First Blog Post – 3 forces moving more people into sales
I personally think it is interesting learning about the three forces that are moving more people into sales. In class we talked about how those three things are entrepreneurship, elasticity, and ed-med.
I learned that Entrepreneurship plays a role because it is selling the original idea, selling to early adopters of the products, selling to investors and etc. Entrepreneurship is proliferating in the niches, and the internet is HUGE in the respect. Entrepreneur wears many hats necessarily. Selling is with the original idea, to early adopters of the products, tell the story of the company and also selling to investors.
Elasticity plays a role because it is stretching employees beyond their specified work niches and using them in the sales process. Elasticity is necessary such has in both small and large companies which share trend toward the decentralization of sales.
The lastly ed-med plays a role because Pink said “moving people is the majority of what we do in healthcare.” Ed-Med means education and healthcare, and ed-med is effective in sales in any context which proceeds on this principle. Medicine is a connection in sales which relates to ed-med and examples the best way to diagnose issues. The best to diagnose issues is by having logical, systematic framework for addressing issues, asking the right questions at the right time, having all the major pieces of the information, looking our for the best interests of the client, and also prescribing client soultions.
I learned with these three forces moving more people into sales is that effective sales in any context.
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Ethan David 
Aliyah Shelatz
What we have been discussing in class, as well as in the book, has been interesting. I have always thought that the sales industry was going to continue faze out, or at least take on a different look, but it is definitely here to stay. Sales expands far beyond the scope that most think it does and is interesting learning more about it.
I think it is very interesting to expand how we think about sales. Traditionally, we think of sales as just selling a product or service to someone and we think of the traditional door to door salespeople. Understanding that sales go much further, shows how important sales are. Like we have mentioned in class, everyone in a business can be a part of the sales team. It does not just have to be the traditional sales role.
Elasticity seems to be a valuable principle (and a much needed one) in so many different occupations, especially in a world where people no longer wear one hat and switch careers at least 3-4 times over their lifetime. This concept too often gives employees a greater sense of responsibility and meaning with their company that their work actually matters, which can help create a healthy work environment of inclusion and productivity. Plus, with regards to what you mentioned here about how elasticity relates to sales, such a skill will always be useful in any profession with people because so much of business is moving people to part with their resources, be it money or time.
I think often times people who enter into a sales role forget the importance of what their job is. They often just look at the quotas and want to hit those marks. With talking about elasticity in class, sometimes employees will see sales as just another checkbox instead of taking the time to build the relationships with the customers.
Most people do not think of a sales role in this way, but selling is far more important and valuable than most people think. These 3 forces can not only provide significant value in selling but can be used for everyday life and are important skills to have in the non-selling world. Building relationship between the customers and sellers can be the most important and influential factor is making sales, and more salespeople should make it a priority.