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An important lesson on sales from ‘The Office’

Last nights episode of The Office provided some great lessons on sales. Jim takes a potential client out golfing in an effort to try and score the guys business. Here are a couple of good takeaways:

• Never take non-sales people with you on a sales call
• The line between persistence and being pushy is very very thin.
• Always let the client win the game but get the account.

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