The Rise of Accidental Salespeople

Send us Fan MailBill and Bryan explore a growing trend that's reshaping the sales landscape: the rise of "accidental salespeople." These are the technical advisors, project managers, engineers, and executives who don't have "salesperson" on their business cards but find themselves increasingly vital to the buyer-seller relationship.The guys discuss why these technically-minded professionals are becoming more important than ever, especially as traditional SDR/BDR approaches burn out prospects with low response rates. They argue that it's often easier to teach technical people the 20% of sales skills they need than to teach salespeople deep technical expertise.=================================Is it time to make a BOLD move in your business? If so, download our brand new book, "12 Bold Moves - Insider Secrets to Reinventing Yourself and Your Business." http://12boldmoves.comThe Insider program is open for enrollment. To check out our small learning group, go to http://advancedsellingpodcast.com/insiderIf you haven't already, join 14,000+ other sales professionals in our LinkedIn group at advancedsellingpodcast.com/linkedinStop being just another vendor - become THE expert they can't ignore. Join ASP Insider September 8th: http://advancedsellingpodcast.com/insider