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The corporate world is changing at a pace that can not be comprehended by people that have yet to embrace the realities of the Web 2.0 world. Things that most sales people do not pay attention to, like SOAP (Service Oriented Architecture Protocols), and Ruby on Rails or PHP and CSS are not household names. That said, they are effecting everything from how quickly you know what is happening on the other side of the world, or that all night IM session your 14 year old is in the middle of. It is instant access to flight information, or channel management and inventory control in seconds not days. Bottom line, people that embrace technology are moving faster than those who do not. Is faster always better, no, but in the corporate world, effectiveness and efficiency in tandem RULE.

So, a word to all of those that train. Mr. and Ms. Salestrainer, it is time to teach people to be more effective by leveraging the new technology of our virtual social existence. I have had to adapt, and believe me I was the crowned prince of 150 dials a day and a pipeline that was an equilateral triangle standing on its point. Your writer naileed quota after quota by casting that giant net and yanking what would slide up and in. SO LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT IS OVER!!!!

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Right to the point. More people would benefit from reading this blog. The guest bloggers and commentators add great content and feedback to compliment the posts that I put effort into sharing. Please help add more readers, thus more conversations, thus more brilliant minds helping each other. How, you ask can you do that? Great question:

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All the best,

Karl
startup sales mentor

I found a company that has a new idea. The site is called Salesconx and they are trying to build a new way of lead exchange. Like many new ideas, it is debatable if it will work, but I like the reasons why they are trying to get things going. What’s more is I have worked out with them a program. If you sign up for free, they will give you $25 to test it out. How can you lose, just go to my special page at http://www.salesconx.com/startupsalesmentor.php?reff=1043

Here are the basics:

1. Salesconx Inc, provides technology and services to support an online marketplace for business referrals. Launched in September of 2007, Salesconx serves as a platform for qualified introductions and pay-for-performance deal generation. Salesconx helps businesses and selling professionals across the country drive more business by allowing them to add more clients and customers in a broad range of industries and disciplines. These selling experts who have relationships with decision-makers across numerous industries include financial services, banking, computer services, real estate and marketing services.

2. Salesconx is an actively growing community of marketers, sales professionals and small business owners utilizing online networking to drive qualified leads and sales to their businesses via introductions and referrals. Thousands of businesses across North America are already using Salesconx to fulfill their lead generation, appointment setting and revenue goals.

3. What we are trying to accomplish : We are trying to help the 24 million small businesses in the US drive more revenue through qualified lead generation and “deal generation” by leveraging the 17 million sales professionals in the US. Most of the Internet has been about disintermediating sales people from the selling process - Salesconx is about incorporating sales professionals and turning them into conduits of leads and opportunities. It is our objective to displace a percentage of the $90 billion being spent in the US on marketing and give that money to our network of sales professionals.

Pretty cool stuff and if it is executed properly a great benefit to small businesses, startups, and their potential customers.