Like many people playing in the social networks, I get lots of invites for new Beta tests and other invites for new services out there. And for the most part I keep those things to myself, although I did go nuts and hand out GMail accounts when it first popped out of Beta.
I stumbled [...]

At some point in sales everyone has to cold call. A lot of folks go with the Three-Foot Rule; anyone within three feet is a potential customer.
I really hate the three-foot rule. It relies on the idea that you must practically trip the guy waiting in line in front of you to make a [...]