Simplenomics http://www.simplenomics.com Simple Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Strategies Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en Simple Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Strategies no 6 Reasons Sales Contests Rarely Work http://www.simplenomics.com/6-reasons-sales-contests-rarely-work/ http://www.simplenomics.com/6-reasons-sales-contests-rarely-work/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:22:00 +0000 Mike Sigers http://www.simplenomics.com/6-reasons-sales-contests-rarely-work/ Close Like The Pros by Steve MarxA while back I was able to get Steve Marx, author of Close Like The Pros, on the phone for a few minutes.

We talked about the fact that neither of us truly believe in sales contests, as they’re used in today’s sales climate.

I had also previously reprinted an article by Dan Kennedy that basically agreed with us.

So take the time to listen thru the player below or download the mp3 and listen on your iPod or other mp3 player.

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]]> http://www.simplenomics.com/6-reasons-sales-contests-rarely-work/feed/ A while back I was able to get Steve Marx, author of Close Like The Pros, on the phone for a few minutes. We talked about the fact that neither of us truly believe in sales contests, as they’re used in today’s sales climate. I had also previously reprinted an article by Dan Kennedy that basically agreed with us. So take the time to listen thru the player below or download the mp3 and listen on your iPod or other mp3 player. A while back I was able to get Steve Marx, author of Close Like The Pros, on the phone for a few minutes. We talked about the fact that neither of us truly believe in sales contests, as they’re used in today’s sales climate. I had also [...]