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Jul 2025
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The Biggest Sales Mistakes Costing You D...

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Lightning Round: Top 10 Ways You Should Be Doing Marketing 

 

Question: April from Milwaukee asks, "I am a veteran sales professional – I have been selling in manufacturing for more than twenty-five years. But I have to tell you this last year has been hell— tariff threats, the economy, competition, a total reorg of our sales team, and oh did I mention we were acquired. For the first time in my sales career, I am not making my sales goals. Help, what am I doing wrong?"

 

Book: This Is Marketing by Seth Godin

 

💡 Join us Monday, July 28th at 3 p.m. CT for an exclusive Sales Logic Expert Exchange with sales legends Mark Hunter and Meridith Elliott Powell, featuring Sam Richter, a global authority on sales intelligence. 

 

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