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Why Publishers Will Tell You Anything But The Truth

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As the publishing industry gathers in New York for its annual trade show, BookExpo America , they’re discussing everything except the one piece of information authors crave: how many books they actually sell. That’s because sales numbers are almost impossible to come by, and the numbers you can track down simply cannot be verified.

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6 Reasons Why Technology Won’t Kill B2B Salespeople

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by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. Fears over technology stealing sales jobs is nothing new, it happened following the advent of both the phone and Internet. Job Forecast Study ranks sales jobs as the number one job employers are currently looking to fill, ranking 10% higher than technical positions.

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Twitter Link Roundup #149 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

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Silicon Valley’s loosening grip: Does the road to tech’s future run through Middle America? Another industry being disintermediated by technology: Gaming Faces Its Archenemy: Financial Reality – [link]. Neal Sales-Griffin ( @ nealsales ): Solving problems, making things and having fun – [link]. – [link].