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Sacrificing One Customer Segment to Satisfy Another
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
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There’s an important lesson in this for every business. When you introduce a change in order to attract a new customer segment, you must carefully consider if and how that change will impact your existing customer base.
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Why You Need a Tradeshow System
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
If not executed properly, trade shows can be a drain on your marketing budget with little to show for your efforts. Read on to learn how you can maximize your trade show return-on-investment (ROI) by increasing your traffic, leads and sales.
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How to Get Unstuck in Your Sales Process
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
In my latest guest post for SalesPOP!, I review the sales steps and provide self-assessment questions. These questions will help you determine what might be holding you back if you’re not achieving your sales goals.
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Drive More Sales with a Proactive Approach to Referrals
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
There are many ways to generate referrals for your business: both before and after the sale, by offering incentives, and simply by letting customers know your business relies on word-of-mouth advertising. But if you follow my blog posts or watch my webinars, you know that I love systems. So I got systematic about generating referrals and developed a proactive approach I call Reciprocal Referral Partnerships (RRP).
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Weak Phrases to Avoid in Your Sales Communications
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
Whether it’s an email, text, voicemail or face-to-face meeting, the words you use communicate your posture as an expert at what you do. … Weak language will convey a lack of confidence. Conversely, strong, efficient and direct language will convey confidence and belief in the solutions you are selling.
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The Simple Solution to Closing More Sales in Your Business
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
Follow-up in sales is a paradoxical beast. It’s where the most potential for sales lies, and yet, it’s also the area of sales most vulnerable to procrastination by sales professionals. I attribute this to many factors including
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If You Build It, Will They Come?
- Posted by: Ruth Van Vierzen
- Category: Blog
The unfortunate reality for most businesses is that they don’t achieve their full potential for success because, most often, they simply aren’t marketing correctly or with an adequate budget. I have reviewed many business plans and cash flow forecasts over the years, and invariably, the marketing plans are incomplete and underfunded.
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