Sales Fails: "I got an OOO responder from a prospect, but I texted him anyway. He was at his mother's funeral"

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Sales Fails: "I got an OOO responder from a prospect, but I texted him anyway. He was at his mother's funeral"

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Sales Fails: "I got an OOO responder from a prospect, but I texted him anyway. He was at his mother's funeral"

Three hilarious and painful sales fails-from texting during a funeral to office hazing to sweating through a high-stakes networking event.

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