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Marketing and Sales – Some Sales Are Simply Not Worth Making

Strategy Driven

Below are just a few of the follow-on impacts sales can have on an organization that ultimately affect the bottom line: Organizational Values – Selling to entities whose values significantly contradict those of the business sends a powerfully negative message to entire workforce. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Personal Needs vs. Customer Relationships

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Some compile complex Customer Relationship Management algorithms to develop and maintain these relationships. The challenge of sustaining long-term value pushes businesses toward considering short-term relationships as the easiest route to profits. The Powerful Role of Trust. And if trust is lost, the relationship is lost as well.

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Three Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Making Prospecting Calls

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A surprising fact is that the number one carriers of Sales Call Reluctance are sales managers, sales trainers, and motivational speakers. For example, in a training a sales manager says, “We all know people hate talking to sales people” or “Get out and sell, but don’t be a salesperson!” Book value is not guaranteed.

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IT Organizations Built to Last

Strategy Driven

Innovation begins with management; by fostering a culture that prioritizes innovation, creativity is incentivized among team members. Recent data has shown the top 1,500 companies worldwide increased their R&D by 12 percent in 2011, as they have identified the need to maintain their edge in their respective industries.

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Recommended Resource – Advocacy

Strategy Driven

Advocacy by John Daly provides actionable methods to effectively market ideas such that they are acted upon by the organization. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Advocacy : Championing Ideas and Influencing Others.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Statistics Tree: Understanding Figures and What They Symbolize, Relating Directly to Your Business Success

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92% of all business mistakes may be attributed to poor management decisions. In 2011, the Department of Commerce estimated that there were 27.5 Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. About the Author.