Your Definitive Sales Career Guide with Authors - Andy Racic and David Weiss - 180
Sales Career Guide
Mike is joined by Andy Racic and David Weiss authors of Your Definitive Sales Career Guide. On this episode they discuss why they decided to write a book about a career in sales, and how to execute if this is something you are interested in exploring.
Questions Asked:
- Why do people avoid the Sales Profession?
- It seems as though colleges are starting to bring in Sales Programs, will this trend continue?
- What are some of the messages in the book that are resonating with professors?
- How do you distinguish between Sales and Marketing?
- What are the gaps that this book fills?
- Who should buy the book?
Key Takeaways:
- Several myths still hover over the Sales profession
- People generally donā€™t have an understanding of what modern professional Sales is
- Schools are interested as the importance of the Sales function within a company becomes more apparent
- Sales can be a great foundational career. Being in Sales teaches you several cross-functional skills
- Marketing tends to be one to many whereas Sales tends to be one to few or one to one
- Marketing empowers Sales to have more conversations with clients
- The book provides tips and tricks on how to be successful in sale, dispels myths and walks through how to get a job
- Business school professors looking to build a Sales program would benefit greatly from reading this book
Show Links
- Your Definitive Sales Career Guide on Amazon
- www.salescareerbook.com
- Andy on LinkedIn
- David on LinkedIn
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