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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A burned out employee can lead to huge productively problems. Signs of burnout include anxiousness, noticeable tiredness, inability to focus and a short temper. Obviously, none of these are conducive to a positive, strong work environment. So, to help you avoid becoming burned out, here are six tips for employees and employers alike from your...
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We all need to remind ourselves that we are not pulled to high levels of success. Rather, we are lifted there by those working beside and below us. Achieving high-level success requires the support and the cooperation of others. And gaining this support and cooperation of others requires leadership ability. Success and the ability...
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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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Fatigue accumulates with astonishing rapidity. The United States Army has discovered by repeated tests that even young men toughened by years of Army training can march better, and hold up longer, if they throw down their packs and rest ten minutes out of every hour. So the Army forces them to do just that....
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In sales teams across Indianapolis and around Hoosier State, you can count on a percentage of sales professionals doing their jobs well and percentage of them doing poorly. It is the middle group that sees both excellence and futility and learns from the challenges. In the efforts to keep success in the sales organization,...
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About ninety percent of the things in our lives are right and about ten percent are wrong. If we want to be happy, all we have to do is to concentrate on the ninety percent that are right, and ignore the ten percent that are wrong. If we want to be worried and bitter...
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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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Dale Carnegie once told the story of Pamela Dunham of New Fairfield, Connecticut, who had among her responsibilities on her job the supervision of a janitor who was doing a very poor job. The other employees would jeer at him and litter the hallways to show him what a bad job he was doing....
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