Don't Let Your Sales Proposal Turn into a Horror Story

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English - August 12, 2009 17:00 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratings
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Providing sales proposals for prospective clients can be
challenging. You want to win the client, but it's often a lot of work with low
chance of success. And sometimes things can happen that can turn the process
into a horror story. These tips from
Michael McLaughlin, a Principal with MindShare Consulting, LLC and coauthor of Guerrilla
Marketing for Consultants, can help
prevent that from happening.

Listen as Mike
discusses whether you should charge for a diagnostic, methods for establishing
trust with a prospective client, steps for following up after the proposal has
been submitted, and what to do when you're denied access to the decision
makers.

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