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The Role of PR in Personal Development

Too often the practice of public relations, particularly in the B2B world, is limited to news releases and trade events aimed at promoting specific...

Why Won’t They Return Your Calls?

We’ve all had it happen to us, and it’s one of the most frustrating experiences in business.  You met with your prospective client, and it...

How to Get Your Sales Team to Buy Into Your CRM System

You have a great new CRM system. It provides solutions to all – or most – of the challenges that your sales team is...

Setting Smart 2014 Revenue Goals Takes Intelligence

It’s nearly September and I’m already talking about next year’s sales goals. But we all know that very soon we will all be working...

Is the Follow-Up Call Outdated?

Here’s some advice that you don’t hear many sales managers share with their teams: Stop wasting your time following up. David Newman, founder of Do It!...

The Marketing Tool That’s Underutilized

News that Verizon, Google and other companies turned over detailed user information to the government has heightened the debate over the pros and cons...

The Death of Salesmen is Overstated

Did you know that the majority of buyers believe they are at least 60 percent done with their buying process before they seek out...

Are You Fostering Creativity or Faking It?

The recently released movie “The Internship” has been touted as a film that stars the Google complex as much as it showcases actors Vince...

Can you learn to be inspiring?

Authors and leadership consultants Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman (zfco.com) gathered data from nearly 50,000 leaders and discovered that the ability to inspire creates...

The Question That Spawns Cotinued Growth

What did you learn today? We’re asked that question constantly when we’re kids, but for whatever reason it’s not posed as much in adulthood. Consultant Kevin...

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