Company: Profit Builders, Merrick, NY
Company Description: Keith is President of Profit Builders. An award winning columnist and Executive Sales Coach, Keith is the best selling author of Coaching Salespeople into Sales Champions. Inc. named Keith one of the most influential executive coaches. Keith is often featured in the media and sits on the advisory board for several companies and editorial boards. He's the Expert Sales Advisor for AllBusiness.com.
Nomination Category: Sales Individual Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Sales Education Leader of the Year

Nomination Title: Keith Rosen, Executive Sales Coach and President of Profit Builders

1. Tell the story about what this nominee achieved since the beginning of July last year (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

Keith Rosen is the executive sales coach that top salespeople and managers
call first. A pioneer in the coaching profession, Keith is one of the foremost
authorities on assisting people to achieve positive, measurable change. Here
is a highlight of Keith's top achievements over the last year.

* Released his fifth book, Coaching Salespeople Into Sales Champions. Became a
best seller and the #1 Best Selling Management book on Amazon.com. This book
has already been translated in several languages including Chinese and Czech.
This book has already been endorsed by thought leaders such as Dr. Denis
Waitley, Brian Tracy, Dr. Tony Alessandra, Anthony Parinello, Tom Hopkins,
Gerhard Gschwandtner, Jim Cathcart, Jill Konrath and more.

* Presented at first ever sales 2.0 conference discussing the changes in
technology, how it impacts today's leadership and how we manage our people,
especially cross generational teams. October, 2007

* Panelist on the past two Selling Power Leadership Conferences, June and
October, 2008

* Won Best Sales Article Of The Year, December 2007

* Software Sales Journal named Keith's company one of the Top Nine Best
Training Firms two years in a row.

* Appointed a position on the Advisory Board for Landslide.com

* Appointed a position on the Advisory Board for CanDoGo.com

* Became one of the founding content provider for CanDoGo.com

* A frequent contributor for CBSNews.com, Sales and Marketing Management,
Hoovers.com, Bizmazing.com.

* Appointed as the Expert Sales Advisor for AllBusiness.com.

* Has been featured in Entrepreneur, Inc., Fortune, TheStreet.com,
Hoovers.com, Microsoft People Ready, The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal and has also been a guest on Fox Business News and News 12
Connecticut several times as an expert correspondent.

* Released the Coaching Playbook, Volumes One through Four. A series of
playbooks for managers and coaches to assist in building and motivating a team
of champions.

* Invited to join the editorial board for Recruiting Trends magazine.

* Invited to join the editorial board for Published and Profitable magazine.

* Invited to join the board and became a founding member of The Sales
Corporation.

* Personally coached hundreds of people to achieve their goals and never
sacrificed a moment with his family and his three children.

* A guest speaker at The 2008 National Speakers Association annual convention
in New York City on becoming a coach and building a sustainable and profitable
coaching practice.

* Contributing writer to SHRM's HR Magazine.

2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:

New Book:
http://www.CoachingSalespeople.com

Book Endorsements from The Leading Experts, Authors and Business Leaders:
http://www.coachingsalespeople.com/reviews.html

Won Best Sales Article of The Year:
http://www.top10salesarticles.com/yearArchives.php?year_id=1

Reviews of Latest Book:
http://www.reviewscout.com/0470142510

Featured Expert on Hoover's:
http://hoovers.com/global/hoov/experts/index.xhtml?pageid=16187

AllBusiness.com Expert Sales Advisor:
http://www.allbusiness.com/3780395-1.html

Testimonials and Success Stories:
http://www.profitbuilders.com/references.htm

Keith Rosen TV:
http://www.youtube.com/KeithRosenTV

Executive Sales Coach Blog:
http://www.blog.profitbuilders.com

Published Articles:
http://www.profitbuilders.com/articlemanager.htm

Books:
http://www.profitbuilders.com/keith-rosen-books.htm
http://www.profitbuilders.com/catalog/

