He read a book on salesmanship but it didn't help. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Personal diplomacy may be one of George Bush's great strengths as President; car salesmanship is not!. From Wordnik.com. [The Auto Industry: Structuring for Survival in the Global Market of the '90s] Reference
"Refined selling," some of the girls call the salesmanship which they learn in Mrs. Prince's class. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of Tomorrow] Reference
I thought it was really a terrific piece of political salesmanship, which is what you're supposed to be doing in a campaign. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2008] Reference
Boy, with that kind of salesmanship, we should all run out and get it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2003] Reference
Some intermediaries justify this by providing benefits, such as salesmanship, advertising or transport. From Wordnik.com. [Repairing the Healthcare System] Reference
Now the frat boys have less to do, for "salesmanship" has become a dirty word in the financial industry. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Times Online] Reference
'salesmanship' contained in a recent post on this board. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
And one-to-one salesmanship will still be required. From Wordnik.com. [THE SUPREME SALES TEAM] Reference
It boiled down to three words: salesmanship in print. From Wordnik.com. [Present at the Birth of Modern Advertising] Reference
A store school employs teachers of salesmanship and store system. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
I saw in print, the other day, the statement that salesmanship is the. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
There is a science of salesmanship, whether the salesman knows it or not. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
Don't attempt to spring any correspondence school salesmanship on a real editor. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
Character, skill, tact, and energy are all required for successful salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
The first step in salesmanship is to acquire a thorough knowledge of the product. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
It would have been a huge feat of salesmanship to flog hoofprints on the internet. From Wordnik.com. [Note to Tony Blair: don't do a Garfield Sobers at your book signings] Reference
They are exercises in salesmanship and suffer from all the excesses of salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
I ought to give you a good example of what salesmanship really means and how it operates. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
Employment is much more regular in clerical work than it is in salesmanship or industrial work. From Wordnik.com. [Wage Earning and Education] Reference
By direct salesmanship; that is, by making personal visits to the buyers, either homes or stores. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
There you have the first principles of what is meant by "an elementary knowledge of salesmanship.". From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
One large establishment reports that only one third of their staff become skilled in salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
This experience, painfully acquired, should be backed up by an elementary knowledge of salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
But don't too quickly despair, for after all, there is nothing particularly subtle about salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
Such salesmen are no longer categorised with Cæsar's wife, and the new salesmanship is having its day. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
The teachers of salesmanship tell us that we are all selling something, even when there is no visible product. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
In any case, the girl feels that there is a direct connection between her successful salesmanship and her wages. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
It puts a premium not on salesmanship, but on what it needs most -- intellectual production, the research payoff. From Wordnik.com. [The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session] Reference
salesmanship is just as much a profession as law, medicine, or anything else, and salesmanship also has its reward. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Road] Reference
The consensus was that Clinton should not take the lead, and that the task of salesmanship should remain with Christopher. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To Indecision] Reference
So hey, President Clinton, use that telegenic salesmanship on us, and hold a nationally televised national-service summit. From Wordnik.com. [What I Can Do For My Country] Reference
Learn what real salesmanship is, from a real salesman -- who may sell bacon, or steel or motor cars instead of manuscripts. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
And this very virtue which is the foundation of successful salesmanship is likely to lead the salesman into gross rudeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
His secrets of salesmanship ran far beyond a shoeshine and a smile; he could be rough, even cutthroat in competition for a big job. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero] Reference
As it is, good salesmanship and efficient service first elevated a plaything to a luxury and then reduced the luxury to a necessity. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
Repartee of this sort is disarming, and the quickness of wit that prompts it is not one of the least useful attributes of salesmanship. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
Our young saleswoman will study her store, she will take lessons in salesmanship, she will be interested in her work and eager to learn. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Girl at Work A Book of Vocational Guidance] Reference
In a recent book ( "Birth of a Salesman"), historian Walter Friedman of Harvard noted that salesmanship in America started with peddlers. From Wordnik.com. [A MARKETING REVOLUTION] Reference
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