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It's not "What's your brand?" It's "Where's your brand?"

Jeffrey Gitomer

I was at the Omni Houston Hotel in Texas. ” So I went downstairs to my seminar and asked 150 people in my audience who were also staying at the hotel, “How many of you bathed this morning?” Right there in the hotel. And just like the Omni Houston Hotel, they didn’t brand them either.

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Why More Salespeople Are Being Recommended for Difficult Selling Roles

Understanding the Sales Force

We are finally doing things we haven't done for quite a while including dining inside restaurants, flying, staying in hotels, going to and hosting parties, attending packed stadiums for sporting events and more.

Hotels 274
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Sales 2.0 Conference; The Huge Sales Blitz and Sales Processes

Understanding the Sales Force

Long before we reached the hotel, he asked how I would be paying and activated the payment screen so that I could pay by credit card and sign the receipt. Then, instead of going around the block so that he could deliver me to the main entrance, he suggested that I could save 5 minutes by getting out across the street from the hotel.

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How Frequently Does Fear Play a Part in Sales?

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales Managers should review that qualifying data and make sure that their own salespeople are qualifying thoroughly, qualifying when they should, and qualifying every sales opportunity. Please continue to qualify between 2nd and 3rd base!

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Applying Sales 2.0 in Real Life

Sales 2.0

I interviewed sales manager, sales person, sales trainer and all around smart guy Jorge Soto. I asked Jorge about how he uses Sales 2.0 The thing is that startup sales is very different from getting a sales job at an established, well known brand such as Google, Oracle, Marriott Hotels etc.

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How Practice Can Increase Sales and Commissions by 33%

Understanding the Sales Force

A friend just texted me from his Las Vegas hotel room and sent along a video of him and his son playing catch with their gloves and a baseball in their hotel room. Lack of sales training. Sales Managers aren’t asking them to, requiring it, or leading them through it because they too don’t know what good sounds like.

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When the Training Wheels Come Off

SBI Growth

Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. Hotels, flights and food. Convert more leads into opportunities. Julie was sick of battling on price. If another customer told her every competitor’s offering felt the same, she might scream. The pipeline is not expanding. Why Bother?

Training 293