It All Begins With a “Lead”
November 14th, 2024 | Duration 00:07:32 | Posted in Miked Up Marchev by Mike Marchev
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Today’s episode deals with the first time you. eet a potential client. The secret is not to shoot yourself in the foot by talking too much. The sales professional’s sure-fire motto is, “Get other people talking.”
It is good advice to replace your scripted “closing” techniques with a sincere “opening” approach. To borrow from an almost best seller, titled Become The Exception, written by moi, it is time for serious travel professiomnals to “Become The Exception.”
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Mike Marchev
Mike Marchev chose to take a circuitous route through the first 71-years of his life. His experiences, successes, failures and unwavering sense of humor qualify him as a guy worth listening to. Perhaps of more importance, he is a practicing practitioner you can actually learn something from.…
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