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Progress Rundown
August 07, 2023

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The Art of Sales:

Selling VS Marketing:

What is the Difference Between Marketing and Selling?

When it comes to marketing vs selling, there are some key differences. So, what's the difference between marketing and selling? Read more...

colinscotland.com/what-is-the-difference-between-marketing-and-selling

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Whatā€™s it like working in sales?

Articles on the buyerā€™s perspective, product-market fit, & scientific methods: https://tenbound.com/blog/3/

Sales interview questions (Relax, the pen is an old story now.): https://www.saleshacker.com/sales-interview-questions-answers/

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Understanding Consumer Behavior:

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

  1. Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss

  2. SPIN Selling by Neil Rackham

  3. Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff

- PROGRESS TALKS -

1. Patrick Dang (Tech Sales)

2. Grant Cardone (General Sales Tips)

šŸ’”GET SMARTERšŸ’”

Capybaras Are on Their Way to Defeat the Cat Distribution System and Become a Human Favorite:

Capybaras thrive, even near humans, because they're not picky eaters

Scientists didnā€™t expect capybaras to eat both grasses and forest plants. The rodentsā€™ flexible diet helps them live everywhere from cities to swamps.

www.sciencenews.org/article/capybaras-thrive-humans-eat

(Unserious Opinion: Perhaps this could serve as todayā€™s clownery.)

PROFESSIONAL RIZZ TIP OF THE DAY

Hereā€™s a short article by Simon Willison, the founder of datasette.io, on how to stand out as a job candidate (with some niche biases):

It doesnā€™t take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate

Iā€™ve spent nearly twenty years blogging, giving talks and releasing open source code. Itā€™s been fantastic for my career, and a huge amount of work. But hereā€™s a useful secret: ā€¦

simonwillison.net/2021/Jul/17/standing-outnt

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The Rundown Team.

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