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Embracing Change: The Path to Sales Growth in a Shifting Market

Daniel Burrus
6 min readSep 14, 2023

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We design products and services with the intention of fulfilling distinct customer needs or catering to niche requirements.

But as technology advances and customer needs change, we need to find new ways to tap into the ever-changing market in innovative ways. This does not have to mean we change our products entirely. It may just mean reinventing and redefining the product as well as our selling techniques to accommodate the changing industry and landscape of customer needs.

The way to increase sales and your bottom line is not to completely scrap your product and start from scratch. Equally, it is vital to not rest on your laurels and treat it like a cash cow either.

The key is to redefine old technology, systems, services, and products and turn them into future opportunities that appeal to larger audiences, other industries, and the wants and needs of your customers.

It Starts with a Change in Your Mentality

It is understandable that many businesses possess an “either/or” mentality. They feel that everything must be one way or the other, as if business is black and white.

For example, if a manufacturing company believes that a certain system or process that has been trusted for…

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Daniel Burrus
Daniel Burrus

Written by Daniel Burrus

#1 Bestselling Author, Global Futurist, Innovation Expert and Keynote Speaker. One of the World’s Leading Futurists on Global Trends and Innovation.

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