Comments on: Can You Sell Yourself? http://ssnblog.com/2010/02/can-you-sell-yourself/ Information for the connected business professional Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gary Whitehill http://ssnblog.com/2010/02/can-you-sell-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Gary Whitehill Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:15:14 +0000 http://arnoldit2.com/?p=62#comment-53 Melody: Thank you very much for the coverage - truly appreciated! Marc: You also bring up a great point - the article was more of a macro-level intro into the world of sales. What you're talking about, and rightfully so, is much more in-depth. You're both rockstars and thank you for the wonderful forum! Melody:

Thank you very much for the coverage – truly appreciated!

Marc:

You also bring up a great point – the article was more of a macro-level intro into the world of sales. What you’re talking about, and rightfully so, is much more in-depth.

You’re both rockstars and thank you for the wonderful forum!

]]> By: Melody Smith http://ssnblog.com/2010/02/can-you-sell-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Melody Smith Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:59:29 +0000 http://arnoldit2.com/?p=62#comment-52 I'll check the article out. Thanks for reading and commenting. I’ll check the article out. Thanks for reading and commenting.

]]> By: marc arenstein http://ssnblog.com/2010/02/can-you-sell-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-49 marc arenstein Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:25:24 +0000 http://arnoldit2.com/?p=62#comment-49 I propose that most people with a lot to offer not only have no idea how to sell themselves but refuse to. I would rate them at the 20% of the Pareto divide. The other close to 80% may try but are not going to get good grades. So I would claim that your branding advice may apply to that maybe 1-2%. Brian Sommer wrote a blog piece at the beginning of the month called "The scary side of freelancing: the inadvertent freelancer" at:http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=781 He writes: "...there don’t seem to be sites designed for the inadvertent freelancer and I suspect they have very different needs wants and requirements". For some curious reason, he received very little coverage - anywhere. I propose that most people with a lot to offer not only have no idea how to sell themselves but refuse to. I would rate them at the 20% of the Pareto divide. The other close to 80% may try but are not going to get good grades. So I would claim that your branding advice may apply to that maybe 1-2%. Brian Sommer wrote a blog piece at the beginning of the month called “The scary side of freelancing: the inadvertent freelancer” at:http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=781 He writes: “…there don’t seem to be sites designed for the inadvertent freelancer and I suspect they have very different needs wants and requirements”. For some curious reason, he received very little coverage – anywhere.

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