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Coaching Mistake #3 Laundry List Coaching - http://www.starresults.com

Posted by starresults under Management
From http://www.starresults.com 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: CindyKing on June 24, 2009 1:25 am

Sales coaching is the No. 1 management activity that drives sales performance. The only problem is that managers have not been taught how to effectively coach. Coaching is a skill that takes time to perfect and unless effectively coached or trained managers make all types of mistakes. This is the 3rd in a series of coaching pitfalls that mangers s Read More

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Eight Ways Microblogging Will Transform Your Company

Posted by stillwagon428 under Online Marketing
From http://bigthink.com 5424 days ago
Made Hot by: dreamwithdeadline on June 23, 2009 11:53 pm

When Network World selected 9 technologies IT pros should master in 2009, two of them were microblogging platforms: Twitter and Yammer. While most people are familiar with Twitter, relatively few are acquainted with Yammer. While it isn't as sexy as Twitter, Yammer will fundamentally improve your company in the following 8 ways. Read More

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Are You Who You Say You Are? Time for a Reality Check

Posted by SkipAnderson under Sales
From http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com 5421 days ago
Made Hot by: patm on June 23, 2009 11:29 pm

2009 I almost half over. Isn't it time you take a realistic look at you? Read More

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Promote your business with a free ebook

Posted by ShawnHessinger under Marketing
From http://www.skelliewag.org 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 23, 2009 4:15 pm

You can promote your business, yourself, your Website or your product with a free ebook costing nothing to create. Check out this post from Skelliewag.org on how to start creating and distributing your own ebooks with no startup investment. Read More

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Review of Escape from Cubicle Nation

Posted by ritchelalms under Strategy
From http://smallbiztrends.com 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: patrick on June 23, 2009 4:14 pm

A few years ago I stumbled onto a website called “Escape from Cubicle Nation.” At the time I remember thinking, 'this is the BEST name' for a target audience of corporate employees longing to start (or who had recently started) businesses of their own. I could identify with it. After all, I once had been in cubicle nation and left to start my o Read More

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Be Extraordinary Because Crap is Not Better than Nothing

Posted by girlopinion under Strategy
From http://homebusiness.about.com 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: tuckerleroy on June 23, 2009 4:14 pm

To many of us here in the U.S. and in many reaches of the globe, just when we think the recession is about to let up the skies darken again. There's no telling how long we're going to be in this period of lost jobs and slow business, so if you haven't done so already, you might want to start thinking about making the best of it. How can you get Read More

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Tax breaks for small business

Posted by ShawnHessinger under Taxes
From http://link.brightcove.com 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 23, 2009 4:07 pm

Tax breaks for small business are available under the new U.S. stimulus package and "smartmoney TV" can help your business find the best breaks to suit you. Read More

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Don't Fight Your List - The Pipeline

Posted by SellBetter under Sales
From http://www.sellbetter.ca 5420 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 23, 2009 3:50 pm

Once you have a process for qualifying leads, and you have a list that has gone through the process, don't rethink, follow through and engage. Read More

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A Random Walk Up Sales Street

Posted by SellBetter under Sales
From http://www.sellbetter.ca 5421 days ago
Made Hot by: shanegibson on June 23, 2009 3:39 pm

A weekly round of observation, stumbles and bumps while strolling up both side of Sales Street. Read More

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Flipping the sales Funnel

Posted by ShawnHessinger under Marketing
From http://www.youtube.com 5421 days ago
Made Hot by: tuckerleroy on June 23, 2009 1:23 pm

Marketing guru Seth Godin suggests "flipping the sales funnel". Instead of putting prospects in at the top of the funnel with the hope of getting some commissions at the bottom, flip the funnel, make it into a megaphone and let those who already love your product promote it for you. Read More