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When I was first trying to grasp social media, I struggled with the term. I also had huge issues with the fact, at least from what I could see, that it was sooooo social. I am barely social and wanted to use it for business so, in order for me to even stomach the entire
I don’t even think that prosponsive is an actual word but, after I invented it, I discovered that it does appear to be in some urban dictionaries. For them, it is probably an afterthought. For me, and being in sales, being prosponsive is a way of life. There is responsive as in “reacting to” and
In my previous post I mentioned that my wife and I were in the process of soliciting quotes for replacement windows for our home. I also hinted that one vendor who visited never got back to us with a quote and that there was a story to tell. Well, here it is. I will call
There’s really nothing magic about selling. What they say about what we learn in kindergarten applies to sales as it does in life. Still, I see many salespeople who will consistently lose sales for the simplest of reasons. #1 – Listening skills We can go on and on about this but, here are three of the
The Close is the Natural Culmination to the Sale
Whenever I am approached by a sales manager or an owner regarding potential sales training gigs, I always ask where they feel that their salespeople can use the most help. Inevitably, the answer almost always is … “They can’t close.” While that is often the visible symptom, the causes themselves tend to run much deeper. What I have found
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