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In 24 hours (give or take), much of the United States will be on a holiday weekend. It might be tempting to lay low and start the holiday early, like maybe right now. But Read More

As a smart business person, you probably know that there are no such things as magic words, particularly in a culture that has been saturated with advertising. But there's something else you should know: Not only do magic advertising words not exist, several of them actually work against you. Read More

Partnerships can turn out to be a blessing or a curse. For every thriving partnership featured in Entrepreneur, there are thousands that end up stagnant, dissolving, dysfunctional or worse--in court. More often than not, performing basic due diligence can keep you from ending up in bad partnerships. So, have you done your homework? Read More

With all of the things that must be juggled to keep a business profitable you deserve some free advice that will help out your online marketing campaign. We've put together a few simple tips to help out any small business with search marketing. Read More

Now, I'm no Anthony Hopkins, but training in acting and theater has definitely enhanced my sales career. With one foot in the world of theater and the other in the realm of business, here are a dozen suggestions to help you perform effective sales presentations. Read More

They're having a bad day. Or they're rushed. Or they're just naturally pissy people. If you work in sales, you've met them before. They're pissy prospects. Read More

Here are five ways of Determining if you have Great Sales Coaches: Read More

Companies who are looking to drive sales performance need not look further than their sales management team. Read More

Many people ask me how I keep managing to grow my twitter following on my @shanegibson account. I don't and have never used any type of auto-follow software or participated in any type of Twitter Ponzi scheme. I avoid the get rich quick crowd like the plague, in fact some of my tweets have offended them on mass. In our soon to be released book Read More

My startup, HubSpot, has done a fair amount of recruiting/hiring over the past year (the team has grown by over 100%, despite the down-turn in the economy). Along the way, I've found some “patterns” to the recruiting that we do and the kind of people that end up joining us. Read More