With electronic barriers such as voice mail and caller ID, there is a loss of respect in a great deal of relationships, both business and personal. To help you to be the best sales person you can be, I offer up the 10 Rules of Sales Etiquette.
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I’m With The Brand, Part 2: The Only Branding Tip You’ll Ever Need
The most important branding lesson from the world’s grand master of marketing, Steve Jobs.
Read MoreThe Michael J. Fox Sales Method
Effective spending and other lessons learned from the ASI San Diego keynote.
Read MoreThe Gift of ADD and Communication
Roughly 13 years ago, my oldest daughter Kati was diagnosed with ADD. The psychologist, Dr. Rosenrosen, told us that it was hereditary. Upon hearing that, my wife looked at me and said, “Well, THAT explains a lot!”
Read More10 Powerful Questions for Business Success
The end of the first quarter and the beginning of a new quarter is a great time to evaluate where your business is now and where you would like it to be in the next few months.
Read MoreWould You Risk a $10,000 Order to Raise Product Safety Questions?
You get a call one morning from a marketing manager referred to you by one of your customers. She desperately needs 7,500 tote bags for an event the following week and wants to know if you can deliver.
Read MoreOn The Up and Up
Last month the Dow Jones did something it hasn’t done in a very long time—it closed over the 13,000 mark.
Read MoreI’m With The Brand
At what point does a company’s brand extend to its employees?
Read MoreHave a Conversation
One of the key points that I try to make when discussing the new rules of marketing and about the transformations taking place in business today is that it is no longer about “campaigns,” it is about having “conversations.”
Read MoreWhy Sales Reps Hate CRM Systems
Sales reps hate CRM systems, and in a former life, so did I. I saw no purpose to it; no value whatsoever.
Until this happened.
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