Thursday, January 14, 2010

Who are you - Connector, Maven or Salesman?

I's reading the Tipping Point, by Gladwell, a British writer, and came across a river - no, three types of personalities related to marketing and sales. They're:
Connectors -- the kinds of people who know everyone and possessspecial gifts for bringing the world together.
Maven – means one whoaccumulates knowledge and who has information on a lot of different products or prices or places.

Salesmen – are the select group of people with the skills to persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearing. Discuss what you think makes a good salesman? Think about the last time you were in a store and what you liked or didn’t like about the retail person assisting you? Have you ever felt suckered into buying something or recognized the only reason you bought an item (or even one in ever color) was because of the person selling it to you?
At best, i am a maven, but also have layers of being a salesman. Who are you?

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