Re: UKNM: Scoot

[Phil Rooke]

"Of course, you can never trust sales people, so we had to check"


Ouch!, as a salesman I could find this offensive :-).  Many sales people are

very trustworthy individuals.  


A good sales person should be pointing out the benefits of their product and be

an effective consultant on the best way to use their products. Above all they

should be building trust between client and product.  Lies and exaggeration

should not be part of the job. In my experience, sales people only resort to

lying when given a bad product with little benefits or market value, or are

just bad at sales.


However, bullshit gives this industry a bad name.  So please be vocal about

those that practice this black art.


PS Carlton Online are currently looking for good New Media sales executives. 

If you are one or know one, please get in contact.  Definitely no cowboys or

'exaggerators' tolerated (our products won't need it).


Philip Rooke

Sales Director


Carlton Online Ltd

25 Knightsbridge

LONDON

SW1X 7RZ


Tel: 0171 663 6344

Fax: 0171 895 9505  


At 13:18 23/07/98 +0100, you wrote:

>We had a sales guy from Scoot come in on Monday to try to sell us premium

>space on their directory. One thing he mentioned was that ASDA found their

new

>agency through Scoot and were oh so happy.

>

>Of course, you can never trust sales people, so we had to check.

>

>We spoke to the guy in charge of the site at ASDA and he said that although

>they have used Scoot in the past, they have never chosen a new media agency

>through Scoot and that they're quite happy with the agency they've been using

>since the start, thank you very much.

>

>Anyone else had Scoot sales guys telling little white lies?

>

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