Archive for the ‘Sales’ Category
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Last week I was in Manhattan for a few days. After catching this episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, I decided to head over to a place called The Doughnut Plant NYC. In the episode, two NYC cops declared Mark Israel, owner of the Doughnut Plant, the winner. ...
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
I subscribe to Jeffrey Gitomer's weekly newsletter, Sales Caffeine. Today's article was part two of "How to Become a Power Influencer." His timely article gives some nice tips to hone your influencing skills. As any business owner knows, real and sustainable sales come from building relationships. ...
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
"What's the difference?" is what consumers are asking themselves when preparing to make a purchase. This product is known for quality, this product does more, this product has a better warranty, and, lastly, this one is cheaper. These are all potential answers your would-be customers are giving themselves ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
I use Google Reader to read blogs that interest me. That way, I don't have to visit each individual site just to see if there have been any interesting new blog entries. As such, I have been able to add more blogs to my daily regimen. One ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Late last year Google announced the Knol Project. Finally, last week they opened it up to the public. It is a user-based article submission site quite similar to Wikipedia. According to the original press release:
"A knol on a particular topic is meant to be the first thing someone ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Over the last few weeks, in the world of high school distance running, all eyes have been on a high school senior from California named German Fernandez. OK, I admit it. I am something of a track-nut, and yes, I pay attention to distance running from high school through professional. ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
This week, marketing guru Seth Godin had an interesting blog entry. He writes a funny little blurb about how the vast majority of people think they are smarter than average, and probably think they are righter than average, too. Customers have a very hard time admitting they are ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
On Monday mornings, I’m often reminded of the movie “Office Space.” When one of the employees expresses some anger and frustration, a boisterous female co-worker says “Looks like somebody has a case of the Mondays!” Those of us who own our own businesses should never have a case ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
We have all been to those presentations. A sales meeting, a seminar, or even a church service. The presenter used powerpoint and put everyone to sleep. How can this happen? Isn't PowerPoint supposed to make presentations exciting? Aren't the visual queues supposed to keep the ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Keeping track of leads, sales and customers has always been important to the longevity of a business. How would you know the who, what, where, when, and whys of your leads and customers if you didn’t keep track of them? This tracking could be as simple as sticky ...
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