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5 Reasons Why You Struggle With Negotiation

5 September 2013 Columns, Marketing, Opinion Andy Preston 1 Comment

As an ex-professional buyer, negotiation is always an interesting topic for me. Whenever I’m working with salespeople or business owners, they often fail to get the price for their products or services that they wanted – and often get even less than they deserve for their offering.

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Small Business Owners: Are Your Sales Skills Sharp Enough To Cope? Part 2

3 August 20133 August 2013 Columns, Sales Andy Preston 1 Comment

In my last blog, I talked about some of the challenges that business owners face in the current economic conditions. In part two, we’ll be looking at sharpening up cold calling, questioning and closing skills.

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