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Loyalty is not Prejudice

For years we as an industry have been focused on one main thing; SALES! We have worked harder and harder year after year to drive up the average ticket. So, we trained our team to sell and we got higher price books but, at the end of the day the...

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Why We Changed- Your Service Tech Called

Your Service tech called and asked you this: “What do we do about our long-time loyal customers?” “I mean, surely if we walk in and show them this...

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It’s Never Just Anything

Have you ever been in a conversation with one of your office staff or technicians and asked or been asked, “If you could just…?” or “It’s just…”. I...

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How to be an Expert

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Selling to the Opposite Sex

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The Ride Along

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The Ride Along

Many times we as business owners and managers overlook or misuse the power of the ride along. The ride along is traditionally used for the...

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To Price or Not to Price

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Success Starts in the Circle

https://youtu.be/h9FEvDAIIQE

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Common Sense – The Third Pillar

Recently I began the song and dance with a salesman and his ‘manager’ about joining their membership for marketing services.

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Tech’s Aren’t Chickens

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Tech’s Aren’t Chickens

This morning on my commute in I listened to a TED Talk podcast about the subject of the “Pecking Order” in relation to “super” chickens. Now, don’t...

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