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Not getting what you want out of your sales meetings? Here are 5 tips to point you in the right direction.

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This story appears in the July 2004 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

For many pros, daily or weekly rank just asliver above cold calling on the "dreadful work stuff todo" list. Sales meetings that are poorly run or too long canbecome more a source of grousing than of encouragement and teambuilding.

It's critical that managers are mindful of why they holdmeetings at all: "The purpose of a sales meeting is to createconsistency in an organization's message, cross-pollinateinformation and build confidence," explains Jerry Ervin,principal of Paragon Strategies, a consulting firm in San Franciscothat helps maximize organizational and individual performance.Ervin adds that another function for sales meetings is to"inspire a team to produce."

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