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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

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. Read More

Oil and the Euro Tend to treavel in the same direction (over time). This also helps to influence the UD$ downward. For these reasons, I'd say it's a higher probability if someone is a buyer of the Euro vs a seller of it. Read More

I like Lisa Barone's approach to creating a no-procrastination-allowed post about how important online video can be to your marketing. 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

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!       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

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... Read More

The father of Guerrilla Marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson, believes businesses can increase profits by investing time, energy, information and imagination — rather than money — in their marketing. Read More