Helping Your Sales Team Qualify Prospects with the Budget Question

Helping Your Sales Team Qualify Prospects with the Budget Question “I’ve looked at things from both sides now. . .” There was an article in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal that used Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” as a metaphor for life. It’s what comes to mind when describing my weeks as a purchaser of […]

LinkedIn, Sales Prospecting and Being Open to A Better Future

LinkedIn, Sales Prospecting and Being Open to a Better Future This week I was planning on covering two inter-related issues: loyalty to your providers and keeping up with changes in thinking that may help your business thrive in the future. It sat in my drafts for a few days and then I received a LinkedIn invitation […]

3 Things to Know About Mailing Lists

 3 Things to Know About Mailing Lists Last Thursday I had coffee with a local entrepreneur that I consider to be one of the most creative marketing minds I’ve ever met. He was describing a new idea and the conversation drifted to promoting this idea and the topic of lists. As in “sales leads” or […]