The Power of 7 or 5 or 3...

Just finished perusing an article entitled 5 Rules for Keeping Your Sales Job During a Recession. Enlightening! Insightful!

Main Tips:

Paying attention to activities and performing the right ones;
Developing and keeping the proper attitude;
Making yourself indespensible;
Not making enemies;
Planning contingencies.

Other than not bothering to run spell check (Skully doesn't either) - indispensable was misspelled - the article (OK, I read no more than the 5 "Rules" bullets) is in a nutshell... just plain horse hockey.

Only "rule" you need to know: Make your company a lot of money. Yes, its that simple. So what did I really learn? While copywriters extol the virtues of 7/5/3 "Secrets/tips/rule" for headlines, at least salespeople SHOULD know that making the sale (isn't that what headlines are for?) boils down to one claim: Mr. Prospect, I am going to make you (fill in the blank).

It's all about the "Power of 1". Now, go make your company a lot of money.

PS: If you get canned anyway, there's a ton of companies that will drool over you.
PSS: You will make some enemies along the way if you are any good.