Thu.Feb 02, 2012

Paul Gillin

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‘The Truth about Leads’ Is Just That

Paul Gillin

I spent 15 months as a sales manager, which was just long enough to learn how little aptitude I had for the job. The experience did give me an appreciation for the difficulty of selling, though. In 20 years as an editor I had developed an attitude that’s common for people who produce products: I believed that most salespeople were overpaid, under-worked and basically lazy.