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Managing Opportunities, Slaying Sacred Cows

Face-to-face visits: when the obvious conclusion is the wrong one!

Have you ever heard a salesperson boast that if they can just get face-to-face with a prospect, their odds of winning the deal jump to 50%? Of course, you have. Pretty much all salespeople make this claim! If we analyze this statement, we discover that it contains an observation that is (most likely) roughly correct. […]

June 29, 2019

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