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Lesson #2: Connect with Your Customers
“To be a really successful entrepreneur, you must constantly strive to understand your customers. You must also appreciate them and care about their happiness, ” says Stewart. “There are no people more important to me in my business life than my customers.”
The Power Of Social Media For Marketing Your Business
Social media can be a very powerful tool for promoting your product, service, or brand. But be careful. If social media is misused, it can turn off your followers. Unfortunately, this type of exodus is quick and permanent. Social media tools make it easy to unsubscribe or unfollow. That means you don't have second chances and you have to be extra careful with your dialog.
Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn
Indifference is a fantastic personal characteristic to have if you’re the roguish leading man in a sweeping Civil War tale, but it’s not quite as charming if you’re a career salesperson trying your best to generate business in a slow economy. The funny thing is that many of us have adopted a Rhett Butler style of prospecting that is highly ineffective - particularly in these challenging times.

Dialog with Your Web Visitors Through Smarter Writing Styles
If you have ever wished you could convert more of your Web site visitors into actual sales, then let's examine some superior ways to accomplish just exactly how it's done. Let's talk about working with smarter Web copy that can make a difference.
Bloggers Checklist
Below are some of the crucial items you should have on your Blog. Take a look at this list and your Blog and see how you measure up. I can tell you that I did it myself and I had to create an action plan to fix my own Blog.
10 Steps for Your Sales Force to Survive and Thrive in the Recession
I was in the pool, playing catch with our six-year old son, when Henry began a "dialog" with me. He said, "You can't play catch in the pool. It's against the rules." I was stunned, but apologized, said I wasn't aware of that rule and removed the football from the pool. There was another guy in the pool and he mentioned to me that the pool rules did not include an exclusion about playing catch. I mentioned that to Henry and he became irate because he owns one of the resort's units, wrote the rules himself, and said, "It better be on that sign!" So what's wrong with this picture?
Having Good Sales Calls
When you have a good meeting with a prospect, how do you feel? If your prospect was friendly, complimentary, open, and answered all of your questions, would you say that your chances of closing this opportunity are strong?
Executive Coaching or Sales Coaching Is Not New Because It Is an Almost 2,500 Year Old Proven Process
Executive coaching or sales coaching is a popular trend of the 21st century. Yet, do you know the roots of this highly effective performance strategy? Maybe it is time for a brief history lesson.
Doing the Right Thing in Leadership
Many times, doing the right thing has penalties. In leadership, those penalties are magnified because there are less safety nets for team members in leadership positions. People in leadership positions are more visible so when they face issues of ethical penalty, it is more widely known. Although you can never avoid the penalties for doing the right thing, there are a couple of skills that can be embraced to reduce the impact of them.
How To Wear Your Sales Message
At a recent conference session I spoke at, an exhibitor came up to me after my presentation and asked a great question: “How can I start a sales conversation with people without being obnoxious?”.
Zen and the Art of The One Page Business Plan
Planning is a dialog. It starts deep within you. When it’s appropriate... you will begin the process of exposing the dialog to your external world. The initial form may be written notes, informal discussions with people you trust. When it’s appropriate, you will expand the dialog to your community. The dialog will grow stronger... or die. Remember when your mother told you to mind your business... maybe she was right. Your life... is your business. Two questions: - Who are you? - Who will you serve? Planning your business... is planning your life. The process of thinking before doing... is planning. Everyone has plans... every day! Sometimes the plans are important enough to put in writing. The successful have concise, clear plans and take action on them... and they may be in writing.
Highly Successful Salespeople Can't Remember What They Say
We were in an internal meeting last week and Frank Belzer said something really profound. Chris Mott asked him to repeat it and he said, "I have no idea what I just said." Light Bulb.
Rumors and Gossip - 7 Tips
Gossip and rumors exist in any organization. The damage done by these distractions is often underestimated. They defocus effort from the critical work and cause a need for frequent damage control. Also, morale and motivation take a hit when there are rumors lurking, so productivity suffers.

Who Loves Your Business (and Why)?
Ideally, you want not just customers, but fans. You want your business name to be passed around via word-of-mouth without you having to do any work. How do you find customers? How do you turn them into fans?
Managing Transitional Change
Beckhard and Pritchard (1992) have outlined the basic steps in managing a transition to a new system such as TQM: identifying tasks to be done, creating necessary management structures, developing strategies for building commitment, designing mechanisms to communicate the change, and assigning resources.
Perfecting Your Pitch: Winning the Hearts and Minds of Investors
The keys to increasing your effectiveness with prospective investors. This article provides a detailed overview of the components of a winning presentation, and it provides tips on what to do, and what not to do, if you want to persuade investors to finance your company.

