The hype around the Apple Watch is reaching epic proportions, and while I am far from an Apple fan boy, there are some very good reasons you should buy a smart watch based on my recent interaction with my own smart watch.
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The scent and sweat and stale-roasted almond stench of a trade show at 3:00 p.m. can be deadly. Greene was trying to get out of the massive hall without being spotted by an enemy … or an ex-girlfriend. Someone came up behind him from a darkened booth. Greene felt something cold and hard press into the small of his back. A gun muzzle?
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Recently, I started investigating video conferencing systems for meetings with more than 10 video participants and the ability to call into a number from a phone line if you aren’t near a computer. PPAI board member Rod Brown pointed me in the direction of FuzeBox video conferencing. I also found BlueJeans video conferencing in my own searching.
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Online meetings are great. I love being able to see someone’s face and the demonstration or presentation. I love video conferencing too. I now DREAD conference calls even more because I can’t see the body language or hear as well as I can on a video conference.
Read MoreWhen you can’t answer the phone, what does a caller hear? Does your voice mail message give each caller a sense that you are professional, enthusiastic and eager to get right back to them… or does it leave them wondering when and if in fact you will ever call them back?
Read MoreThe best way to begin formulating your sales plan for 2013 is to do a little
“Sales Analysis” of 2012. This is a good time to evaluate what went right and what didn’t in 2012.
I know, cold calling is a part of the job. And if you want to succeed, you’ve got to bang on some doors. But unless you have something SO unique, I’m not going to have time for your call. And if you do have something unique, I’ll probably find it if I need it.
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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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If you’re anything like I am, some days you feel chained to your desk and computer. There just seems to be a never-ending stream of e-mails to answer, phone calls to catch up on and social media to post.
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I know that our industry is about selling. Whether it is higher price pointRead More
electronics or more reasonably priced value based products, the key to success is
moving imprinted inventory from the warehouse into homes and offices.
That's it, really there is nothing more to it. Or is there?