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Does Higher Price Raise Perception Of Quality? By Joe Crisara

November 18, 2011 at 12:56pm Tags: , ,

Consumer Shortcuts

Let’s face facts.  Most of us take shortcuts when making a purchase that we are unfamiliar with.  For example when we buy a flat screen television, new car or purchase a service we rarely use turn to price and reputation as a “shortcut” to tell ourselves about the quality of what we are purchasing. For instance if i said I was selling a car for $95,000 most people would envision a Mercedes Benz or Lexus loaded with all the trimmings.

Does this same effect happen when people buy hvac, plumbing and electrical service fron our company.  Well I guess that depends on how your company positions itself in the market. Are you perceived as high end or a budget?

If Tony Soprano Was Your Sales Manager By Joe Crisara

March 25, 2010 at 10:59am Tags: , , , , ,

Your Sales “Boss”

I remember the not so distant “good old days” when I made sure that I was home every Sunday night to watch one of my favorite shows.  You would have to be from Mars to not know of or remember the HBO hit show The Sopranos which featured an inside look at some of the “alleged” New Jersey mob figures.

I know it seems like this is a product of the twisted mind of a sales consultant who has been on the road for a few weeks too long. But one evening while watching a re-run of the show, I began to think hmmm…