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How big is your pipeline? Breakeven Analysis 101 part 2!

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

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A few months ago I did an entry on using a simplified financial break-even calculation that a business owner could use for high level strategic planning based on what they’d like to make.  You can see the details here.
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Is the Price Right?

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

We had a great discussion this morning at a BANG! meeting about the need and the fear of raising prices.  The general consensus was that everyone had entertained fears that a price hike on their services would drive away clients.  
We also generally agreed that the reality, assuming you had quality service that wasn’t a commodity, [...]

So what are you implying?

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A few weeks ago I referenced SPIN Selling for an article and I thought I’d follow up with a quick overview.  It’s a great book (highly recommended) and it’s a must read if you are involved in large ticket sales in any way or if you just like to understand some of the science behind business.
It [...]

Whose system are you using when you sell?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I had the opportunity to participate in an interesting conversation this afternoon that reinforced some fundamentals of sales that I sometimes forget about.
The essence of the conversation was why would you need a system for selling.  Admittedly it’s not easy, but isn’t it as simple as contacting a potential customer and asking them if they’d [...]

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