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When was the last time you took a hard look at your sales style, your company’s values, and the true direction you and your company are going? It’s probably been a while, right? That’s pretty common when you’re busy selling, running a business, and dealing with the crazy day-to-day. It’s hard enough setting time aside for the monthly, quarterly, and yearly goals, much less finding time to reflect and analyze. So, take a few minutes of your time to consider what I’m discussing and then reflect.

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investment and the subsequent increase in jobs and profits will offset losses in tax revenues collected. The first reduction came on July 1, 2019, with the Alberta corporate tax rate dropping to 11 per cent. Statistics Canada’s report on June’s 2019 Labour Force confirmed a substantial increase in Alberta’s employment numbers. The Statistics Canada report highlighted the following: “In Alberta, employment rose by 10,000 in June, as an increase in full-time work more than offset a decline in part-time work. This growth was driven by gains in accommodation and food services; educational services; and health care and social assistance. The unemployment rate was little changed at 6.6 per cent. On a year-over-year basis, employment in Alberta grew by 30,000 (+1.3 per cent), entirely due to gains in the second quarter of 2019.�

Considering that overall national employment in June for all provinces and territories was down 2,200 jobs, Alberta’s labour numbers are that much more impressive in comparison. If these numbers for Alberta are the result from the gain in corporate confidence and investment already in motion, then the future does indeed look bright for the Alberta economy. Other provinces would be well served to keep a close eye on how much an impact these corporate tax cuts have on job creation in the coming months.

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Warning: A Different Opinion Ahead If you want your value to be solely based on price and if you want to turn yourself basically into a commodity, then this article probably isn’t for you. I haven’t been in the industry for long, yet I’ve already discovered that the idea of a consultative approach with research, questions, and ROI is “outside of the boxâ€? thinking that is often frowned upon. Or many tell themselves that they are an agency but don’t act like it at the end of the day. So, if you are one of those people who hate differing opinions, especially one that suggests a more agency-style consultative approach, then you have been warned. If you understand that to survive in this business you need to have competitive advantages and bring more value to the table, then the goal for this article is to provide some insights, ideas, considerations, and possibly inspiration. Because at the end of the day, the more value you can provide clients, the more you can sell your worth, which should be more than just a price-checker. Here’s a list of eight services, values, and benefits that you can bring to the table, which clients will appreciate and keep coming back for. Why? Because you bring something different, you bring value, and you stand out from the price-checkers and order-takers. When you bring value, you are worth bringing business to over and over again.

Value 1: You Ask Questions

Every distributor should be asking calculated questions if you strive to be more than an order-taker who is forced to compete solely on price and timeline. Questions get to know the important why. In order to better serve your clients or prospects it’s good to ask the usual: price, timeline, what are they looking for, and so on. But at the end of the day, if you ask why for all of those typical questions, you will delve even deeper and often make an extra sale or two. At the very least, be able to provide expert advice (more on that later). Here’s an example situation: Client: Hi, I want to order some shirts. Distributor: Great! I can help you with that - no problem. Why do you need them? C: We are celebrating our 50th Anniversary for the company. D: Congratulations! What are you planning on doing?

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C: We are putting on a big celebration for our employees, major partners, clients, and so on. D: What a wonderful way to celebrate! What are you planning to do? C: Actually, we will be putting on a festival street fair-style event during the day. We’re going to hand out shirts and stuff to our employees. Then later that night, we will invite our exec team, top clients, and partners to a more formal dinner and event. D: That sounds like fun, but why a street festival? C: That’s how our business started. Our founder started selling XYZ product at fairs. D: I love the historic tie-in! I have some thoughts and ideas for the festival and the banquet after. Would you like to hear them? C: I’d love some ideas, there’s so much to do and I need some help.

Alright, that might not be exactly how a conversation will flow, but the point is that due to asking why, the distributor got more information to assist with the project and opened up an opportunity to offer more products. Here, the distributor can offer creative ideas for the festival event, from shirts to cups and everything in between, for prizes at the booths, and for the swag bags.

