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Did Google screw up big time; or did they just transform B2B Social Media into a MUST-DO-NOW?
When your customers and prospects start their research in anticipation of buying something, they go right to Google, right? Do they find you? Unfortunately, probably not. They only find you or your company when they specifically include you in their search. Do you want to rely on them to do that? Are you crazy???!!!
Do We Ignore Half the Market?
We all know half (or about half) of the world's population is female. Most married or involved males know that they can do anything they want to do as long as "SHE" thinks it's OK. Testosterone works in the boardroom but in the living room, bedroom...forget it!!! If they are "kinda" important in our business lives, why can't we get it right when it comes to offering products? Maybe we just aren't listening...NAW!!!!

Netbooks, Cloud Computing – Work, Play Without Boundaries
While netbooks hold a world of promise for people with longer battery life and lower price they also represent a downside that must be considered when they are not connected to the cloud.
Matching the Right Type of Salesperson to Your Customers
The most successful sales managers recognise that all good salespeople must have certain vital skills and motivations. The degree and type required, however, will vary according to what customers need in order to use the product or service. The best strategy is achieved by matching salesperson skills, focus, and motivation to best serve these needs. Market and customer analysis by The HR Chally Group has identified four distinctly different types of customers. They, in turn, respond most positively to four different types of salespeople: - Closers - Consultants - Relationship - Display (Friendly Order Takers)
The 16 Most Persuasive Words In The English Language - Part 2
In the last article I covered 8 of 16 of the most persuasive words that we can use. By applying some simple but powerful principles of persuasion understood by very few sales people, you can use these 16 of the most powerful words in the English language. Here are the next 8 words of persuasion.
Do We Ignore Half the PC/CE Market?
PC, CE products have typically been designed, manufactured for the male geek. But this stereotype customer is becoming history as women increasingly buy and use the products. To be successful though it requires more than simply making them pink. Female users want more...lot more than we might think.
Social Divide…When a Tree Falls in the Forest
Businesses are investing heavily in social media. It's where all of the action is. But is it where all the money is at? Research continually shows that boomers are "not quite" as social media active as millenials. The solution is that we'll just ignore them. Who cares if there are over 1.5 billion of them around the globe? Who cares if they have a greater proportion of the population's disposable income? After all social media isn't about producing sales, profits. It's about being social. Right? If their numbers are growing we may need to determine how we're going to reach, inform, educate, influence them or not. But if they have the money....

Organically Growing Champions, Sales, Market Share
Word of mouth (WOM) and technical/passionate users can help you faster and more economically than all the advertising dollars. Use them wisely...

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Lesson #4: Make A Strong Recovery
“There were a lot of missteps in the early days, but because we got in early we got to make more mistakes than other people,” says Gates.
Lesson #4: Lose No Time
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise,” Franklin once said. He went on to pose the question, “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”
Closing Too Early- The Risk of Overdoing it
Okay, can we agree that Christmas music starts too early on the radio. Well are you closing to early with customers. Watch it...they just might tune you out!
How mobile is your website
The use of mobile phones to access the internet is no longer just a trend for early adopters. This phenomenon has now gained a critical mass, and businesses wishing to market on the web, need to take the needs of mobile internet users into account when designing their site.
Where Are You in Social Media Adoption Curve?
As I inch closer to publishing my new book Marketing 2.0, I continue to observe the wide spectrum of early adopters and those who have heard about this social media stuff but haven’t bought into it yet.
Thrill of Victory
To dream and to actually visualize yourself achieving your goals and dreams is a key factor in finding success. During the Olympics athletes have shared stories that early in their lives they actually had drawn pictures of themselves on the podium receiving an Olympic medal. They started early in life visualizing their success and allowed the images to imprint on their minds.

Taking Action in the Face of Disenchantment
Some colleagues and I were on a call recently with a couple of my mentors, Jay Kubassek & John Jackson where we considered how to proceed in the face of disenchantment. The early romance and honeymoon period of any new endeavor is truly exhilarating, often times with stunning results, everything from conceiving of children to pulling together the resources needed for your next big project and/or the early stages of starting a business.
Why Tablets Will Change the Travel Experience
With frequent travelers as earlier adopters of new technology, the coming tablet wars will impact the travel experience

Lead Generation Best Practices: When to Use Outbound vs Inbound
  • Use outbound to assure C-level executives and late adopters are covered.
  • Use outbound to uncover immediate sales opportunities and assure timely coverage.
  • Use outbound to discover complex internal buying landscapes.
  • Use outbound for long sales cycles and high-investment solutions.
Lesson #2: Negotiate to Make More Sales
Sir Alan Sugar had to learn how to negotiate from an early age. The skills came naturally to him when he was only 12-years-old and working in a bakery on Saturday mornings. Sugar claimed later in his autobiography that those negotiating skills learned in his early jobs made him an “all-rounder” in business.
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