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This blog was created for professionals like you and I who love to sell. Who don’t want to do anything else. Who simply love the act of selling, closing the deal, winning the contract, making the commission. It’s for people who understand that without sales there is no business. Did you know the number one reason why businesses fail in America today is lack of sales. Selling is everything and without which there truly is nothing.

Have you ever met someone who you thought could sell ice cubes to an Eskimo?

You know the kind of person who always says, does and acts the right way... They are simply a “people person”. They may be funny, intriguing, enjoyable to be around. They somehow always know what to do to make a moment special, get the right answer or tell you exactly what you want to hear? “They” are a rainmaker at heart, and probably an excellent sales professional; whether they realize it or not.

If you found my blog than you are seeking deeply rewarding sales knowledge and instruction on sharpening your sales game and elevating your craft to new levels. You want how to’s, practical examples and useful timely information that can make you a sales rainmaker!

Am I close?

Well let me tell you a little story about why I know I was born to sell…

I took my first sales job when I was just about six years old. My first sales job was selling pieces of candy to neighborhood kids for nickels, dimes and quarters. My best friend Johnny and I would ride our bikes down to Key Liquor in Santa Ana, CA minutes after receiving our allowance. We would buy up as much penny, nickel and dime candy we could afford and pack it all into small brown paper bags and ride as fast as we could the three blocks back to our homes on Douglas Street. Once there we would grab the closest card board box, a piece of sturdy paper for a sign, some baskets or bowls from our Mother’s kitchens and of course a shoe box or band aid box for our register and off we went to sell.

We knew our market, our product, pricing and most of all our clients knew and trusted us. We were sales professionals of the highest order and we loved to sell.

Over thirty years later Johnny is a top regional sales manager for one of the largest flooring solution providers in the country and me… well I’m working on yet another small but rapidly growing rocket ship solutions provider in data-communications and loving every sale. We are and always have been sales professionals.

This blog was created for professionals like you and I who love to sell. Or you may be a working professional who has realized sales kills can be applied in your profession daily. Whether it’s selling your concepts, ideas or plans to higher ups or perhaps interviewing skills, communication or simply being more creative and adaptive in your daily work habits. We welcome you as well and hope you find numerous helpful topics and ideas you can use now.

If you didn’t possess an affinity to selling you would not be reading this far so I welcome you as a fellow sales professional and hope you find a few extremely helpful tips to elevate you to a new level of salesmanship.

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Welcome and enjoy.

Best Regards,


Kenneth Knapp
kenneth_knapp @ yahoo .com