Comments on: Is Hard Sell Good Business? Ethical? http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/01/business-use-of-hard-sell.html Tim Berry on business planning, starting and growing your business, and having a life in the meantime Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Patrick Byers http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/01/business-use-of-hard-sell.html/comment-page-1#comment-303 Patrick Byers Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:08:47 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/01/business-use-of-hard-sell.html#comment-303 <p>What a great topic. So relevant, especially now with selling becoming so important. </p> <p>The flip-side of this is "Is soft-sell responsible when companies need to drive sales in this economy?" </p> <p>I think I'm going to have to stew on this one -- maybe even explore it in the Responsible Marketing Blog. </p> <p>Thanks for another thought-provoking post. </p> <p>Patrick </p> What a great topic. So relevant, especially now with selling becoming so important.

The flip-side of this is "Is soft-sell responsible when companies need to drive sales in this economy?"

I think I'm going to have to stew on this one — maybe even explore it in the Responsible Marketing Blog.

Thanks for another thought-provoking post.

Patrick

]]> By: Click and Inc http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/01/business-use-of-hard-sell.html/comment-page-1#comment-302 Click and Inc Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:43:12 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2009/01/business-use-of-hard-sell.html#comment-302 <p>Its sad how selling has become more of a manipulations sometimes than anything else. People are naturally wired to reject everything right away after a lifetime of being pushed upon by sales. Sometimes people do need a bit of persuading. </p> Its sad how selling has become more of a manipulations sometimes than anything else. People are naturally wired to reject everything right away after a lifetime of being pushed upon by sales. Sometimes people do need a bit of persuading.

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