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A small tip to standing out
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Reality is —and this work in your favor— that the bar is SO low. Most of the businesses in your industry and in your market claim they have great service, "experience" (wtf is it anyways?), solutions. Yet when things go South, they do a little bit less of the bare minimum. You doing a little bit over, makes you stand out. Know why? Because clients don't care about the bare minimum. They care that they're taken care of. That they're understood. And there's action behind the words. When you do this, even in times of crisis, with them having a problem and you're still trying to solve it, they'll want to do MORE business with you. And that's the kind of clients you want. |
Rod Aparicio
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Many people in sales think that's charm what gets them to keep accounts and/or close deals. It's not. In the vast majority of cases what gets (mis)labeled with charm is: over promising, underpricing or conceding to any price pressure or to give away discounts as a default And that's not charm. It's a lack or underdeveloped skills in sales —but most importantly, in knowing how to articulate the value they help create. What are the ways you train and develop your skills? Because "charm" will...
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