News on the economy today is not good. For sales professionals, that means the selling environment is going to get as tough as ever:
Wall Street extended its 2008 plunge Thursday, tumbling after a regional Federal Reserve report showed a sharp decline in manufacturing activity and as investors feared that downgrades of key bond insurers could trigger further trouble with souring debt.
The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 300 points, or nearly 2.5 percent, and skidded to its lowest close since March 16. The Standard & Poor's 500, the index closely watched by market professionals, fell nearly 3 percent.
Get ready for a changing economy, folks. It's going to mean learning to sell in a radically different way than you have before...
I think how well you do in sales is going to determine what line of product you're in. Not all avenues of sales are going to suffer. The key is to find the right market at the right time.
Posted by: corporate gifts | January 17, 2008 5:35 PM | Permalink to Comment