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Name-Dropping Danger

“Who are some of your other clients?” is a common question for a prospect to ask. How you respond can make or break the opportunity. Learn the right way in Bill Farquharson’s blog.

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Best Case Assumptions

Ever talk yourself out of picking up the phone to make a sales call? They’re probably busy. Or gone. Never mind. In this week’s 1 minute read blog, Bill Farquharson changes those thoughts.

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Selling by Their Rules

A post-golf conversation over a beer planted a thought in Bill Farquharson’s head: Whose rules are we following when we sell? Get it right and you have a client for life. Read more in this week’s blog.

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Solution Now, Anger Later

An order has gone wrong and the client is furious. They say it’s your fault but you know it’s not. Before you solve that mystery, there is something even more important to get to and Bill Farquharson writes about it in his blog this week.

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Making a Good Post Great

When you bake a cake and want to make sure it is fully cooked, you are taught to stick a knife or toothpick in it. A clean instrument means done. When you are creating content to post, Bill Farquharson has a tip for you to know when it is not just good, but great.

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How to Get Your Point Across in Written Form

Are your customers excited to hear from you? When an email pops up in their inbox, do they rush to open it or roll their eyes? You’ll do a better job at getting your point across in writing after reading Bill Farquharson’s blog (which you are hopefully excited to read).

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Never Close a Sale

If you have a lot of quotes out there, you need to do two things. The first is to close, close, close. The second is to learn how to sell so you DON’T need to close, close, close. Find out more in Bill Farquharson’s blog.

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I Know I Know You, But…

You are at a mall when you see a familiar face. They look at you and smile, then walk towards you to say hello. In the interim, you panic and go through your Rolodex of names but nothing comes to you. There is an awkwardness that can be cured two ways: miraculous recall or…reading Bill Farquharson’s blog.

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Things You Can’t Teach a New Rep

The thing about starting up as a new sales person is you can take hours and hours of training classes to learn the do’s and don’t and how’s, but there a few points which are completely untrainable, and that’s what Bill Farquharson has on his mind in this week’s blog.

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See If You Can Spot the Problem

A print shop owner has a problem: He can’t get a new sales hire to stick around. In this week’s blog, Bill Farquharson shares the transcript of his conversation and asks, “Can you spot the problem?” Help Bill’s customer by sharing your thoughts on why there is a revolving door of new sales hires.

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