Engage 3 Key Decision Makers To Win the Sale, Engage 3 Key Decision Makers
To win any sale, you need the buy-in of three key people. Learn who they are and how to get them on your side.
Involve Your Prospect in Your Sales Presentation Involve Your Prospect in Your Sales Presentation
Junior telecom rep Joe learns the hard way that it takes more than encyclopedic product knowledge to land the sale.
Learn from No Learn from No
As a salesperson, hearing the word "no" is inevitable. Don't take it personally or as a reflection of your selling abilities; use it as a learning experience.
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