For many growing businesses, responding to requests for proposals (RFPs) plays a major role in a business development plan. But it's also a task that can hone a company's performance and improve its chances for getting new customers. Here are seven tips for making your proposal stand out among the competition.
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7 Ways to Improve RFP Responses
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Made Hot by: tiroberts on May 14, 2009 5:35 am
Online Video and Small Business Go Hand in Hand
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From http://smallbiztrends.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 14, 2009 7:20 pm
I like Lisa Barone's approach to creating a no-procrastination-allowed post about how important online video can be to your marketing.
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Focus on the Buy Cycle to Shorten the Sales Cycle
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From http://www.sellbetter.ca 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 13, 2009 4:38 pm
The key things to keeping a sales cycle shorter is a clear plan for each stage of the cycle, the willingness to let opportunities go, and focusing on the buyers buy cycle.
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How Focus Helps Sales Management Effectiveness
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From http://www.starresults.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: shanegibson on May 14, 2009 12:36 am
In a strong economy just showing up to play is enough to achieve your sales objectives. In today's economic environment sales leaders are facing sales force downsizing and poor sales rep morale. Sales reps are frustrated by longer sales cycles, dropping demand, unrealistic quotas, concerns about declining income and losing their jobs.
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It's Obama's Economy Now!
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From http://www.mywealth.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 14, 2009 9:55 pm
Well the first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone. Regardless of your political leanings you have to give the Obama administration some credit. We will avoid the next Great Depression!     Â
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The Length of the Sales Cycle - The Pipeline
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From http://www.sellbetter.ca 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 13, 2009 1:21 pm
One of the easiest ways to optimize your sales cycle is to ensure it is alignd with the buyer's buy cycle.
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Self Motivation And The Culture To Nurture It
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From http://www.salesbloggers.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: shanegibson on May 13, 2009 1:22 pm
Important as motivating others is, an important part of nurturing success is by helping others to motivate themselves. The most successful people tend to be self motivated and driven and that comes from within...
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Visual Triggers To Boost Your Sales
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From http://www.smallbusinessbranding.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 13, 2009 6:41 pm
We're visual people and we often make purchasing decisions based on an image alone. Our vision is our primary sense and we rely on it to make quick assumptions about people and products. This means image can play a strong role in both the branding of your business as well as your profitability. Here are a few ideas on how to use great visuals to m
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Marketing Tips For The Financially Challenged Start-Up
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From http://www.smbceo.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 15, 2009 2:45 pm
There are a lot of practical ideas to help any start-up market their new business on a limited budget. To get you started, OnStartups.com has put together 21 Tactical Tips From The Trenches.
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Google Search Now Supports Microformats and Adds “Rich Snippets” to Search Results
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From http://searchengineland.com 5522 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 15, 2009 3:45 pm
Today at Searchology, Google has launched a search results enhancement called “rich snippets” that uses meta data from web pages (from microformats such as hCard, hCalendar, and RDF) to display additional details (both content and meaning) about pages in the results. This initial launch supports reviews (with sites such as Yelp) and people (with s
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