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Pre-Existing Knowledge

CaseInterview.com

For example, if you’re talking to a seasoned finance professional, you can use terms like “EBITDA“ and “valuation multiples” and they’ll understand them. When you teach a new concept, you want to always start by referring to something that your audience already knows.

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The Importance of Sales Training Reinforcement

LSA Global

Sales Training without Reinforcement Should Be Unacceptable. Based upon over 800 sales training measurement projects, we know that sales training by itself – even if it is highly customized – only changes the on-the-job behavior and performance of 1-in-5 sales reps. Sales training reinforcement.

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Force Multiplier Effect: 2 + 2 = 5

CaseInterview.com

Many militaries refer to the concept of a “force multiplier.” This refers to a fighting force whose impact is magnified in some way, shape, or form. You’ll hear other words such as leverage, synergy, or 80/20 that all refer to the same concept. So there is no advertising cost + much less sales effort required.

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The Corona Virus for Small Businesses

Consultant Journal

Refer to the CDC , WHO , your local health authority or another reliable, science-based source for health information. Think about what’s actually needed for your sales and marketing : Wave or nod instead of shaking hands. Take a look at your cash flow and what a change to sales or staffing could do.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Dancing here refers to engaging, supporting, and communicating with employees in multiple ways. Among CEO top priorities are sales growth and profit. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. We know everything.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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It’s 10 AM. Do You Know What Your Sales Reps Are Doing?

Harvard Business

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Refining Sales Team Structure and Roles. At the highest level, Workplace Analytics can provide a factual foundation for decisions on sales structure and roles.

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