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How to turn a mission statement into sales
WRITTEN IN STONE The much-maligned company mission statement can be a powerful, and lasting, sales tool.

SAY “MISSION STATEMENT” AND most people think of a social mission company. But business mission statements have been around forever and, when crafted carefully, can be a powerful sales tool for nonsocial businesses, as Tina Aldatz and Margarita Floris, co-founders of Savvy Travelers, recently found out. Their company, based in Laguna Hills, California, makes

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