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Top 10 Reasons You Blew That Opportunity

August 11th, 2009 @ 5:30 am

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Categories: Closing, Cold Calls, Pitches, Sales Process, Sales Skills, Sales Tips

Tags: Reason, Customer, Thought, HERE, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James

A great philosopher once said: “Everything happens for a reason.”  When it comes to selling, most failures result mistakes that are easily avoidable, providing you understand what went wrong.   Here are the top ten reasons that sales reps blow real-live sales opportunities.

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    anandpens

    08/11/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Top 10 Dumb Reasons Reps Lose Sales

    Hello,

    This was really a very interesting article by Geoffrey James. It is a MUST READ for every sales/ marketing managers which is quite practical in todays world.

    Thanks BNET,

    JIGNESH

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