I just got a nice ego boost from reading a recent review of our book, Selling to Zebras, on Amazon.com. The review was written by Gary F. Billington, and am proud of what he had to say so I figured I’d share it with my blog followers. You can read the review by following the link HERE.  I want to extend a very sincere “thank you” to Gary for his kind words and the time he took to write the review, and also to my blog followers for taking a few minutes to check it out.

I also want to announce that we are going to be changing our official business name to ZEBRAselling, and I recently created a new logo that I want to share with everyone here for the first time.  Hope you like it!

Our new business logo.

-ZC

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The Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce held their Monthly Luncheon Event at the 5 O’Clock Club in Pewaukee on July 8, 2009. Jeff Koser was warmly welcomed by Pewaukee Chamber members. Jean Daul, Chamber President, introduced Jeff and rolled into a lively discussion on how to increase sales effectiveness by using the Zebra methodology. He described how to identify your perfect prospects and how close you come to perfection will therefore enable you to determine where you win.

Special thanks to Laura Podd, Executive Director and Jill Wilman of the Pewaukee Chamber for inviting Zebras to their Luncheon event. We also want to thank the 5 O’Clock Club and staff for a delicious lunch and friendly atmosphere.

For more information about the benefits of the Pewaukee Chamber please contact Jill Wilman at

262-691-8851 or jill@pewaukeechamber.org.

The Mission of the Pewaukee Chamber of Commerce is to inform its members, and promote activities that advance and stimulate the growth and prosperity of Pewaukee’s commercial, industrial, cultural and educational interests.

http://www.pewaukeechamber.org/

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My son Tucker getting into the Patriotic spirit!

I just wanted to take a minute to share a photo from our family’s 4th of July celebration, and most importantly to salute the men and women that have served or are currently serving in our armed forces. If not for our freedom, and the protection of that freedom, business and sales in our great country would certainly not exist as we know it.  Let’s all set aside a few minutes out of our busy schedules this week to reflect on and appreciate the amazing freedom that we all share in the USA.

Also, if you’re looking for some great sales-related content, look no further than the latest edition of our Complex Sales and Selling Strategies blog carnival hot off the press last week in the entry directly following this one.

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Welcome to the July 3, 2009 (second) edition of Complex Sales and Selling Strategies.

Thank you to all who submitted relevant material to this edition! I look forward to receiving future submissions from all of you, and I envision the Complex Sales and Selling Strategies blog carnival growing more relevant, powerful, and wide-reaching with each passing edition.

Now for a couple notes on what I’d like to do for the next (third) edition:

1. I’m going to limit submissions to one per person, per edition for the future to keep content as varied as possible. In this edition, you’ll find multiple submissions from the same author, and I wanted to include them in this edition because they feature some really great content. However, for the future, let’s limit it to one great submission, per person, per edition.

2. I received quite a few submissions for this edition that, while well-written, did not fit the context that I detailed for the “Complex Sales and Selling Strategies” blog carnival. So while I apologize if your submission was omitted, I want to keep content as close to the guidelines set forth as possible in order to add maximum value for our readers.

3. It is my goal for the next edition to briefly comment on what I feel are the most valuable aspects of each submission, or those points that I most strongly agree with. No promises though, as well all know that time is probably the scarcest of all resources.

4. All thoughts, comments, or suggestions are welcome to improve future editions, so if something comes to mind, please take the time to share it and I will add it at the bottom of this blog carnival post.

Thank you!
-Zebra Chad (ZebraChad on Twitter, Chad Koser on LinkedIn and Facebook)

Interviewing

nissim ziv presents Retail Management Careers: Retail Interview Questions and Answers posted at Job Interview Guide, saying, “The retail manager is one of the most instrumental parts of the production cycle or sales cycle in any company. Therefore, the interview of a retail manager would always be complicated and have several heavy duty questions as compared to the other professions.”

Business Development

Peter cantelo presents How To Sell MORE? The POWER of End Point Sales & Marketing. posted at vivavi.co.uk.

Peter cantelo presents How to Win New Customers Before Your Competitors posted at vivavi.co.uk.

Selling during a Recession & Tough Econonomy

Peter cantelo presents How To Lose a Customer *Guaranteed* posted at vivavi.co.uk.

Strategies/Methodologies/Philosophies

Peter cantelo presents 11 Steps To Being A Better Leader posted at vivavi.co.uk.

Christian Russell presents Your Internet Business is Just as Much Offline as it is Online posted at Next Level Blogger, saying, “I like the smart approach of your site. I’m a sales trainer and blog about applying direct sales techniques to blogging and social media. I hope to have the pleasure of collaborating with you in the future!”

Christian Russell presents Use a Sales Funnel to Blow Up Your Blogging and Internet Marketing Sales posted at Next Level Blogger.

Praveen presents From a Business Perspective, What’s So Great About Twitter, Anyway? posted at My Simple Trading System.

Brian Terry presents How to make your subscribers love you posted at Big Selling Website Design.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of complex sales and selling strategies using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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