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The Over Adulation Syndrome

January 5th, 2009 Richard Baldwin No comments

It is not uncommon in a sales meeting to hear someone describing an experience with a prospect where the buying indicators all looked perfect and the deal was lined up.  The prospect is saying all the right things, but the deal just never seems to close. When this is happening, I always suspect that we might have a prospect who is just telling the sales person what they want to hear in order to further their own agenda. Read more…

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Career Day (Where is the Sales Job?)

December 3rd, 2008 Richard Baldwin No comments

Envision the following scene:

It is a bright and sunny spring morning. The kids are scurrying around the house getting ready to head to school. Today is a big day, it is career day. I remember these days from the times I was just a little boy all the way through college. In the early days, things are simple.

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