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Adaptive selling is a sales and marketing principal where the product or services offered are framed or actually modified based on the preferences or demographics of the audience or client.
Adaptive selling requires the ability to customize a shopper’s experience as they interface with the real or virtual storefront.
The sales system leaves room to learn about the customer and to adopt the language and products offered based on changing interpretations of the customer. This may require a well-trained sales representative or a well-designed computer algorithm, as has been implemented on some e-commerce sites.
The idea is to create a value proposition that connects to the client or audience at hand. It’s opposite is called formula selling, in which a specific formula, or series of steps, is followed to lead to one possible outcome.
Formula selling does not leave room for creativity or innovation.
Value Stock is a stock whose price has been deemed a value buy because of fundamentals, book value, and projected earnings
Bear market funds are designed to profit when the market or sector they follow declines. Bear Market Funds make money...
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A 403(b) is extremely similar to a 401(k); the main difference is the type of employer than can offer each
Treasury notes are government-issued coupon bonds with maturities between 1 and 10 years
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Consolidated financial statements are required when one company owns a controlling interest in another company
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Sources of retirement plan income, such as pensions, annuities, and IRAs, will be associated with a 1099-R filing