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It’s human nature to want to learn and develop…so why do so many employees avoid training programs like the plague? […]
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What is customer service if it isn’t based on your customers’ expectations? According to Micah Solomon, author of the award-winning book High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service, there are six major trends transforming the way customers expect to be treated. Is your business ready for the new customer-centric world?
Are you sure your marketing is still relevant? The average customer is flooded with messages hourly. At the same time, marketers now have the data and the ability to target small, niche groups of customers. Because of these two trends, customers expect relevance.
Marketing is extremely different when you are marketing directly to a consumer (“b to c” or B2C) as opposed to marketing to another business (“b to b” or B2B).
When learning how to read and decipher financial statements you will need to differentiate between what is a liability and what is an asset. So what is liability?
When reading financial statements you’ll need to have a firm grasp of assets. So what are assets? They are tangible or intangible possessions that have economic value.
Overcoming objections is part of sales. Just when you think you’ve made the sale, the customer responds with “We’ve decided to go with someone else.” Don’t give up. Overcome this common response with these eight comebacks…
One of the most important skills for how to be a salesman is overcoming objections. Here are 12 comebacks to the most common objection to closing a sale: the price.