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Value 2: Provide Expertise and Advice

You have the knowledge and experience that your client does not have. Leverage that and provide insights to help solve their problems. When you provide your expertise, then their campaign, project, or other reason for contacting you is more likely to succeed because you are good at what you do. By giving your advice on the project and sharing some of your insights or wisdom, your client will appreciate the assistance in navigating those dangerous and often unfamiliar waters. The more insightful and helpful the advice, the more they will value and lean on your opinion, advice, expertise, and assistance. Sounds like a key ingredient to a repeating customer, right?

Value 3: Creativity

You are the one that goes to the shows, does the research and all the legwork that it in entailed; you know the current trends and have your own creative ideas to draw from, so leverage that! Clients appreciate creative ideas because they don’t really know what’s out there quite like you do. Combine that with questions and your expertise, and you will be a force to be reckoned with; so much so that your client will be thankful that you’re on their side. Besides, a creative campaign or project is more likely to be effective, right? Results are key in this business, too.

Value 4: You Do Your Research

Have you ever researched your client? What about their target audience? What about their competition? If you don’t do research on your clients yet, it’s imperative that you should. It’s always best to be one of the most knowledgeable people in the room. Yes, you will learn about the client when you meet them or have a phone conversation; however, wouldn’t it be better to do the reading before the class starts? Plus, if you can provide further ideas and insights that your client doesn’t know, not only will you impress them, but you will be providing value to the conversation. This will lead to more productive and valuable conversations and campaigns over time, which will generate more desired outcomes for the client. Do you see where this is going? The more value you add for the client and the more successful work you provide, the more likely you will have an ongoing client that will grow with you.Â

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Many businesses live or die by the reviews they receive. In today’s digital world, online reviews can make or break a company. The problem is that negative reviews can be unfair, exaggerated, or sometimes simply untrue. In many cases, it’s tempting to want to lash out at the author of the negative review and respond to what you may feel is a misrepresentation of your company, resulting in an online war of words.

I am here to tell you that is not the right way to approach negative reviews. The next time you receive a review that isn’t positive, try to refer to these five tips below that will help keep your business conduct professional and your reputation well intact.

1. Research the claim and the author

Before considering responding to a negative review, it’s prudent and in your company’s best interest to research who is the author who wrote it. Is it an actual customer of yours? Or did the review come from a bitter competitor, or someone who has never done business with your company and is simply “trolling�? If the review was in fact honest, then proceed to the following steps outlined below. If the review isn’t genuine - or simply a threat from someone looking to get free items - in many cases as long as you can prove the review is fake or just an attempt at blackmail, the review site will ultimately take it down.

2. Be thankful

Thank the reviewer for the comments – no matter how negative the review was. Tell them you view negative comments as a way to keep striving towards customer service excellence. Let them know that in order to rectify the problem as efficiently as possible, you need to communicate with them offline. Don’t allow them to turn this isolated incident into a public debate that may tarnish your company’s reputation.

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Always reply as quickly as possible. Your silence can come across as guilt or even apathy in the eyes of readers. It’s important to ensure that your response is not emotionally charged, or it will come across as your company is not willing to accept the fact that the problem was your fault.

4. Don’t be afraid to apologize

Admitting you made a mistake and apologizing for it instantly, will help make your company look good and it’s the right approach. The key is asking the reviewer for the opportunity to make things right. If they refuse, it will make him or her appear as unreasonable.

5. Ignore the crazies.

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This is the part where sustainability fits into the discussion: 94 per cent of recent respondents to a MCKinsey and Co. survey stated that their companies had integrated sustainability into their strategic planning and value chain decisions. This is because almost every stakeholder that companies have, from customers to shareholders, are putting pressure on companies to act more sustainably and responsibly. While specific industries, such as the energy, extractives and transportation industries, have led the way due to concerns about regulatory and natural resource constraints, it is undeniable that almost all companies have developed and publicly committed to sustainability goals. If you do not know much about sustainability and the

impacts created by the products you’re selling, start doing your homework now because your customers are going to be asking. Find out what the impact differences are between a 100 per cent cotton t-shirt and a recycled polyester t-shirt. Research and be able to answer the question about the impacts of that recycled plastic water bottle versus the more expensive bamboo version. As you look to build your next sales pitch into one of these industries, it would be time well spent to research first what the company has committed to and look to align your product selection and pitch to those goals. While there are many tactics to execute on each of these scenarios, here are some examples of what I would do:

