CHAPTER 10

Sales Are Your Mainstays to Survival and Growth

Foraging for Leads and Business

Premise

I once had a daydream that my company had an absolute monopoly on a product, and I was being chased constantly by customers clamoring for my goods. Then, I woke up and realized, to my dismay, that business, for most of us mortals, meant constantly foraging for more clients and charming people to believe our pitch, and to trust us.

Conventional Thinking

Business runs on cash flow, which, in turn, is fed by writing business. It’s one of those chicken-and-egg interdependent cycles that demands your constant attention as well as a fervent commitment to the creative pursuit of clients in order to keep “fueling the machine” called your company. This is ...

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