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#1 Way Salespeople Destroy Profit | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

As if offering a discount right up front wasn’t a big enough mistake, the salesperson went on to give the customer an even bigger discount when they were slow to respond with their decision. Afterward I asked the salesperson why they were so quick to offer a discount and the response didn’t surprise me. April 2011.

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Solutions to Your Small Business Sales Challenges | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Dec 19, 2011. Maybe a media representative suggests a new advertisement. So, “pop” off they go with new advertising. Then an advertising agency suggests a new brochure and off they go again. discounting. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011.

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Who is Your Lexus? | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

Dec 12, 2011. Could you get a better form of advertising than that? discounting. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Retail Sales Trends. Contact Mark. E-mail RSS. Not likely.

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PODCAST 123: How to Go From a Transactional Model to a Subscription Model with Brandon Meyers

Sales Hacker

Brandon has over 15 years of experience in technology, sales, and ad tech, and he’s recognized as one of the leading figures in the Bay Area on advertising technology. We work also with advertising agencies as well, and so it could be a buyer within an ad agency also. And this is 2011. Is that your primary persona?

Lead Rank 107
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PODCAST 82: Be Fanatic About Connecting With Your Customer w/ Zvi Guterman

Sales Hacker

In 2011, he had a board-level disagreement with his shareholders … so he bought them out, to radically focus on his customers. Zvi raised a lot of money many years ago — the last time he raised money was 2011. Sam Jacobs: And your last funding round was 2011? Zvi is a serial entrepreneur. He’s now experiencing 50% growth.

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How to make sales calls [The Ultimate Guide]

OnePageCRM

” “We sell print ads and content marketing site solutions in the $1,000 – $20,000 range, so if I can sell print advertising over the phone – you should have no problems selling yours.” I haven’t owned a TV since 2011 and I don’t follow any team sports so the usual chit-chat openers fall flat.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program.

The ROI Guy

Cut through the clutter - Buyers are inundated with marketing messages constantly via e-mail, web browsing, direct mail and advertising. Sell value vs. price - Traditional sales professionals focus on price, and therefore leave the discussion open to discounting. CIO Priorities for 2011 Indicate Continued Frugaln.

ROI 40