7 Commn Sales Mistakes

Are you a sales failure? Well...probably. We all are. As salesmen we know that we fail more than any other profession. Repeatedly. All day. Every day. What makes up for it is when we land the whale and when that final signature gets through the barcode scanner we rake a huge commission and feel like we are Gordon Gekko from Wall Street. We are the king for the day and we are partying our butts off that weekend.

We also realize that we need to try and decrease the failure percentage as much as possible and we try so many different tactics to increase our success rate that we probably have 500 self-help books in our closet. We've tried it all. Even if we are actually born salesmen.

Here are 7 Common Sales mistakes that you may want to avoid.

Free Wi-Fi and Hackers

So...you like to sit in Starbucks and work? So do hackers. Most people don't consider that hackers are all over the place, and there is no easier way to hack into a network than there is at a free Wi-Fi access point.

Unless you are just researching diet pills that work at your local Wi-Fi hotspot, you may want to take a few measures to ensure your security for your precious business files.

So for an entrepreneur who considers Starbucks -- or any other coffee shop for that matter -- his home office, what options are available to ensure the privacy and security of his or her data when accessing the internet on a free Wi-Fi connection? more