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What To Do On a Branch Visit

SBI Growth

Multi-national organizations plus complex sales equals airline miles. Last week, the Wall Street Journal ran several articles on this phenomenon. Most top sales executives travel. Many CSOs in today’s B2B selling environment can tell a Marriott from a Hyatt by looking at the furniture. You need a framework for thinking.

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What To Do When the World Is On Fire

Anthony Iannarino

The airlines have had to adjust their scheduled flights to prevent losing more money as people stop traveling, a strategy that is unavailable to hotels and restaurants, who are also suffering the economic downturn as large events are canceled, and people stay home.

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. They estimate total air travel could drop between 19% and 36% permanently due to changes in business travel.

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The ROI of Reducing Business Risk Through Sales Training

Allego

United Airlines lost $770 million in market cap because of poor training that led to newsworthy incidents which eroded brand equity. 2 Journal of Product and Brand Management. Quantifying execution risk that training mitigates is every bit as important as capturing cost savings.

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Responding to the Dig?tal Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. They estimate total air travel could drop between 19% and 36% permanently due to changes in business travel.

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This Is How I Work (Series)

Partners in Excellence

Since I travel so much, Airline Clubs become an important refuge to keep one’s sanity. I used to belong to several of the major US airline clubs (paying a steep fee for each), but they didn’t help me with my international travel. We’re actually evaluating some other tools.

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Pricing challenges posed by a pandemic

Sales and Marketing Management

As Square co-founder Jim McKelvey explained to The Wall Street Journal, “We have a lot of tools that a lot of people need. They say the move is necessary to protect themselves against possible losses when people who have bought airline tickets, vacation packages and other goods and services seek refunds.).

Margin 194