Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

  1. What is the mission of Saleslinks.com?
  2. Who is Jack Carroll and why is he qualified to speak to and for salespeople?
  3. This site is focused on salespeople. Who exactly do you include as salespeople?
  4. Who is this site intended for primarily? Salespeople or sales management?
  5. Are the sales links on this web site all of the pertinent links on the web?
  6. Why did you only list 300+ links if so many more were qualified?
  7. Are you open to suggestions about other links to include on your site?
  8. On what basis do you choose a Top 25 site?
  9. Where are things going at SalesLinks.com? What's up for the future?
  10. What is your privacy policy?
  11. Why do you require an e-mail address to enter the Top 25 Sales Sites?
  12. What about cookies? Do you use them on this site?

Frequently questioned answers

  1. What is the mission of Saleslinks.com?

    We will say this as clearly and simply as we can without trying to sound pompous or altruistic.

    Our mission is to help make business life more productive and financially rewarding for salespeople by teaching them how to use the tools and resources of the Internet in an effective way. Another important aspect of that mission is to help salespeople learn from the wisdom and mistakes of others in the sales field which is the subject matter of the SalesLinks Bulletin by Jack Carroll.

    By helping salespeople to enrich their lives, we will grow and prosper with them as a by-product of their success.

     

  2. Who is Jack Carroll and why is he qualified to speak to and for salespeople?

    Jack Carroll is the founder and principal of Mentor Associates and SalesLinks, Inc. Mr. Carroll brings more than 25 years of senior sales and marketing management experience to consulting and training assignments. The last fifteen of those years have been dedicated to the computer and high tech marketplaces. He was Vice President of Sales of three computer industry successes in the early 1980's: Kaypro Corporation, The TOPS Network, and Voyager Development. He is a dynamic speaker, teacher, and motivator who has directly mentored over 5000 people during his career as a sales strategist and teacher.

    Since 1987, as under the banner of Mentor Associates, Mr. Carroll has served a wide variety of computer and technology companies and has designed and worked with programs in 46 high technology companies, implementing major account selling programs in more than half of them. Clients range from start-ups to some of the most successful, high profile companies in the industry. Notable among client companies are:

    Ziff Davis Publishing (9 operating companies)
    DCA (Attachmate)
    Pacific Data Products
    Bell Atlantic
    HighwayMaster Communications
    Digital Equipment Corporation
    Alpha Software
    On Technology
    Borland International
    Hewlett Packard (Colorado Memory)
    Symantec Intl. (Central Point)
    Timeslips Corporation
    Clear Software
    Bendata Help Desk Software
    Help Desk Institute
    Software Developer’s Company
    Cabletron Systems
    Sun Microsystems
    Shiva Corporation
    Network Associates
    Many others

    In addition, Mr. Carroll has worked with and advised three different venture capital organizations regarding sales issues in their portfolio companies and served 21 start up and second stage companies in the computer and high technology industries.

     

  3. This site is focused on salespeople. Who (and what) do you include as salespeople?

    Anyone who is engaged in the business of sales and selling will benefit from the information, tools, resources and advice that can be found at the site. Anyone who knows that they must sell to earn a good livelihood. (See the next question.)

     

  4. Who is this site intended for primarily? Salespeople or sales management?

    It's for anyone who sells for a living. Our primary target audience is salespeople, sales managers and sales executives. Our secondary audience includes marketing people, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Secondary doesn't mean that they are not as important, or wouldn't benefit from the material. It means that our own sales and marketing focus is on the primary group, and we speak to that group with our messages.

     

  5. Are the sales links on this web site all of the pertinent links on the web?

    No. They are a very small fraction of what is out there. In the case of the Top 25, we feel that they are the best ones that we found during six months of research. But in the case of the other 300+ links that are listed, the decision to list some and not others was arbitrary. We listed the best. But there were many that we found that were very good that we are holding back for the future.

    In other words, the fact that a link is not presented on the site is not an indication that it isn't high quality. We intend to rotate new links in every month from the thousands we have bookmarked, as well as those suggested by visitors to SalesLinks.com.

     

  6. Why did you only list 300+ links if so many more were qualified?

    Because there is a disease on the web that we call 'downloaditis'. What it means essentially is accumulating information instead of using it. We will hold the limit at 300 links until someone convinces us that people can digest more.

     

  7. Are you open to suggestions about other links to include on your site?

    We sure are. As a matter of fact, we depend on the input of the sales community to make the site and the resources better and better. There is a link at the site for sending us your suggestions.

     

  8. On what basis do you choose a Top 25 site?

    On the basis of usefulness and value. We do not even consider popularity or the number of visitors. Only the value that the site has as far as information, tools or resources to salespeople is concerned.

     

  9. Where are things going at SalesLinks.com? What's up for the future?

    We will build the community and continue to introduce new features and products that will be of value to salespeople. As soon as the community is large enough, we will begin forums and discussion groups among like minded people. (Otherwise known as "segments.")

     

  10. What is your privacy policy?

    We do not sell, rent, or give away any of the e-mail addresses, names, or information we collect on this web site. We use e-mail addresses only for mailing our opt-in newsletters. As further assurance, we do not store our database on our server, so your information is secure.

     

  11. Why do you require an e-mail address to enter the Top 25 Sales Sites?

    We decided that the Top 25 feature is so painstakingly researched and valuable, that it would not be free but would cost an e-mail address. If you're not willing at the very least to receive an issue of our free SalesLinks Bulletin, to which you can easily unsubscribe (just reply to the e-mailed welcome message with the word "unsubscribe" at the top of the message), then we don't want you in the Top 25 area of the site. Plain and simple. Two samples are provided so that you can decide if this price is fair.

     

  12. What about cookies? Do you use them to register or track visitors?

    We use only one cookie on the site and that is for visitors to gain free admission to our Top 25 section without having to re-register. This cookie doesn't store any personal information and exists only so that you can bypass a form without having to fill it out again. If your browser doesn't support cookies or you've disabled them, you will still be able to access this part of the site, but will have to fill out the form each time you visit. Don't worry about duplicate registrations; our database erases these, ensuring that you won't receive multiple issues of our newsletters.

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