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... . But it's the appeal of feeling understood that attracts. For an e-commerce or a traditional business, the issue is the same. Give the customers the right experience, and they'll reciprocate with their endorsement: Making purchases. The business world isn't divided into two distinct groups of bricks' and clicks. That's an artificial distinction. The clicks' are discovering that virtual businesses require bricks. This is why many retailing e-commerce companies are building their own distribution networks. At the same time, the bricks' can learn from the clicks, ' particularly when it comes to understanding and serving customers. John R. Graham is president of Graham Communications, a marketing services and sales consulting firm. He is the author of The New Magnet Marketing and 203 Ways to Be Supremely Successful in the New World of Selling ... . Banks as we know them today will all but disappear from our street corners. Few, if any, of today's teenagers will ever step inside a bricks-and-mortar bank. If this trend is even remotely accurate, why are some banks continuing to build branches? Bankers aren't alone, however. Real estate will also become an online industry. When this happens, the real estate agent's tight grip on properties will be broken, and the ranks of agents will thin. Fueling this demise is customer resentment about having to pay a commission for minimal services. Insurance agents aren't exempt, either. PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts 50% shrinkage over the next 10 years as the business moves online. Car dealerships will undoubtedly undergo change as rapidly as any industry. A combination of product inventory inefficiency (Why keep so many ...
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... The Web gives you the power to tour many properties while sitting comfortably in front of your computer. When we see where technology is headed, what's the future for real estate sales agents, for example? It's not surprising that online merchants generate greater customer loyalty. According to Forrester Research, in five out of six product categories, consumers are more likely to repurchase from online merchants than from traditional retailers. The Internet market for business-to-business sales may be bigger than for consumer sales. This may seem like a bleak picture for a sales career. For those who deny the impact of the Internet, the future is indeed frightening. However, salespeople who become valuable to their companies and customers will do well. Here are a few suggestions for dealing with the impact of the Internet on your sales ... camera store or a car dealership, and you'll find that the selection is limited by what the manager wants to sell. On the Web, customers have control over choice. When it comes to buying a home, how many can you visit in one afternoon? Are you shown only the homes that the real estate agent wants you to see? The Web gives you the power to tour many properties while sitting comfortably in front of your computer. When we see where technology is headed, what's the future for real estate sales agents, for example? It's not surprising that online merchants generate greater customer loyalty. According to Forrester Research, in five out of six product categories, consumers are more likely to repurchase from online merchants than from traditional retailers. The Internet market for business-to-business sales may ...
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