What happens next month when you get the expected $20k job and the $15k job? Your SOC increases to 35 percent. If your customer is concerned about spreading his/her work around, going from 20 percent to 35 percent SOC is barely noticeable to the client. But to you? Your sales with that customer will increase 75 percent!
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