Sales – Selling Through Tough Times

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This article has appeared in numerous publications.

Experiencing a selling slump? If you are, it’s a tough situation indeed. It can not only hurt you financially, but it can damage your ego–especially if you feel you’re doing everything right and you still can’t see a breakthrough. It can also cause you to worry about job security and make your company vulnerable to the competition. What to do? [Read more…]

CUSTOMER RETENTION–MAKE IT EASY

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Today’s customers have higher expectations, more choices, more service savvy, and they are more discriminating than ever before. But don’t worry. The tips you glean from this article will help you to satisfy their demands. [Read more…]

ASK QUESTIONS AND LISTEN Like Harley-Davidson

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Harley-Davidson made news (and a fortune) by asking a great question. Here’s the short version of this amazing success story. [Read more…]

Generating Business in a Challenging Economy

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As in life, business undergoes the cyclical patterns of nature and the environment. Today, companies are entering a cycle of demanding challenges created by the economic downturn in key industries. [Read more…]

How to Offer Real “Value Added” Without Sacrificing Your Profit

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“It’s not just about selling. It’s about communicating with your customers and
sales team to determine the best ways to add value to your product or
service without lowering your price so low that you can barely make a profit.”

Tired of defending your price? Upset with having to give a discount to get the order but pricing the product so low you are not making a decent profit? Maybe you need to start looking at this the other way around. [Read more…]

Managing and Motivating the Younger Generation

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What Young Employees Want

One of the most challenging issues facing managers today is managing and motivating the Younger Generation. Many think it’s impossible to bridge the gap, yet others have been very successful in obtaining high performance from “Gen Y.” They have realized that it’s a myth that young people don’t want to work hard. [Read more…]

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