The Obamas Violated First Three Rules of Selling

AmericanThinker ^ | October 04, 2009 | C. Edmund Wright

[Joiseydude]

Of course Barack and Michelle Obama failed in Copenhagen. Their strategy could not possibly succeed. In their academic arrogance, they thought they could sell a product they clearly do not believe in (the United States) and moreover, they could do so by stressing the benefits to the seller (Chicago) and not the buyer (the IOC). And to top it off, they committed the faux pas of talking too much about the sales force (themselves) and not about the product or the buyer.

Gee, what could possibly go wrong?

Anyone who has had to succeed in the real business world -- and that includes few if any on Team Obama -- instinctively knows that to get business done you have to believe in what you are doing and offer a product or service that is focused on the benefits to the customer. In the Obama World of Chicago pay-to-play power, business gets done by flexing muscle and clearing the field of your competitors. You don't have to sell anything. You don't have to believe in anything. It is fine to be self-focused. You simply have to apply the power of the applicable political machinery and you win.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I still fail to see the part about MO’s father dying from MS. Mine did and I could never see myself using that for persuading others under any circumstances.

One of the things I noticed from this is that a good sales technique is confidence. In everything Obama has done so far the TOTUS doesn't ever inspire that.