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Trademarks - What is a Conflict? What is a Strong Similarity?
Comprehensive trademark research consists of several layers: * Researching comprehensive databases, such as Lexis-Nexis or Dialog * Looking for similarities, such as synonyms, word placement & spelling variations * Consultation with a trademark attorney if Conflicts or Strong Similarities arise
Zen and the Art of The One Page Business Plan
Planning is a dialog. It starts deep within you. When it’s appropriate... you will begin the process of exposing the dialog to your external world. The initial form may be written notes, informal discussions with people you trust. When it’s appropriate, you will expand the dialog to your community. The dialog will grow stronger... or die. Remember when your mother told you to mind your business... maybe she was right. Your life... is your business. Two questions: - Who are you? - Who will you serve? Planning your business... is planning your life. The process of thinking before doing... is planning. Everyone has plans... every day! Sometimes the plans are important enough to put in writing. The successful have concise, clear plans and take action on them... and they may be in writing.
10 Steps for Your Sales Force to Survive and Thrive in the Recession
I was in the pool, playing catch with our six-year old son, when Henry began a "dialog" with me. He said, "You can't play catch in the pool. It's against the rules." I was stunned, but apologized, said I wasn't aware of that rule and removed the football from the pool. There was another guy in the pool and he mentioned to me that the pool rules did not include an exclusion about playing catch. I mentioned that to Henry and he became irate because he owns one of the resort's units, wrote the rules himself, and said, "It better be on that sign!" So what's wrong with this picture?
The Power Of Social Media For Marketing Your Business
Social media can be a very powerful tool for promoting your product, service, or brand. But be careful. If social media is misused, it can turn off your followers. Unfortunately, this type of exodus is quick and permanent. Social media tools make it easy to unsubscribe or unfollow. That means you don't have second chances and you have to be extra careful with your dialog.
1st of the Top 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions
This is the 1st in the series of the 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions. #1 - COACHING In its simplest form, sales coaching consists of the following two activities: 1. Pre-Call Strategizing - coaching prior to selected calls to make sure that the salesperson has a good reason for having the upcoming call, a desired outcome, a game plan or strategy, and the appropriate questions/dialog to achieve the desired outcome. 2. Post-Call Debriefing - coaching after selected calls to discover the true outcome of the call, why the salesperson got that outcome, and what they could have done differently or more effectively...
3 Lessons Microsoft Taught Us About Branding
How many years has Apple been dictating how the public perceives "the PC" with its ongoing dialog between our two stars in the "I'm a Mac. I'm a PC." commercials? Is there a lesson we can learn from this. After all, if Microsoft can make mistakes, lose market share and waste marketing dollars, isn't there some takeaway that we can learn from the sidelines in watching this rivalry?
The French Open and Customer Service Training
Did you know that the word discussion comes from the Latin root “dis,” which means “apart,” and “quatere,” which means “to shake,” so the word discussion literally means: “to shake apart.” This, of course, is what we do to each other when we are having heated discussions! The word dialog, on the other hand, comes from the Greek root “dia,” which means “across,” and “legein,” which means to “speak” – literally “to speak across” (i.e. – to engage someone in a conversation by reaching across to them).

Attention B2B Marketers : Embrace the Future (It ain’t Plastics, it’s Mobile)
In the classic movie, The Graduate, a young man named Benjamin (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college The Graduatewas approached by a business man, Mr. McGuire. This dialog took place: Mr. McGuire: “Benjamin, I want to say one word to you. Just one word.” Benjamin: “Yes, sir.” Mr. McGuire: “Are you listening?” Benjamin: “Yes, I am.” Mr. McGuire: “Plastics.” Benjamin: “Just how do you mean that, sir?”
After Your Engagement Survey: 24 Considerations to Turn Insight Into Action
Conducting an engagement survey is a good start. The value in the exercise though, comes in the action and dialog that follows the survey. The conduct of the survey should be considered a promissory note to your staff: they've delivered candid feedback - it's your turn now to deliver the data, and a plan for improvement.

How Many of Your Salespeople are Receiving Welfare?
I hear this very often: Dave, your assessment said that Joe was not money motivated but I disagree. It seems like Joe is in here every month asking for more money. Read this dialog...

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