Developing and understanding how your attitude relates to your career is a very important first step to increasing your sales success. Once you have an attitude understanding, you can better develop a personal value statement. A personal value statement is absolutely critical to communicating the value you provide to a client. Here are some...
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Most business owners try every trick and tactic to close new business. And while this is perfectly natural and normal, it can sometimes cause a business to overlook a huge asset to growing their business—existing customers. Your database of customers is an excellent way to increase your sales by cross-selling other products and services to...
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We have all seen what attitude can do in a business and organizational environment. Entering a business where everyone walking in is greeted with a big smile just makes the difference in our own focus that day. And we all remember the last time we walked into a dreary and almost dire environment that...
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The first thing to understand is that customer complaints are a part of doing business. And how you deal with customer or client complaints comprises a critical part of delivering exemplary customer service. It is important to remember that customer complaints present an opportunity to provide a memorable interaction where you can provide value...
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There is an old saying in sales that goes something like this: a good close is always an opening. It is an opening for new business, referrals, customer allegiance, and success. But not every salesperson is good at closing a sale. If you have followed the Carnegie principles you know that integrity is just...
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Is the customer really “always right?” As much as this mantra has been force fed to us all our lives, the answer, of course, is no. There are many situations where the customer simply cannot have what they want. The product or service that they desire may no longer exist, or it may not...
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It should happen all year long here across Central Indiana, but it is Cyber Monday and the foundation of every gift ordered today is customer service. People will flock to the main buying sites and click for presents that will end up under the tree. The truth is that when it is simple to...
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For months and months, it has been very tough to focus away from the news and the upcoming elections. But it is indeed Election Day in our country. It has arrived. Across Indianapolis, throughout Indiana, and across the USA, this is a day when we will indeed be checking the news and the state...
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Dale Carnegie knew that the best way to correct someone’s mistake was to call attention to it indirectly, thereby getting the person to realize it for himself or herself. To illustrate the point, Carnegie told the story of when the eloquent Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer, Henry Ward Beecher died. The following Sunday, Lyman...
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Dealing directly with customers can be a difficult job because it’s not always easy to get to the root of a client’s issues. You must listen and understand the client before tackling the issue. However, once you have identified the issue, there are a few steps that you can take to ensure the process...
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