Let’s start with the disclaimer … I am a small business guy and I don’t even pretend to comprehend the needs, let alone the implementation requirements, of even medium size businesses. With the exception of managing divisions for some larger corporations, I have never exceeded 65 employees and maybe 7 or 8 salespeople. As my
In my previous post I mentioned that my wife and I were in the process of soliciting quotes for replacement windows for our home. I also hinted that one vendor who visited never got back to us with a quote and that there was a story to tell. Well, here it is. I will call
There’s really nothing magic about selling. What they say about what we learn in kindergarten applies to sales as it does in life. Still, I see many salespeople who will consistently lose sales for the simplest of reasons. #1 – Listening skills We can go on and on about this but, here are three of the
I think that the first question that we need to ask is … “Do you think that invitations to connect on LinkedIn should be personalized?” Many people, including me, feel that this is an absolute necessity. If I want to connect with you on LinkedIn, and particularly if you may not know me well or even
Everybody has goals for the new year so, why should I be any different? If your goals are resolutions well … we know what happens to most of those. No, I shall have goals. Let’s start with revenues I have always looked at revenue sources as the legs on a barstool. Starting out in business,
As a small to medium sized business, you likely already wear a number of different hats. As a social business there are days, most days, when I feel like I must be running a haberdashery. The challenge is maintaining our focus and this challenge starts, and maybe even ends, with that same obstacle. One minute
