The Strategic Planning Lie That’s Keeping You Average
Forget templates. Roxanne Emmerich reveals how top banks burn the rulebook and build execution systems that deliver relentless results.
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A Proven System to Get Premium Pricing
In this episode I am going to show a proven sales system to help your team reach their top potential by showing them how to sell their best customers in a way that PRICE is never brought up.
If you are the kind of leader who is frustrated because your people fall into the trap of “We’ll lose the deal unless we match the rate”. Watch this video now.
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