Jaynie will sign books, and meet and greet with travelers starting at 2:30 pm. Hudson Booksellers ordered 40 books, so copies are on a first come first serve basis. More information is available by contacting the store manager Luisa at (504) 443-3214
Renewal by Andersen hired Competitive Advantage expert Jaynie L. Smith to speak to its independent retail locations and executives at their Annual Affiliate Summit. The summit took place at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on January 25, 2010.
Companies across the nation have taken full advantage of booking Jaynie L. Smith as a keynote speaker, consultant, and a corporate workshop host for 2010. Jaynie and her consulting firm, Smart Advantage, Inc., assist organizations in identifying and implementing a proprietary competitive advantage process. The strategies executed are central to Jaynie’s best-selling business book, Creating Competitive Advantage.
Though Creating Competitive Advantage originally published in 2006, it recently had its 9th printing, proving it to be timeless. Even Business Blogs have picked up on how valuable the book is, and have noted it as providing understandable imperatives for organizations seeking to discover where they rise above their competition.
Jaynie L. Smith announces the release of an Audio Book version of her best-selling business book Creating Competitive Advantage. The 228-page, 10-chapter book, published by Doubleday, now comes in an author-narrated digital format, as a set of five compact discs.
Business people often feel forced to lower their prices when the economy struggles or risk losing their increasingly cost-conscious customers. Fortunately, most customers do not make their buying decisions based primarily on price, even during recessions. They make their decisions based on value. To thrive in times such as these, you must convince customers and prospects that your company offers the best value, even if you do charge a slightly higher price. Here’s how…
Most entrepreneurs deceive themselves by claiming to know their competitive advantage. Discover the truth about your company, and you can send your sales soaring. [Honestly!]
Companies leave potential business on the table all the time. It happens in so many different ways: potential contacts not followed up, proposals that don’t go far enough or meet the specific needs of customers, so sales aren’t closed when they should be. One significant overlooked reason is often at the root of the failure.
I speak to CEO and executive groups nationwide and am continually told that their sales managers complain the sales staff wants them to “lower the price” so they can sell more. That is a common cry. However, when a company creates, measures and maintains strong competitive advantages that are most valued by the customer, that company will attract the very best salespeople and customers. It starts with strategic decisions and operational changes that make a difference.
There is a very serious lost discipline in most companies today. Many have wandered away from concerning themselves with competitive advantage and its impact on their bottom line. Sales people are struggling to compete on anything but price. Some have simply lost touch with what is and what is not a competitive advantage.
