When is the last time you asked yourself that question? Ever? Start each day with at least one important question. Better yet, start each day by asking, thinking about and answering three questions.
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When Does a Sale Begin? When Does it End?
A sale is not a sale until the check clears. We often seem to forget that and think it ends when we have left the client’s office with the order in our hand. Actually, that might be when the sale really begins.
Read MoreHow Are You Different?
The problem with best practices is that they’re usually someone else’s best practices. You need to find your own best practices and then follow them, hone them and make them your unique brand.
Read MoreMaking Success A Habit
How do we make a habit out of success? Thereʼs an old saying that, if spoken with authority, we all will usually choose to take as fact
Read MoreCommitment Begins at 100%
Commitment to anything or anybody begins at one hundred percent. Anything less is just not a commitment.
Read MoreProspecting
Prospecting is the lifeblood of your business and it needs to be tackled with enthusiasm, both when it’s working and when it is not working.
Read MoreHow to Lead Today, Part 2
Leadership is not about being liked. It’s about doing what’s right. That means being visionary and looking beyond your corners of the promotional products world.
Read MoreHow to Lead Today, Part 1
To flourish and remain relevant in this highly competitive and rapidly changing industry environment, you must be very clear about who you are, what you are and what you deliver in terms of value, meaning, leadership and professionalism.
Read MoreCocktail Party Marketing
The “traditional” marketing was known as outbound or push advertising. Under the new rules of marketing, because of changes in buyer behavior, inbound marketing is becoming much more effective and popular.
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