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Limiting sales processes are often found in older companies that had once implemented them to their advantage, but now find that they are hurting themselves. Essentially, the solution has become the problem.

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Page 2: Tips and pitfalls of developing a sales process

Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

Nolan Bushnell is one of the most

incredible businessmen in the world,

and yet, most people have never

heard of him. A big reason for that is

because while pop-finance brains

were writing a new best-seller every

year, Mr. Bushnell was starting new

companies.

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

However, in 2014, he did finally release a book called Finding the Next Steve Jobs. When Bushnell ran Atari he had hired both Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and he found that these kinds of great minds could not be boxed in, so to keep the company strong he would regularly change policies to suit their needs.

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

Limiting sales processes are often

found in older companies that had

once implemented them to their

advantage, but now find that they

are hurting themselves.

Essentially, the solution has

become the problem.

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

To start, remember that

every part of the process

requires time and money.

Even something that is free

has an opportunity cost.

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

The best thing you can do is let

the foundation of your sales

process be experience. Allow

yourself and those who work for

you to take the reins and makes

some mistakes of their own.

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

The requirement of an account

is great because it necessitates

commitment on the uyer’s

part, but it may turn people off

if they are not regular

customers. After all, who wants

another User Name/Password

to keep up with?

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Tips And Pitfalls Of

Developing A Sales Process

Lastly, there needs to be some form of follow-up.

It can be through email blasts that people opt-in

to, social media, or even calling people directly.

The biggest pitfall is when you incur costs that

bring no gains, like refusing to sell someone

something in a timely fashion, and then saying

that it’s a part of the process.

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