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The Shelf Signal

Samples and the follow-up

Most first orders are lost in the two weeks after the meeting, not in it.

2 min readMembersUpdated Nov 12, 2026

A buyer sees more products in a month than they can remember. The sample and the follow-up are how you stay one of the few they act on.

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IN PRACTICE

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