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Gitomer: More sales masters

Wanna be a sales master? Read about more sales masters! 

The book, titled “America’s Twelve Master Salesmen,” was written and published by B.C. Forbes & Sons in 1953. Yes, there were women in the book, …

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McLellan: Do you recycle?

I admit it – I hate re-inventing the wheel.  There’s nothing more debilitating to a to-do list than the belief that everything you do needs to be custom created. In this era of content creation, …

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Gitomer: To improve, follow the masters

I began this year in retrospect by reading a 60-year-old book on the masters of selling. The book, titled “America’s Twelve Master Salesmen,” was written and published by B.C. Forbes & Sons in 1953.

The …

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McLellan: What’s your welcome mat say?

I’m spending some time in Europe with my daughter celebrating her college graduation and even though I’m on vacation, I can’t help but see things through a marketing lens.

Right now, we’re in Madrid, Spain …

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Gitomer: Who is the real decision maker?

The prospect tells you, “I only need one more approval and the order is yours.”

For joy, for joy – the order is mine! Uh, uh, uh – don’t celebrate too soon. The one last …

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McLellan: But can I trust you?

I can’t guess how many times the word trust has appeared in this column over the past ten years. We’ve talked about the importance of know • like • trust model, we’ve discussed the connection …

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Gitomer: Effective engagement secrets

What is engagement?

Better stated, how can you engage other people to become interested in you and your product or service? Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends and Influence People) says by becoming interested in …

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McLellan: What is marketing automation?

Marketing automation is one of those buzzwords that is being bandied around quite a bit lately, so I thought it was time to define it and help you determine if it makes sense for your …

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The Photo Issue: Seeking nominations

 

Do you know a business leader who has an interesting talent, hobby or skill?

 

We’re searching for the business leaders to feature photographically in the 2015 Photo Issue edition of the Business Record, …

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Gitomer: Want to change your attitude?

I define attitude as, “The way you dedicate yourself to the way you think.” Thinking negative or thinking positive is a choice and a process. Negative is (unfortunately) an instinctive process. Positive is a learned …

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