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Pain VS Gain: How to Best Motivate Buyers to Buy

The Empowered Buisness

The following example comes from coaching a Mazda/ VW automotive dealership sales team. Dan is also the author of 5 books, including the #1 business best-seller, Sales Autopsy (Kaplan, 2006). CAR CHART EXAMPLE. TO (Gain, Benefits). AWAY (Pain, Problems. Lots of prestige in owning a nice, new car; lookin’ successful.

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Is Tesla Really a Disruptor? (And Why the Answer Matters)

Harvard Business Review

Tesla, Elon Musk’s automotive start-up, is having a very good year. But is its automotive business a disruptor, poised to transform the entire transportation sector? In the meantime, of course, there’s no guarantee that Tesla will be the winner in any automotive technology arms race. None of them succeeded.

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Why Elon Musk’s New Strategy Makes Sense

Harvard Business Review

The first installment had been written in 2006. It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. Last week Elon Musk released the second installment of Tesla’s Master Plan.