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Trade Shows, Are They Still The Best Choice Today or Passe?

Do you expect to attend or exhibit either this year or 2010? When you attend or exhibit at a trade show, what are your main goals? Do believe the face to face contact can help you maintain or crea...

Tagged: travel, business, teleconference, shows, trade

Started by Adrienne Sasson in Sample Title Nov 14.

The #7 Way to Sell More by Using Social Media

I recently wrote a blog post on The #7 Way to Use Social Media to Sell More - http://bit.ly/27IPNP. Are you interested in sales training or coaching but don't have the budget at this time? In tha...

Started by Craig Elias in Uncategorized Sep 24.

What happens after marketing throws leads over the fence to sales?

I don't think the economy has an impact on this particular dilemma. The marketing department, with sales input, creates a demand gen campaign that is on target with current needs. After the leads a...

Tagged: Campaign, Marketing, Sales, Gen, Lead

Started by Trevor Usken in Sample Title Sep 16.

What’s the best way to use CRM to collect customer feedback?

Companies can’t ignore customer feedback if they hope to cultivate loyalty and repeat buys. How can a CRM system cultivate and collect this important information? Join the Focus Experts group disc...

Tagged: CRM

Started by Trevor Usken in Sample Title Aug 27.

Increase sales calls?

What are three things a sales representative can do to increase his/her number of calls? We have a Focus Community member that is looking for some help with this - any insight? http://www.focus.c...

Tagged: Sales

Started by Trevor Usken in Sample Title Aug 17.

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find those forgotten friends

Reach Out and Touch Someone, Even Years Later!

We meet so many people over the course of our lifetime, and forge so many varied relationships with them, that when we try to recall even a fraction of the faces and names we've learned, we fail. But all of us have a special catalogue deep in our memories, set aside for that special list of truly close friends that we will never forget. These people resonate with us nearly as strongly years after we last laid eyes on them as they did when we were… Continue

Posted by Harvey Melton, Sr. on July 20, 2009 at 9:52pm

customer care- do we care enough?

Do Your Potential Customers Forget About You?
[By: Tom Kulzer]

Your web business probably gets product inquiries from potential customers around the globe. Inquiries come via e-mail and your web site, and you try to send information to each hot prospect as quickly as you can. You know that you can drastically increase the likelihood of making a sale by satisfying each person's need for information quickly!

But, after you've delivered that first bit of information to your prospect, do you send… Continue

Posted by Harvey Melton, Sr. on July 20, 2009 at 10:04pm

Battling the Monsters.

As I write this post, it is Halloween morning. While the weather is definitely nasty outside, both of my children are filled with a sense of excitement as they think about wearing their costumes tonight. My son is dressing up as Darth Vadar and my daughter is dressing up as me. This should be interesting…

As Halloween approaches, many of us dig back into movie collections to watch some of the scary classics. There are typically some predictable elements to these movies – we can tell when the mo… Continue

Posted by Jeff Wolfe on October 31, 2009 at 12:16pm

Marketing Products and Services through Video Email

Internet Video seems to be all the rage today with sites such as YouTube, Skype and sites such as Yahoo, MSN and your favorite news website that are embracing video. Internet providers such as Comcast & AT&T are making Internet download speeds so much faster, that Video is now mainstream and accessible by most home and business users.

Software Companies are coming to market with tools that allow home and business users to easily create videos with an inexpensive web cam and microphone t… Continue

Posted by Ron Cregier on October 26, 2009 at 10:22am

Not earning as much as you want ? Hire me to improve your net profit.

I am a CFO, Controller, Turnaround Expert, Chief Reputation Officer & Human Resources Director who also provides Accounting, Computer, Human Resources, Management & QuickBooks consulting.

I am a turnaround expert seeking an opportunity where I can improve net profit.

Are you happy with the current leadership of your accounting department ?

Is your accounting department improving net income by millions of dollars ?

Are you satisfied with your current revenue and profits, or should you… Continue

Posted by Brian Quillen on May 31, 2009 at 4:31pm

The power of TRUST in your success

High trusters are not naive, but rather have an intelligence that permits them to distinguish between the trustworthy and the untrustworthy. The low trusters do not trust others because they do not have this capacity, and play it safe by saying no to everyone. Their social life is poorer. A certain degree of suspicion is healthy and wise. But when it forms part of our character, becomes our worldview and turns into muscular tension, then it becomes a hindrance. Source: The Power of Kindness

I’v… Continue

Posted by Melanie Morris on April 1, 2009 at 2:29pm

Hug Your Prospects by Dawn Wagenaar, Blog Champion, Ingenuity Marketing Group

This is an awesome post from the Cold Closing Network by Dawn Wagenaar, Blog Champion and Principal, Ingenuity Marketing Group LLC and Featured Contributor, Cold Closing Network.

Dawn really provides meaningful thought process for why we should be "hugging our pro… Continue

Posted by Edward E. Williams III on April 9, 2009 at 8:56pm

How to present successfully

In your approach you have won the prospect’s interest. You have put them in the mental position where they are ready to purchase if you prove up your claims. And you can prove up these claims because you made them, knowing in advance that they were merely a preface to showing your proposition.

What is the mission of your presentation?

To create desire for your products. That’s all. And the minute that is accomplished, the order is yours for the taking.

Let your presentation be organized, well… Continue

Posted by Alen Majer on May 1, 2009 at 12:30pm

How can focusing on TRUST in your organization affect your bottom line? Read more...

The Case for Trust and FranklinCovey’s Work with Our Clients

There are many articles written on Trust and its impact on an organization’s performance. A recent Edelman study, for example, speaks to the impact of Market and Brand Trust on a company’s ability to grow. At the core of a leader’s role is the ability to inspire trust…within a team…within a department or function…across the company…within the marketplace.

Ultimately, the market’s trust in a company is not a reflection of the brand na… Continue

Posted by John Vakidis on October 16, 2009 at 12:07pm

Social Networking the New Year, and why not?

It's New Years Eve, 2008; Wow! what an amazing year it's been, through the tumultuous election process and downturn in economy, we are still hanging in here, and feel quite blessed to be at home with family today. Among other things, this has been a year in which I delved headlong into social networking, and it has been fun and rewarding for me both personally and professionally. I have gathered a few thoughts here, that I hope will benefit others, so here we go...

Connections are impor… Continue

Posted by Tracy Ready on January 3, 2009 at 10:40am