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Do you want to generate more sales in 2010? It's kids play. The past year was very challenging for many sales managers, but now it’s 2010 and we need to look ahead. Have you increased your sales targets? How will you ensure that your team delivers the goods?

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Sales and marketing need to be better integrated around execution. Alignment and simultaneous execution allow companies to stretch resources and dollars further and reach more profitable results. Read More

Shane Gibson and Steven Jagger have written a brand new book about social media that will be helpful to business-to-consumer companies and individual salespeople. This podcast episode is Skip Anderson's interview with Shane Gibson, a social media thought leader. Read More

The Internet is a great tool for increasing the breadth of the information we acquire. But it is doing so to the detriment of the depth of knowledge. The impact are even worse for our time, our focus, and our attention. As this societal change continues, those who are able to discipline themselves to give their ideas, the projects, and their tasks their full focus and attention will have a strong Read More

If you look at the Lijit search widget on the right side of my blog you’ll see that the most popular topic readers search for is… Cold Calling Scripts. I find it interesting because using scripts is one of those “BIG Debate” topics that sales people and their manager often argue about.

In my very first management role I wanted everyone to, “say it just like I say it …word-for-word and you’ll Read More

It's Girl Scout Cookie time, so I took my daughter out for her first door-to-door selling experience on Saturday, spending three-and-a-half wonderful hours with her. Here's what I learned about selling on that cold January day. Read More

The world’s oldest profession involves selling. One might even argue about which came first – the selling or the sex? In fact, selling and sex are so closely related that succeeding at either one of them can be euphoric, addictive, and good fun.

You have the freedom to SELL! You can sell as much as you like, to whomever you like, for whatever the acceptable rate is, without exploiting yourself Read More

Steroids have been in the news this past week with Mark McGwire's admission that he used steroids while playing Major League Baseball in his interview with Bob Costas on the MLB network. Read More

In the end our successes and our failures have more to with what we believe and the actions we take than any external factor. Regardless of the goals and targets set for you, your personal and professional development are primarily your responsibility. Don’t simply accept the goals and targets that are given to you. Read More

It’s About Leadership: Shane Gibson Talks About Sociable! Book interview from Books on the Radio. 30 minute podcast on social media marketing. Read More