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Off the Cuff Interview Question: “Could you give us an example of a lead that might slip through the cracks, that otherwise might be saved and turned into an opportunity?” ” On the surface, it’s easy to point the finger at salespeople who. fail to follow up sales leads.
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I have nothing but love and respect for salespeople. You guys are the extreme athletes of the business world. Salespeople risk 50%, 60%, 70% and sometimes 100% of their salary in their job. You don’t get paid until you sell something. No one else takes that kind of risk in corporate America.
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There are still too many people writing that effectiveness in sales requires an approach that is mutually exclusive , that you must do “this” but not “that.”
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Customer experience (CE) and its management (customer experience management CEM) is a highly volatile and subjective concept that is extremely difficult to define, let alone monitor and measure. Part of this difficulty is rooted in the fact that a customer experience relies heavily on interpreting and evaluating responses that are internal and extremely subjective.
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One of my biggest weaknesses is my impatience. I do all sorts of things to control it, or at least mask it. I sit on my hands, bite my tongue, count to 1000 then start over again. Sometimes it’s a losing battle with myself. Recently, I was sitting with a group of sales people. It was a pretty large group of all different ages. One person started talking about how difficult it is to sell.
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