Gitomer: Value is the king of sales and the queen of service

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Value is perhaps the most illusive word in sales.

Everyone will tell you how important it is; very few can tell you what it is. I’ve already gone on ad nauseam about my distaste for the words “added value.”

I recommend you leave them out of your sales lexicon forever.  “Added value” has an evil twin:  “value add.” Neither of which can be defined in terms of what the customer actually benefits or profits from.

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Read more in today’s Small Biz Strategies column by Jeffrey Gitomer.

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