10) Make sure all of your sales reps are on the same page with the previous nine points. I’ve never sold printing, so maybe this suggestion is totally off-the-wall, but here goes…Although sales reps have their own accounts and selling styles, I suggest that the sales manager make sure all of his or her reps are acting “as one” when selling their firms’ services.
Long regarded as a print buyer expert and trade writer, Margie Dana launched a new business as a marketing communications strategist with a specialty in printing and print buying. She is as comfortable working in social media as she is in traditional media, and now she’s on a mission to help clients build customer communities through carefully crafted content. Dana was the producer of the annual Print & Media Conference.
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