Sales Autopsy

Apr 15, 2000 -- This site takes a comical, postmortem look at failed sales to generate leads for sales consulting services. You can read the sales horror stories from hell, sign up for the monthly e-mail newsletter and turn the failures of others into your fortunes.

Here's a sample horror story entitled, "Door to Door to Squad Car."

"I was selling books door to door during the summer in college. Against her neighbor's advice, I decided to call on a crabby old lady. When she came to the front door she pushed me and told me to get lost. She said if I didn't, she would call the cops. Then she slammed the door in my face. After a moment's thought, I walked around to the side door of her house and knocked on the door there. She answered and before she could say anything I blurted out, 'Hello ma'am. Thank you for coming to the door. I sure hope that you are nicer than the lady that answered the front door!'

You know, police cars are kind of nice inside."

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Mary A. Sicard is president of i-Genuity, the Click-Here Strategy and Services firm in Augusta, Georgia.

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