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These are a selection of social media tips that I have posted on Twitter over the past couple weeks. I thought I would put them all in one place for easy reference. Please add your tips and thoughts in the comments section. 20 Social Media Tips: 1. Focus on a specific theme in your social media for extended periods of time 2. Your bl Read More

The 28 Days to Better Selling program is completely free and is 100% content and 0% advertising or promotions. All content focused on helping you. This concept was inspired by a 31 Days to Build a Better Blog program that Problogger.com put on for 12,000 other bloggers. As a participant it was very helpful for me. The concept is simple: Here Read More

The most common question I hear as a consultant when working with clients to integrate their sales, marketing and social media strategies is “What is the ROI ( Return on Investment ) for Social Media and Social Networks.” Many business people and companies struggle with the ROI on tools like Twitter, Blogging, FaceBook, or Video online. Based upo Read More

So, you're company doesn't provide enough training? They won't send you to seminars? Won't reimburse you for books and audio programs? Well, while that is unfortunate (sales managers, what are you thinking?!), we're not going to let you off the hook! Read More

Sales static; Business static; Marketing static; Personal static. Read More

No matter what you sell, the core competency every sales person needs is the ability to build relationships. Whether you've got five minutes or five months, your capacity to build rapport with your prospects is critical, and that was the topic of our discussion with Kim Williams, Vice President of Sales at Pike's Home Maintenance. Read More

Joe is a successful district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. In fact, there are many Joe's in all companies. Each month Joe is put to the test with different sales reps he must coach to success. He must now coach a self doubter Read More

Cross-selling is one of the holy grails of professional services - but so few firms do it well. One of the key issues is that professions are simply not aware of what their colleagues in other service areas do - or if they are, they don't trust them enough to let them loose with their clients. Read More

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. The key t Read More

One of the easiest ways to optimize your sales cycle is to ensure it is alignd with the buyer's buy cycle. Read More