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We’re Long Past Our “Use By Date”

Partners in Excellence

I remember in 2017, taking great joy in bringing a can of something that said, “Use by 12/2004.” It’s tantamount to my brushing the dust off that use by 12/2004 can and polishing it up. We focus our skills development on product training and selling skills. ” The world has changed!

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Is It Time to Get Real About Social Selling?

Jonathan Farrington

Why am I bothered about the abuse of the term social selling? The misguided assumption that the use of social tools ( LinkedIn , Hootsuite , Twitter or Facebook ) on their own is the strategy that will increase sales and cure sales performance problems. Well, for two reasons: 1. Use of technology is NOT a sales strategy!