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... out if sales are price-driven. What's the sales manager's philosophy? Is it to low-ball the price? If so, this isn't the company for you. The only way you'll keep a customer is to push to get the price down as low as possible — and then some. If that doesn't work, neither will you. "What can you teach me?" Now, you're on a roll. When you're huddling with the sales manager as you wait to meet the vice president of something-or-other, quietly ask what the SM can teach you. You can count on your question to trigger this response: "Hey, you're good. If you come with us, I'll teach you every trick in the book and then some. I'll make you great." Who could possibly refuse such ... work and repulse customers. They want a knowledgeable, trustworthy expert who can be an adviser, not a huckster. "May I visit your marketing department?" If the SM takes you down the hall and says, "Turn to your right and it's the second door on your left just beyond the restrooms," then you know the marketing department is the closet where the sales materials are stored. If the answer is, "You met Judy, our receptionist. She responds to requests for information. Gets everything out fast." Now you've made four valuable discoveries: 1) this company doesn't understand marketing; 2) it has no interest in marketing; 3) it doesn't know where it's going; and 4) it has no plan to get there. At this point ...

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... , passionate about his or her story, proclaims to the public relations team, This is front page stuff! ' without having an editor's background to recognize genuine newsworthiness. An idea isn't great simply because someone had it. 12. Just because it works doesn't mean it's right. This is a strategic issue, not a moral one. Business was very good for a New York-based manufacturer as orders rolled in. Recognizing that the company was starting to plateau, management called in a marketing consultant. A series of customer interviews revealed very high customer-satisfaction ratings. This was a valued supplier, but it was shipping one kind of product: What customers needed fast. It worked, but it wasn't the right focus for the manufacturer. Other vendors got the regular' orders. Anyone who could meet ... certainties. This leaves the question of how businesses can stay on track and out of trouble in this new and totally different environment. Here are some guidelines: 1. E-commerce isn't for every business. That might sound somewhat shocking these days, but look around. Levi-Strauss, for example, made a valiant effort to sell customized jeans over the Internet. It just didn't work. Visiting a Levi's store might be the best way to get the right fit after all, at least for now. Dry cleaners often tell customers that they can check the status of their orders via the cleaner's website. This is a good example of using technology to take a step backwards. It's high-tech, but it isn't useful. Give customers same-day service, and they don't need to check on when their clothes ...