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Here's the secret, and whisper it to all your sales and marketing folks, to all your service people, to anyone whose work will somehow touch and impact the customer's experience: As customers, we are absolute suckers for authenticity. Read More

Most sales people skip the essential sales step for each and every prospect that's worth converting to a customer/client. It's an investment that honors the buyer's time; it signals to the buyer that your interest lies in their best interest, not yours. The "slow down and sell more" secret lies in creating value before the call. Read More

MicroMentor, which has made nearly 700 mentor matches since it started in 2001, is one of a growing number of Web sites that allow prospective mentors and protégés to easily find each other. Usually, each party creates a profile detailing his or her mentoring needs or expertise that can be viewed by others. Once a match is made, the mentoring can Read More

Confessions and personal reflections of a "lifestyle" entrepreneur Read More

Credit the Celtics ride to the NBA Finals to the Big Three: KG, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen? Nope— lean in here for the inside scoop on the Celtics rise back to the top— Read More

Technology inspired by Israeli surveillance has led to camera-equipped billboards that can track viewers' faces to gather reliable viewing data for digital displays and screens. The technology comes from TruMedia, which is testing the cameras in about 30 locations nationwide. A company in Paris offers similar tracking. Software behind each bill Read More

In the 2008 American Express OPEN Spring Monitor, they found a sharp contrast between business owners over sixty and the small business population at large as they manage their way through the current economic uncertainty. Entrepreneurs over sixty are taking actions that show they learned from their past experiences with inflation. Although the Read More

From the page: "If you were to start a new marketing campaign with the objective of educating small business owners, executives, and managers on the benefits of your product, whatever it is, will most of them turn deaf ears to a blog marketing medium just because it's a blog?" Read More

Pass this around your overly aggressive reps. Read More