Quotes tagged ‘Sales’

“Walmart said Tuesday that it would discontinue the sale of ammunition used in high-capacity magazines and military-style weapons and also asked its customers not to openly carry firearms in stores even in states where it is permitted.”

— Mary Pflum, Ben Popken, Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, nbcnews.com

“Good news, you’re fired. The bad news is you got–all you got just one week to regain you’re jobs. starting tonight’s sit. Oh, have I got you’re attention now? Good. Cause were adding a little something to this month’s sales contest. As you all know first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Wanna see secon…”

— David Mamet, blake, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com

“World's always gonna need salesmen.”

— Seth Meyers, Pete Reynolds, Bill Hader, imdb.com

“You know what I love about my job? I get to see the world everyday.”

— Seth Meyers, Pete Reynolds, Bill Hader, imdb.com

“What I wouldn't do for a nice old lady.”

— Seth Meyers, Tom O'Halloran, Fred Armisen, imdb.com

“Consider this: Never have so many had to communicate so much complexity to buyers who’ve had so little attention and so many filters and roadblocks at their disposal. If you’re selling in our world you feel it every day: the unreturned emails and calls; the sure-thing deals that slipped away; the in…”

— Doug Weaver, getthedrift.com

“It’s risky not to take risks.”

— Brandon Steiner, forbes.com

“The first 90 seconds of your day determine the other 23 hours and 57.5 minutes of your day.”

— Brandon Steiner, forbes.com

“The only thing you should expect from money is a better hotel room.”

— Brandon Steiner, forbes.com

“It’s okay to lose, as long as you don’t lose the lesson.”

— Brandon Steiner, forbes.com

“All salesmen are actors: their priority is persuasion, not sincerity.”

— Peter Thiel, Blake Masters, amazon.com

“Our goal when we built this solution was to say, we can give you 1,000 leads all you want, but what if we could give you the 30 or 40 leads that actually have the highest propensity to engage with your brand?”

— Marcus Witte, foliomag.com

“If you can't sell, if you can't influence, good luck getting your business off the ground.”

— Jordan Belfort, youtube.com

“It's not how you actually perform that earns you the respect of your peers. Its the fact that you went out and actually did it.”

— Jordan Belfort, youtube.com

“Well, you know what they say, you don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle.”

— David Mandel, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“The 21st century ad seller is a business problem solver. She doesn’t wait for budgets, she helps create them. She avoids the watering hole where the herd gathers for RFPs and planning cycles. She hunts alone. She knows more about how the client’s business works – how he sells his products, who he se…”

— Doug Weaver, getthedrift.com

“Audience-based planning is shifting from cookie-based to ID-based. Cookie-based planning has lots of problems: People change their devices, cookies get deleted and cookies are not available on mobile apps, et cetera. Consumer ID-based planning can bypass cross-device problems, and we can even connec…”

— Peter Vandre, digiday.com

“People don't buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. A failure to communicate WHY creates nothing but stress or doubt.”

— Simon Sinek, amazon.com

“No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter, and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

“The truly great leaders know that leadership isn’t about what you do or fix; it’s about what you tend and sustain. It’s not the next hill to be taken, but the ecosystem to be developed and supported.”

— Doug Weaver, getthedrift.com