Sales Tactics I Don’t Understand

On August 5, 2007, in Business, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, by Brett

Who ever started the lie that these sales tactics work? Why do used car salesmen think they have to yell at me in a dumb hick voice and tell me that “they don’t care how I git there, just git there.” Why do furniture store salesmen lurk in the interior ‘circle’ of the store while [...]

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Is Your Marketing Half-Full?

On April 26, 2007, in Marketing, Sales, by Brett

Great post over at A Clear Eye, Tom Asacker’s blog. He takes the classic example of a glass of water being half-full or half-empty and shows how many different people would look at it, including the government, a banker, a philosopher – you get the point.  He finishes with asking how a marketer would answer [...]

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What Are You Really Buying?

On March 22, 2007, in Business, Copywriting, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, Web Marketing, by Brett

My neighbor two doors down runs a landscaping service. He does a really good job, and he makes you pay for it, too. So while I appreciate the work he has done on my yard up this point, I did have one major problem with it: He charges me $21 every time he mows my [...]

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Supply is the New Demand

On March 6, 2007, in Business, Marketing, Sales, Web 2.0, advertising, by Brett

We’re starting to stray from the pillar of business that says that supply and demand are equal partners in a proven cycle that has the power to either explode or implode your business. Now, in many cases, where your product and/or idea is supplied often creates the demand. The demand is becoming a result of [...]

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