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Being a lawyer can be quite a lucrative practice provided that you have a good amount of clients. However, not all lawyers are skilled in marketing their services. You can be the best at what you do but if you don’t know how to sell it, you’re not really making money from your profession. If ... Read Post
When many small business owners think of increasing sales, they think of discounts, coupons, and other price point alterations that will encourage customers to increase their overall purchases. While these can be useful tools to move products, they aren’t always successful in boosting overall sales over the long-term. For that, looking inwards can be a ... Read Post
Why this Needs to be a Priority for Organizations Over the last few years, diversity and inclusion in the workplace have been a hot topic of discussion. It is heartening to see that the discussion has evolved from being buzzwords that are used to attract employees to essential requirements for corporate growth and prosperity. Many believe this is happening because more and more companies are seeing the vast benefits of broadening their employee base to be as inclusive as possible. It is easy to see when there’s ... Read Post
To wrap this series of articles on lockdown reflections, I’m going to refer back to something I’ve referenced many times. Austrian economist and management scientist Fredmund Malik says that we are in the greatest transformation that history has ever seen. And we’re not in the early phase of this transformation—we’re already well into it. Malik ... Read Post
The essence of selling is to provide customers with solutions all while generating income for your business. So, if you are spending too much to convert a single lead, then you should try to reduce your sales costs. There are strategies that can help you maximize your sales efforts and increase your cash flow. It ... Read Post
Most salespeople believe they are ethical and committed to customer success. Our mantra: “Treat customers like you would like to be treated.” If we could, we’d brush our teeth thrice daily with these words. Unfortunately, companies worshipping at the Maximize Shareholder Value altar have trashed and trampled this ideal. Wells Fargo, VW, and Purdue Pharma come to ... Read Post
The moment a salesperson is provided an account base for new and existing clients, the pressure begins to mount. New representatives focus on the learning ahead plus the pressure to meet their quota. Stress heightens, and the thought of communicating the sales success triangle fades away quickly. What is the sales success triangle? The salesperson ... Read Post
The Only Way Out of the Lockdown In the aftermath of this crisis, there will be millions of words written, quoting statistics, attempting to analyze exactly how it all came about, and what could have been done differently. Did we take the right strategy? Was it correct or incorrect? There will be tremendous debates over ... Read Post