Seth Godin’s recent column on Intangibles was great.  As a matter of fact, I haven’t disagreed in more than two years with anything he has written  about selling.  Today he provided many examples – great examples – of how your intangibles create value.  I’d like to explain how your salespeople can uncover these, and other reasons why prospects would pay more to do business with you.

Last night at dinner, my 77 year-old father showed us the obituary he had saved from when his father died.  Abe Kurlan died in 1968 at the age of 68.  Since I pick up the most subtle of patterns, the first thing that ran through my head was that I might make it to 86!  It also got me thinking about what Abe did for a living.  He was a car salesman back in the day when before he could sell you a car he had to teach you how to drive one!