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In October of 2021 I was contacted by an electric sign company where I had previously served as a partner during the 1990’s. He did not have a B2B sales background (he was a banker), no electric sign experience, and he was new to Boise so he had few connections. They also had lost their sales manager to another health issue.
Custom electric signs … winner winner, chicken dinner! For me, electric signs checked all of the boxes. While I had at least some success in all of the industries I worked in, I was the most successful, and the happiest, in the electric sign industry. Office equipment was a winner. Computers and software … ok, but not awesome.
My background is in the electric sign business which is a custom manufacturing industry. The post Customizing Nimble CRM for the Signage Industry [Video] appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. Activity tags to show type and/or activity results. Customize list views. And I’m just hitting the high points!
Without a doubt, electric signage was my passion as an industry so this is the area that I went back to. Boise, we have a general contractor, a civil engineer, a solar contractor, a concrete services company, an electric sign company, and a company that specializes in construction materials and inspections. That’s what.
There are a huge number of variables in electric signs. The post Uncovering a Customer’s Budget appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. An existing customer called me, told me that they were going to be opening a small chain of mattress stores, and he wanted a sign budget. I got as much information as I could from him.
I had spent a part of 2022 trying to break into electric signage (my background as an owner and a manager) as a vertical market for my consulting services. The post Time to Refocus in 2023 appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. I had also gained very little traction toward that goal. Not even one sale.
My background was in the electric sign industry and the benchmarks that needed to be met prior to the actual installation of the signage were many. The post The Role of Urgency in Selling appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. We can work from the completion date and move backwards.
Where I came from, the electric sign business, that would be one or two sales at most. The post You Like Nimble CRM & You Want To Go DIY appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. Please reach out to me at craig@adaptive-business.com for an introduction!
I specifically remember a deal when I was fairly new in the electric sign industry. The post High Value Deals Are Often Easier To Secure appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. If you are that vendor, this account becomes yours to keep or yours to lose. Never become complacent. The wolves will always be at your door.
Several years ago I also developed and delivered a complete sales training program for an electric sign company. The post Multi-Purposed Projects appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. The second was “The 12 Steps to Becoming a Master Networker”. Master Networker also became a slide show and a webinar.
My background is the electric sign industry and very few people are aware of what it takes to bring a signage project to completion. The post A Simple 3-Step Plan for Selling Success appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. Even worse, their expectations will most likely be unrealistic. Team members. Significant others.
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The easiest way to explain my philosophy is to discuss it in the context of my former industry … electric signs. The post Sales 101 – Big Game vs. Varmint Hunting appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. Not necessarily elephants, but large enough to peak my interest. It takes a lot of varmints to fill up a soup pot.
However, I must say that playing an electric guitar has proved to be much more complex and difficult than learning to sell ever was. When you learn to play the guitar, electric or otherwise, you must master notes (reading music and/or tabs) as well as chords. A Ibanez classical-electric guitar (nylon string). At least, for me.
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My preference is electric guitars. The post The Insidiousness of the Guitar Industry appeared first on Adaptive BusinessServices. This stands for Gear (Guitar) Acquisition Syndrome and it is so common that t-shirts, and even books, are devoted to the topic. There it is! They come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. Pray for me.
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