"But, just as certain is what happens when we stop prospecting: The rock—the appointments, quotes and orders—stops, too. All of that wonderful momentum is not self-sustaining. The only way we can keep it going is to continue making the calls, sending the e-mails and banging on doors. Seems so simple a point that you might ask me why a sales rep would ever change a formula that he/she saw was working.
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