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Highlights from our continuous coverage of sales best practices.
People only embrace the pain of change once the pain of the status quo becomes greater. You will only embrace your prospecting responsibility when you realize avoiding it is the scarier option.
Want to know what will do the most to increase the odds of success on your next sales presentation?
We spend quite a bit of time working in the business, but not as much time working on the business.
Brokers are gaining more experience than in past years and that the average broker is now more knowledgeable about voluntary. And that makes him or her a more formidable competitor.
There have long been two general categories of brokers in the benefits industry.
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