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Articles by Tom Cline

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Violand Vault: The Most Important Question in Business

Analyzing and enhancing the customer experience.
Tom Cline
April 19, 2018
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Do you know how to prepare, develop, and ask insightful questions to help you better understand your client and prospect needs?
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Ask, Don't Tell: Strategies for Taking Sales to the Next Level

Ask, Don't Tell: Strategies for Taking Sales to the Next Level

Tom Cline
March 13, 2018
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In the restoration industry, success in sales is based on building trust and establishing credibility. When selling any service, the prospective customer has only your relationship, the information you provide, and the inputs and evaluations from others on which to base their choice of vendor.


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Reviving a Fallen Star Player in Your Restoration Company

Reviving a Fallen Star Player in Your Restoration Company

Tom Cline
January 8, 2018
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Every entrepreneur whose business has grown to the point where they have people in roles managing others has a few individuals in their organization that are critical for success. These are the rock stars. 


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Ready, Set, Plan

Creating Your 2018 Business Plan

Tom Cline
November 13, 2017
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Three quarters of 2017 are in the books. The final quarter is when you should be focusing on your plan for the coming year. If you didn’t already start in October, now is the time. 


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Violand Vault: Positioning, People, & Partnerships | Part 2

Violand Vault: Positioning, People, & Partnerships | Part 2

Tom Cline
October 17, 2017
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Look at your A players - are the positioned correctly? Do you need more A players elsewhere?
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Violand Vault: Positioning, People, and Partnerships | Part 1

Tom Cline
September 19, 2017
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How do accounting firms, law offices, or restoration contractors differentiate themselves from their competitors?
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Positioning, People, and Partnerships, Part II

Positioning, People, and Partnerships | Part II

Tom Cline
September 14, 2017
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In Part I of this article, we explored the concept of positioning, the strategy option of serving the deeper needs of a narrower set of customer markets, and clearly understanding what sets our companies apart from the competition in terms of the order winners that give us an advantage.


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Positioning, People, and Partnerships | Part 1

Positioning, People, and Partnerships | Part 1

Tom Cline
August 15, 2017
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Most service and professional businesses look just like all other service and professional businesses. They are indistinguishable.


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Violand Vault: Test Scores, Touchdowns, & Customer Satisfaction

Tom Cline
June 14, 2017
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Do you have the proper metrics in place across the board to keep your company running like a well-oiled machine? 
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Test Scores, Touchdowns, and Customer Satisfaction

Test Scores, Touchdowns, and Customer Satisfaction

The art of understanding KPIs
Tom Cline
May 11, 2017
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Whether it’s education, sports, or business we need to know how well we’re doing. We need to be able to measure performance. 


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