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How do you know if you are hiring a salesman that can close deals with big clients?
I know that the same salesperson that is good selling to small business owners cold be terrible when trying to sell a service or product to a big company.
However, how is it possi …
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10 views
transforming a rep based business model
I'm working with a company that is almost solely based on outside sales reps. The company is a publishing company that is based in the gift industry. I am working on new account …
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51 views
How can I get a client before starting a software company?
My friend and I are planning to start a software company and digging into our contacts databases we can assume that many of the businesses there could need our services in the near …
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How hard is to start as a sales person on the private aircrafts market?
I´m looking for information and opportunities on the private aircraft selling market as a salesman. I would like to gain some experience on that area, working for some kind of airp …
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54 views
What percentage of total sales should cover business expenses?
I was thinking about how to make my business more profitable by keeping a low budget administration.
My question is related to how much should we spend on monthly expenses from to …
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How to promote a service properly
I was wondering how a service, as an intangible, could be promoted effectively if you´re new at the market and nobody knows you or have references about you.
How would you start …
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106 views
What are the differences between a sales rep and a distributor?
Can anybody point shortly the main differences between them?
What would a sales representative do that a distributor don´t?
What makes them different?
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Cold Call data sheet for my startup — need help from the experts!
I am making a call sheet for cold calls for my new start up. I made a form, but would like it more cleaner. Any forms out there with existing templates? Or, can someone help me …
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What are the best free classified sites for small business?
Since there are many sites such as itself, I'd like to get information about the best and reliable site for a small business to use.
When I say best I mean lots of users and good r …
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Email Marketing Platform
What is the best email marketing platform available for a small online business? constant contact, icontact, vertical response, etc? Any opinions or testimonials would be greatly …
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Why do some customers want to be exclusive?
Which are the main reasons why customers want to be exclusive and pay more for it?
How do you have to treat an exclusive customer? What if you run a business and some of your mos …
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Reseller Discounts for Software Annual Maintenance?
We offer our resellers (ones that actively go out and sell to customers) a 25% discount on software licenses.
We have just introduced an annual maintenance fee, at 20% of current …
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Sales Forecast, Break Even Analysis, Projected Profit & Loss
How do i calculate all those when i barely start and have figures? I am starting up a search marketing consultancy soon and from all the business plan samples that I have downloade …
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Mobile app VS Mobile site. What to choose?
What is more suitable for e-commerce sites: developing a whole new mobile application or customizing your website to fit on mobile screens?
I would like to hear some experienced o …
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Does sales training work?
I think that most of the employees that attend to sales training programs incorporate new skills but there is a big problem when they affront a sales face to face with their potent …
