The Genesis of Salesmuser

Stumbling upon the story of James Clear about nine years ago provided the spark to start Salesmuser. Clear committed to writing two well-researched posts on self-improvement every week for two years. By doing so, he would become an authority on the subject. James Clear is now a best selling author and renowned speaker on this subject. His book, Atomic Habits is a must-read.

If you’re a career salesperson like me, you too may have read countless books on selling and attended several different sales training programs. Some of the books were fantastic additions to my knowledge of selling. Even the not so good books always revealed at least one new valuable selling nugget. There appeared to be a common theme across all the books on sales and the different sales classes. 

The Missing Piece of Selling Education

Something was missing in these books and courses. The authors or instructors hadn’t been in the selling trenches for years. In fact, most had less than ten years of direct selling experience before they moved on to writing and instructing others about the art of selling. 

Would the view of individual contributor salespeople and sales managers appeal to an audience in a different way? Would stories of successful salespeople help new entrants to the profession? Would these stories help spawn new ideas?  That was and still is the idea behind Salesmuser.

Today is post number 52 at Salesmuser. It means I hit my self imposed goal to write one post every week for one year (with a few misses along the way). But what now? 

Year Two of Salesmuser

Here is the plan for the next 52 weeks at Salesmuser.com. 

We always hear the stories of famous people but often they don’t connect to the level where we are in our lives. I’m convinced that everyone has a story to tell. And behind everyone’s story, is something we can learn from or at least applaud their struggle. Perhaps it’s an unmet aspiration to change jobs, to take more risk, or overcome the anxiety and fear of trying new things. 

So for year two, you’ll get to listen and read the stories about your colleagues, peers, and friends. I’ll be contacting several of you to participate and share your stories. You’ll get to hear audio versions of other Salesmuser stories too and listen to how our clients view salespeople, what they’d like more of and what they’d like less of.

The other goal for year two is to grow Salesmuser to 10,000 active members. Why? More members mean more stories, more inspiration, and more opportunities to learn. Would you please share Salesmuser stories with others and encourage them to register? If you’re reading these stories on LinkedIn or Facebook, please go to Salesmuser.com and register your email. I promise you’ll never receive spam.

In these uncertain times of Covid-19, a community of professionals helping others is more important than ever. 

Thank you for being a member and reading Salesmuser.