Cold Calling: Gitomer, Konrath, & Free Resource

When Jeffrey Gitomer of Sales Caffeine was in my hometown of Kansas City, he smiled slyly as he said to me "Broads hate it when you call 'em 'chicks' but I've gotta tell you ... you chicks have got to get visibility ... no one knows about good, female sales trainers. Get your butts out there!"

Jill Konrath came to the same conclusion. Puzzled by the lack of balance in male and female representation among sales trainers, consultants and authors; and faced with the fact that the "guys" make the top 10 slots of Amazons sales authors and are the ones to get press coverage (even though more than 40% of the sales force is female and 40% of experts are female) Konrath purposed to make sure the world knows about the "gals" in the marvelous world of sales.

Toward that goal, last Fall Jill hosted a big to-do in Minneapolis - an historic event, entitled "The Sales SheBang". She put the spotlight on women sales speakers, trainers, coaches, and business owners. Although the majority of the audience was female, there were some amazing men in attendance as well.

As one of the featured speakers, I expected to give more than I received. I sure was surprised to walk away knowing I had received more than I could ever possibly give back. One delightful surprise was the opportunity to build friendship and mutual respect with Jill Konrath, founder and CEO of Selling to Big Companies ... and her daughter Katie, who calls herself "Chief Sales Daughter".

Katie does an "over the top job" of maintaining Jill's blog. If you are like me you will find it to be a source of valuable content presented in an easy to read, enjoyable format.

Jill is making big, BIG waves in the world of sales with domestic and international impact. Now, you can easily stay plugged in by seeing her contributions first hand at:

http://sellingtobigcompanies.blogs.com/

P.S. I'll tell you more as things start to gel, but in the meantime be sure to save these dates, Thursdays at 1:00 PM CST:

March 6, 2008
March 20, 2008
April 3, 2008
April 17, 2008

Visit: www.coldcallingexecutives.com

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