In a fast-growing area where many buyers lack roots, a bit of local history may help sales.
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To be fair, there are a few initiatives that could help sales from being even worse in 2013.
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The CFO needs to help Sales and Marketing see the business end-to-end and the linkages between the financial metrics.
We believe that business adoption of Google Apps can help sales of the Nexus One phone to business customers.
In response to the effects of poor consumer confidence, Kathwari set new initiatives in place to help sales rebound and fuel growth.
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Having Wade stand out for a new brand could help sales.
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We think it makes sense to help sales reps spend less time looking for information or reporting to the team and more time turning prospects into customers.
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Will it really help sales or branding or market reach?
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Weirdly, that might actually help sales.
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Then, July 3, Robert Hazlett, pharmaceuticals analyst at BMO Capital Markets, wrote that CASHMERE, in which Lipitor showed no benefit over placebo, could help sales of Vytorin, a blockbuster from Merck and Schering-Plough that has seen its use drop 25% so far this year.
For example, we can help the sales team by giving them real insight about their customers.
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Like Fast Track, The Signature Lounge has also used "group-buying" websites to help boost sales.
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These are the kind that can help a sales or marketing person successfully seduce buyers.
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Babycenter.com wanted to add keywords to help build sales to new and expectant parents.
More importantly, its goal is to help drive sales for small merchants on its platform.
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Outfit has turned to comic book and movie characters like Star Wars' Darth Vader to help bolster sales.
And if you want to help drive sales, loyalty and engagement metrics provide predictive measures of what customers really want.
Harvey Nichols' luxury range did not help its sales, however, even though gross profit margins remained stable at around 44%, it said.
Stern got a platform where he could say anything he wanted to and Karmazin had a high-profile star to help boost sales.
High unemployment rates and lack of available credit will not help car sales, notes David Joy, chief market strategist at RiverSource Investments.
The apps were designed by Aflac to help its sales force access Aflac's customer database, claims or policy information while on the road.
Toshiba is counting on the new product to help jumpstart sales.
In the medium-term if global growth stalls and oil prices decline due to reduced industrial demand, this will likely help truck sales at the expense of car sales.
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Thinking about CRM as going beyond managing the existing customer relationship to managing the future customer relationship can help your sales people close deals with new customers as well as increase incremental customer lifetime value.
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Automakers frequently use cash rebates and other financial incentives to help tweak sales of slower-selling models, but rarely do they amount to more than a few thousand dollars slapped onto the hood of even the costliest cars.
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Google has made its Apps business--its online calendar, e-mail, document sharing and other services--compliant for government use, a move the company hopes will help direct sales to the world's largest information technology business and improve its profile with private-sector corporate customers.
Let them be who they are, let them act altruistically to help each other with no specter of being monitored by a grammar coach, and people who are like them will be more influenced and help your sales even more long term.
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On top of that, areas hit by Hurricane Sandy will help drive up sales.
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