In his brilliant book, Blink, author Malcolm Gladwell makes a point about “thin-slicing.” That is, the first impression we get about someone and how we make instant judgments, whether we know it or not.
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In sales, there is a starting point that signifies the beginning of the process that will hopefully end in an order (and prompt payment of our invoices, if I take this fantasy the whole way!). What’s yours? Do you simply pick up the phone and call? Do you send a letter first? Or perhaps you simply stop by and bang on the door. That’s how we did it in the old days.
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