{"id":2537,"date":"2017-04-27T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2019-04-03T09:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T13:42:11","slug":"thoughtful-thursdays-be-mindful-of-the-external-factors-that-can-affect-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/27\/thoughtful-thursdays-be-mindful-of-the-external-factors-that-can-affect-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Thursdays &#8211; Be mindful of the external factors that can affect sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you&nbsp;hear&nbsp;about&nbsp;external factors, you may think marketing but there are also consequences that result from the same external factors. A recent article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/small-business\/sb-managing\/home-inspectors-feeling-the-burn-of-ontarios-hot-housing-market\/article34793357\/\">Globe and Mail<\/a> newspaper describes how home inspection sales&nbsp;are&nbsp;being affected by a hot housing market.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s sales though is about being mindful of the external factors that may affect your sales.<\/p>\n<p>Political factors that&nbsp;can affect sales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Changes in laws and regulations<\/li>\n<li>Political scenarios in your country<\/li>\n<li>Political scenarios in other countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Economic factors that&nbsp;can affect sales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economy down and up turns<\/li>\n<li>Changes in Interest rates<\/li>\n<li>Changes in discretionary spending<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social and cultural factors that can affect sales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demographic shifts<\/li>\n<li>Changes in attitudes and opinions<\/li>\n<li>Changes in trends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Technology factors that can affect sales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The next big thing<\/li>\n<li>Technological advances<\/li>\n<li>Changes in technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Being mindful of external factors that can affect sales will help you keep ahead of the threats and capitalize on the opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your eyes open and ear to the ground and&nbsp;stay ahead of the changing sales environment.<\/p>\n<p>Good selling,<br \/>\nRichard<\/p>\n<p>Have a question about sales? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakanashiandassociates.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Sakanashi and Associates Inc.<\/a> and I will respond.<\/p>\n<p>Please share Thoughtful Thursdays posts with people you feel may find the topic interesting and help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you&nbsp;hear&nbsp;about&nbsp;external factors, you may think marketing but there are also consequences that result from the same external factors. A recent article in the Globe and Mail newspaper describes how home inspection sales&nbsp;are&nbsp;being affected by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/27\/thoughtful-thursdays-be-mindful-of-the-external-factors-that-can-affect-sales\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,61,3],"tags":[60,75,73],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales","category-sales-management","category-thoughtful-thursdays","tag-sales-2","tag-sales-management","tag-thoughtful-thursdays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2537"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3682,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537\/revisions\/3682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}