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Three Steps to More Sales Comparisons Help or Harm You in Marketing and Sales

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Let's be really basic and candid. People make comparisons. It is part of what we are and do; we compare people, products, services, entertainment, food, politics, religion. You name it, and people make comparisons on it. Photo Credit – WikiCommons. We also tend to 'judge' or 'discern.' Labels are not just something on a can …

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The Thing Needed

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It can be very helpful to go back in time, and compare 'then with now.' The downloadable attachment below has many relevant points, and it was written years before I got into consulting. The points in sharing this are many, and can benefit all with an open mind. One of the points are that the …

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Friends and Family

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The main manufactured housing industry users of the power of indirect marketing to sell more homes are our clients and followers. The flip side of that fact is that the vast majority of MHPros uses direct message marketing. For those in both the indirect and direct camps, tapping into the power of friends and family …

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Handling Detractors

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Detractors, nay-sayers, back-stabbers and others who'd love to toss you under the bus. First, we all have them! It may be the former employee or colleague, who now wants to make you and/or your business look bad. It might be a competitor. It could be the customer no one could possibly please. It may be …

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…Not a Strategy

We get lots of marketing related messages, videos, invites to connect; just as you do. As a marketer, they hold more interest for me than they might for others. One outreach had a great one-liner we've heard before and bears repeating. "Hope is not a strategy." Tim Connor, our Featured Writer, shared a new article: …

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4 Tips on Using Pinterest

Pinterest is rising rapidly in the social networking world. We have our own Pinterest board for promoting manufactured housing. You should too. When Inc Magazine and others suggest that you should be using Pinterest for marketing, it is a good reason to sit up and take notice. Let's share 4 of the tips they did …

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