salesperson
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“I would level with people. I didn’t sound like a salesperson because I can’t sell something that doesn’t make sense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hord began his career as a salesperson in Terre Haute, Ind., and was named Footwear News Man of the Year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A candidate like Jack Schlossberg, now running for Congress in Manhattan’s 12th District, is at least more self-aware of his role as salesperson than most.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
To be a great philosophical mind — that is, someone who can convince others of their beliefs about the human mind and our larger nature — one must also be a salesperson.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
She is the company’s top life insurance salesperson.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
“Just because you have coding agents doesn’t mean you’re not hiring engineers,” she said, adding that companies with AI sales agents also need salespeople.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The company has since deployed its salespeople to sell its Codex tool, which is powered by its GPT model, to startups across Silicon Valley, oftentimes offering volume discounts and other sweeteners to win new customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“That last condition is the one most salespeople skip,” Judge said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
But proceed with caution: Insurance salespeople may praise this strategy as a “Roth on steroids,” but there are downsides.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
What Golomb is saying is that most salespeople are prone to a classic Warren Harding error.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
At that business, higher wages and the hiring of additional specialized salespersons in preparation for the spinoff are taking a toll.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
I also interviewed more than 100 current and former engineers, privacy professionals, product managers, salespersons, and lawyers from the largest Silicon Valley tech companies.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2021
It also would carve out a roster of professions from the test, including doctors, real estate salespersons, securities and insurance brokers and hairstylists who rent their booths from salon owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2019
Many salespersons have personally performed installation work in the past, and some install the alarm systems they plan themselves.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2017
He seldom approves of the occasional frivolous purchases I make, and never makes any attempt to conceal his opinion from salespersons, customers, passersby, and whomever else it doesn't concern in the least.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel
