Recommended Sales and Training Resources

  This is a continually growing list of some of the best resources on the net
  that every salesperson and manager should know.  These resources include
  publications, internet sales forums and sites, other sales trainers who offer
  superior training in various areas, and productivity tools.

  If you know of resources not listed, I encourage you to let me know about
  them so they can be evaluated and listed.

 SellingPower Magazine Sales magazine targeting management and upper
  tier sales professionals.

 Top Sales Experts 26 of the top sales trainers from around the world working
 together to provide a central location for top sales and sales management
 resources

 ChangingMinds Internet site from the UK that specializes in analyzing and
  addressing sales persuasion. Very comprehensive site.

 Top 10 Sales Articles Adjudicated site selecting the top 10 sales articles
 published during the past week

 Sales and Marketing Excellence Subscription magazine targeting the sales
  and marketing sectors with articles by top trainers.

 Advisor Today The official magazine of the National Association of Insurance
  and Financial Advisors. 

 EyesOnSales Internet site with articles and blogs written by top sales
  trainers.

 RainToday Internet site with weekly ezine.  Caters to service professionals
  and business owners.

 Salesopedia Internet sales training article site with articles from top trainers.

 Salesdog Site has information on a number of trainers and other information.

 MarketingProfs Large internet site created by marketing professors with a
  large number of articles written by top marketing executives and sales
  trainers.  Also has a very active forum where you can get marketing (not
  sales) questions answered.

 Selfgrowth Site with a huge volume of self help information, including
  articles from top trainers.

 StartUpNation Good site with active forum geared toward people starting
  businesses.  Not to the quality of MarketingProfs yet, but worthwhile.

 Sales and Marketing Management Concentrates on management issues for
  the sales and marketing manager.

 Aweber Top notch and very reasonably priced email management company.
   Aweber will manage you newsletter and message distribution, your opt-in
   and opt-out functions and give you detailed reports--all for only $19.95
   per month.

 Wendy Weiss The Queen of Cold Calling. Cold call training for both
   individuals and companies.

 Dan Seidman Author of Sales Autopsy. Get, funny, entertaining--and
   useful sales training by analyzing sales that went terribly wrong.