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Sep

15

2014
Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Have you ever gotten so frustrated that you just wanted to pull your hair out because you couldn’t find what you needed and you knew it was there somewhere? Well you’re not alone. One of the most frustrating things that plague sales people today is finding what they need, when they need it to help them do their job. According to a study by Qvidian®,…

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Aug

20

2014
What is Your Time Worth?

What is Your Time Worth?

 We all understand that time is money, right? Well, just how much money is it worth to you and your organization? I have been amazed with the number of recent surveys and reports that have come out with how much time is wasted in the area of people searching for things they need to do their job. Now I’m not talking about the amount of…

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Jun

18

2014
It’s about the Quality, not the Quantity!

It’s about the Quality, not the Quantity!

Is it fair to say that we are drowning in data, information and documents? According to SanDisk, the volume of business data in the world doubles every 1.2 years! Content is easier than ever to produce, but the random scattering of content across legacy files and folders has created a veritable digital landfill! There are numerous reports that validate the fact that the average business…

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Feb

04

2014
How a business suffers when sales and marketing aren’t on the same page

How a business suffers when sales and marketing aren’t on the same page

In today’s challenging and competitive economy, it is more important than ever that a company’s sales and marketing efforts are productive, effective and efficient. Unfortunately, millions of dollars in business opportunities are lost or squandered every single day when these two seemingly close-linked departments get it wrong. Here are a few examples: Business opportunities are lost when the Sales Department… Doesn’t have access to the…

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Jan

07

2014
Are you taking advantage of the Tribal Knowledge within your organization and capitalizing on it?

Are you taking advantage of the Tribal Knowledge within your organization and capitalizing on it?

It is always interesting to me that companies are constantly looking outside of their organizations for the panacea to solve whatever problem they have, instead of looking inward and taking advantage of what they already know. Specifically, in sales organizations there is a ton of experience and “tribal knowledge” that exists around: who your best target market and prospects are, what is the best way…

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Nov

12

2013
Sales Content Challenges #3

Sales Content Challenges #3

This is the third article in this series about Sales Content Challenges, and for this article I would like to revisit my good friend Michael Cannon of the Silver Bullet Group (http://www.silverbulletgroup.com) and offer some outtakes from his Blog posting of 9/25/2013 “What is the cost of ineffective customer communications?” In this article Michael states: “Proof that most of your customer communications (marketing content and…

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Sep

26

2013
Keeping your Sales & Marketing teams Accountable

Keeping your Sales & Marketing teams Accountable

Where does accountability lie within your organization and how do you go about holding people accountable for their performance, or lack thereof? I know a lot of organizations have annual reviews that are conducted by HR or an immediate supervisor of how an individual is performing. Depending on the organization these can be very helpful and detailed or just fluff. It all depends on who…

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Sep

06

2013
Do You Have a Repeatable, Sustainable Profile for Success?

Do You Have a Repeatable, Sustainable Profile for Success?

I was having a discussion with a good friend of mine recently and we were talking about how most organizations don’t have a repeatable, sustainable profile for how they achieve success. What we were referring to was the need for organizations to be able to have a clear understanding of how they are successful in winning business. For many organizations, they can give you an…

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Aug

01

2013

Do you really know what’s working and what isn’t in your sales, marketing and product areas?

I had a very interesting and enlightening conversation today with a consultant who works for the company that developed my website. She asked me to tell her who my target audience was and who I was trying to reach. I explained to her that my target audiences were medium to large-sized organizations that were struggling with poor sales and marketing alignment, effectiveness and productivity. She…

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Jul

18

2013
How Important is Sales Enablement to Your Organization?

How Important is Sales Enablement to Your Organization?

 What exactly is Sales Enablement anyway? Well, there are two really good definitions that I like to quote. The first definition is provided by the Forrester Group: “Sales Enablement is a strategic, ongoing process that equips all client-facing employees with the ability to consistently and systematically have a valuable conversation with the right set of customer stakeholders at each stage of the customer’s problem-solving life…

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