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7 Awful First Sentences That Are Killing Your Outreach Emails

Hubspot Sales

Bonus: That gives you the perfect segue into your next line: “Usually, when companies move into new territories, they need to get boots on the ground as soon as possible … ”. Wrong: " I’ve been thinking about your recent acquisition of Darby Apparel, and … ". Right: "Your acquisition of Darby Apparel on Friday got me thinking … ".

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PODCAST 107: Origin Stories and the Core Principles of Sales Leadership with Lori Richardson

Sales Hacker

Lori Richardson: I grew up in my grandmother’s clothing store and my grandmother had a high-end women’s apparel store. I saw an instance for myself once where I took over a sales territory from someone else and a company had not let us bid on a huge project because they didn’t like the rep. The rep was a guy.