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75 , ( - " . )/ . ( ), It’s what you mean to your customer. It’s the place you occupy in his or her mind. Everything your business does either reinforces your meaning, solidifying and growing its place in the customer’s mind - or it weakens that meaning, blurring its place in the customer’s mind. If you sell shoes that enable customers to run fast, everything you do reinforces or blurs your meaning of fast shoes. If you sell promotional products that help companies identify and reinforce their connection to their customers, everything you do either reinforces or blurs your meaning of this.

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As Don Knauss, previously CEO of Clorox and head of North American operations for Coke, puts it: “A brand is a promise of performance. Any transaction between two parties requires a promise of performance. To sustain your business over time, you’ve got to, first, be very focused on defining your promise of performance and, second, be diligent about delivering consistently. If you can’t do these two things, you are not a sustainable business.�

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Procter & Gamble, General Mills, and NestlÊ, have been using the power of brand for decades because they have to. Consumer packaged goods companies are bastions of excellent brand-building because the largely undifferentiated products force brand excellence. When your products are pretty much the same as those of your competitors, you need have an outstanding brand. A bottle of Clorox bleach contains essentially the same bleach as store-brand bleach - six per cent sodium hypochlorite, 94 per cent water. But the consumer price of Clorox bleach is often double that of store-brand bleach, and Clorox bleach still wins 65 per cent market share of the bleach category. That’s because the Clorox brand stands for something different from the others, something that resonates and motivates the target customer. Clorox stands for feeling like a good, competent, loving parent. The target customer values this, and Clorox can deliver this.

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It doesn’t matter if you’re buying a dishwasher, getting food at a local restaurant, purchasing a stick of gum, or placing an order for hundreds of custom awards, at the end of the day; it’s your experience that you remember. The same applies here. Your client will remember if you treated them with respect and had open communication, or if you didn’t. Clients appreciate knowing that everything has been ordered without a hitch, that the products have been shipped, and getting clarifications passed along to ensure that the project is perfect. It makes them feel secure and in control of what is going on with their project with you. However, even if things are not going well, such as you having to reschedule your meeting, if there was a mishap with the supplier, or if the shipping cost was higher than expected, it’s better to have open communication about the situation. Clients might not handle it coolly, but they will still appreciate your honest and open communication, as well as the respectful way you handled those situations. Furthermore, your client might have sent you the wrong

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don’t deliver outstanding customer service, clients will question your value. Basically everyone in this industry claims to have superior customer service, so if you want to stand out and make that part of the value you bring, then be sure that it goes above and beyond. You need to have more than just open communication and honesty, you better deliver some extra values that customers expect, such as your expertise. Customer service is now more than just having a smile in your voice. It means handling problems with a swift, professional, and respectful manner. It means listening to the problem before suggesting product ideas. It means being a consultative problem-solver in an industry of order-takers. If you do, your value will only increase in your client’s mind. Whether it’s the value statement for your company or the value you bring to your clients, you should always stand out from your competition. Be more than the typical. And by bringing more value to every project and phone call, you will have more than a lasting customer; you will also have one that will recommend you. Word of Mouth is gold in the promo industry, so do more than beat the competition, grow what you already have and make your clients your spokespeople. Now, take a few more minutes and reflect on what defines the value you bring and decide if you want to start bringing more value to your clients. It might take time to make some of those changes; however, you will eventually start seeing the growth in clientele, client happiness, your bottom line, and in yourself. Be more, do more, get more.

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Kristina Hublar is the Marketing Specialist at Bruce Fox, Inc., which means she is the person behind the keyboard for the social media, emails, website, and other marketing efforts.

Bruce Fox, Inc. is a custom awards & displayable products supplier and manufacturer located in New Albany, Indiana.Â

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