Bio:
http://www.profitbuilders.com/about.htm

Download Media and Meeting Planners Kit:
http://www.coachingsalespeopleintosaleschampions.com/press_kit.html

ADVISORY AND PANEL ASSIGNMENTS:

Advisory Board on Recruiting Trends:
http://www.recruitingtrends.com/advisory_board/keith_rosen.html

Landslide Release:
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS136569+27-Nov-2007+BW20071127
http://www.drapertriangle.com/weblog/2007/11/keith_rosen_jill_konrath_join_1.php

Brain Trust Member:
http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/small-business-advice-members/keith-rosen_1532.html

FEATURED EXPERT ON LEADING INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS SITES AND PORTALS:

Jigsaw Industry Maven:
http://www.jigsaw.com/company_information/partners_mavens.xhtml

Founding Contributor of the Top Sales Experts:
http://www.topsalesexperts.com/profiles.php?expert_id=27

Author Endorsements and Guest:
http://wordpress.com/tag/keith-rosen/

Interview on Published and Profitable:
http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com/2008/08/let-keith-rosen-a-top-executive-coach-next-weeks-teleseminar-interview-guest-help-you-find-the-time-to-write-your-book/

Endorsed by author, Vince Thompson:
http://beignited.typepad.com/ignited_by_vince_thompson/2008/04/ignited-contrib.html

Contributor to Eyes on Sales:
http://eyesonsales.com/archives/all/4215

Sales Columnist for Qualified Remodeler:
http://www.qualifiedremodeler.com/publication/bio.jsp?contribId=10

Featured On BNET:
http://resources.bnet.com/topic/keith+rosen.html

Guru on Lifetips:
http://www.lifetips.com/expert-guru/6310-keith-rosen.html

Contributed Articles to Event Solutions Magazine:
http://www.event-solutions.com/authors/keith_rosen

Sales and Management Blogs:
http://salesandmanagementblog.com/2008/07/29/guest-articles-costly-assumptions-by-keith-rosen/

Featured Expert on Sales Resources:
http://www.salesresources.com/video/results.cfm?Article=&Author=130

Featured Expert on The Sales Center:
http://www.thesalescenter.org/profile-keith-rosen/

Featured Expert on Insightory:
http://www.insightory.com/view/906/1/the_seduction_of_potential

Featured Expert on Sales HQ.
http://www.saleshq.com/training/676-developing-your-mvp

Sales 2.0:
http://www.sales2.com/salesblog/2008/08/cold_calling_academy_shift_fro.html

The Sales Corporation:
http://www.thesalescorporation.com/about.php

Manager Crossing:
http://www.managercrossing.com/article/index.php?id=330114>

Bizmazing:
http://www.bizmazing.com/category/events/

CBSNews.com:
http://allbusiness.cbsnews.com/sales/selling-techniques-closing-sales/4001389-3.html

3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the nominee:

Keith Rosen is an award winning columnist, engaging speaker and Master
Certified Coach. A best selling author, Keith has written several
books including, Time Management for Sales Professionals, The Complete Idiot's
Guide to Cold Calling, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Closing the Sale and
Coaching Salespeople Into Sales Champions. For his work as a pioneer in the
coaching profession, Inc. magazine and Fast Company named Keith one of the
five most respected and influential executive coaches in the country. Software
Sales Journal named Keith's company one of the Top Nine Best Training Firms.
Keith was an integral part in designing the exam and coach certification and
credentializing process for the International Coach Federation. Keith sits on
the advisory board for several technology companies that are leading the Sales
2.0 evolution. Keith is a frequent contributor for CBSNews.com, Sales and
Marketing Management and has been appointed as the Expert Sales Advisor for
AllBusiness.com. He's been featured in Entrepreneur, Inc., Fortune,
TheStreet.com, Hoovers.com, The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal and has also been a guest on Fox Business News.