SalesRants

Our ad guy on the inside reveals what really goes on in media sales

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SalesRants XX: The Acne Horse SalesRants XX: The Acne Horse
In sales, determination and grit outweigh shining personalities. Secret Sales Guy explains all.
By Anonymous, November 16, 2006

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SalesRants XIX: Luke, I Am Your Sales Guru
Secret Sales Guy spells out how to cross over to media's dark side, with simple tips to mastering the art of selling.
By Anonymous, November 8, 2006
SalesRants XVIII: Masters of Their Domain Name
In the 90's, the media landscape was littered with modern-day robber barons trying to weld a ".com" onto everything they could. Our ad guy on the inside almost got snowed. Almost...
By Anonymous, November 1, 2006
SalesRants XVII: The Boss's Idiot Son
If you're a media company colleague who's a less-than-gifted scion, Secret Sales Guy's here to itemize your idiocy.
By Anonymous, October 18, 2006
SalesRants XVI: Marrow Focus
When a key client's table manners go out the window, Secret Sales Guy earns his stripes, one marbled hunk of ribeye at a time.
By Anonymous, October 4, 2006
SalesRants XV: Death of a Salesman
Greater than the profit from the machines he sold, a patriarch shows Secret Sales Guy there's more to life than the hustle
By Anonymous, September 13, 2006
SalesRants XIV: Pigeon Feed
Irritating to Secret Sales Guy as their park-dwelling counterparts, 'pigeons' are those companies that gorge on every consultant's pile of feed.
By Anonymous, August 30, 2006
SalesRants XIII: Between a Rock and a Sales Guy
Put down your corporate handbook and call in sick to the next training: Secret Sales Guy tackles the stickiest sales scenarios.
By Anonymous, August 23, 2006
SalesRants XII: Ask Secret Sales Guy
Flipping the script, Secret Sales Guy tackles your thorniest questions while managing to uphold the high standards of his patented no-bullsh*t policy.
By Anonymous, August 16, 2006
SalesRants XI: In Memoriam: The Three-Martini Lunch
Now extinct in our politically correct era, the business lunch was once a leisurely affair rife with cocktail-fueled male bonding. Secret Sales Guy takes us on a tipsy stroll down Memory Lane.
By Anonymous, August 9, 2006
SalesRants X: The Hardest Sell of Them All
While our author's no angel himself, reps who rely on come-ons to land accounts are an unfortunate part of Secret Sales Guy's world.
By Anonymous, August 2, 2006
SalesRants IX: CrockBerry
Secret Sales Guy's got a serious bone to pick with media folks who always keep their mobile devices strapped on and buzzing.
By Anonymous, July 26, 2006
SalesRants VIII: Stage One=Denial
Secret Sales Guy could teach Kubler-Ross a few things about dealing with loss after a major deal goes south
By Anonymous, July 17, 2006
SalesRants VII: Doing the Devil's Work
Embittered. Jaded. Sick of it all. Like Eskimos and snow, Secret Sales Guy has no shortage of terms conveying how he feels about his job.
By Anonymous, July 12, 2006
SalesRants VI: Big Media on the Block
Recent sales of B2B publishers means Big Media Company might be the next one on the block. Secret Sales Guy contemplates takeovers, hostile and otherwise.
By Anonymous, July 5, 2006
SalesRants V: The 2.5 Percent Solution
Confession Alert: Once upon a time, our adman on the inside was—gasp!—an editor. He comes clean on why he switched teams.
By Anonymous, June 28, 2006
SalesRants IV: Quid Pro Quo
Three days spent on a report that winds up in the trash? No sweat, so long as our secret salesman gets to watch that sexual harassment video on a continuous loop.
By Anonymous, June 21, 2006
SalesRants III: Big Man, Small Ball
What makes Rod, the World's Most Amiable Sales Director, run?
By Anonymous, June 14, 2006
SalesRants II: Glanda the Bad Witch
Our ad man on the inside divulges how the magazine sales world turns
By Anonymous, June 5, 2006
SalesRants I: The Pretty Proposal
An undercover magazine ad exec reveals what it takes to get that all-important commission and quarterly bonus
By Anonymous, May 31, 2006