Mentoring Upside-Down – Todd Youngblood's "SPE" Blog

Mentoring Upside-Down – Todd Youngblood's "SPE" Blog Avatar Posted by tyoungbl under Sales
From http://ypsgroup.com 1069 days ago
Made Hot by: HomeBusinessMedia on June 19, 2010 7:59 pm
Success in sales, as a professional or at any level of management, requires a habit of continuous, lifelong learning. As a long-time advocate and (mostly) consistent practitioner of that philosophy, I try to stay alert for unexpected sources of new knowledge Read More

A Selling With Social Media Example – Todd Youngblood's

A Selling With Social Media Example – Todd Youngblood's Avatar Posted by tyoungbl under Sales
From http://ypsgroup.com 1070 days ago
Made Hot by: Jed on June 18, 2010 11:25 am
OK, sales rep or manager, you tell me what, if anything, is wrong with the scenario that follows. It includes buyers, sellers, partners and value for all involved Read More
Funny, freaky, fightening, offensive, sexist, ridiculous and just plain stupid!

Who the heck put these guys in charge of marketing?? Read More

What Darth Vader Can Teach Us About Social Media

What Darth Vader Can Teach Us About Social Media Avatar Posted by ShawnHessinger under Social Media
From http://indiemusic.typepad.com 1070 days ago
Made Hot by: maplesummit on June 18, 2010 10:51 am
You know the power of social media. But can you use it wisely? Dishonesty, deception, unethical behavior and tactics. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Enter the most unlikely character to teach us the importance of using the social media correctly for PR and marketing. Listen, young Jedi, and learn... Read More

10 Secrets to Blogging for Sales

10 Secrets to Blogging for Sales Avatar Posted by billrice under Online Marketing
From http://bettercloser.com 1073 days ago
Made Hot by: BusinessBloggerPro on June 17, 2010 9:40 pm
One of the hottest topics in the sales community right now is lead generation. Not just the big marketing programs that your company runs (and you rarely get any good leads from), but personal lead generation. Marketing efforts that you can start, manage, and see results from without any significant investment of time or money Read More
As professional business people it is incumbent on us to understand what steps are involved in our customer buying process, what activities will take place in each step and who will be involved across the process.. Read More
An illegal Facebook marketing technique which blackhat marketers are using to exploit the loose account creation criteria on Faceboo Read More
While browsing the web for small business ideas and tips, I discover a resource that is fascinating: The DaVinci Method that can better your as an entrepreneur Read More
Part of a salesperson's job is to explain things. You might need to explain how a particular feature of your product works, or why the customer's shipment of the product has been delayed, or why your return policy is what it is.

But some salespeople can be notoriously poor at explaining things well.

A good "explainer" add Read More

How Are Investors Like Produce Suppliers?

How Are Investors Like Produce Suppliers? Avatar Posted by ShawnHessinger under Raising Capital
From http://www.feld.com 1074 days ago
Made Hot by: Jed on June 17, 2010 12:01 pm
Are investors like produce suppliers to the restaurant that is your business? Think about this for a moment and then read the post by Venture Capital investor Brad Feld relating this interesting metaphor. I'm not sure I really agree with it completely. Though this may be because my brain keeps getting tangled around the idea that a restaurant as a business would pay for its produce. But what Brad is suggesting here is that we forget the idea of the restaurant as a business and look at it as a metaphor for your business. Just as your business can't make products or create services at a certain level without capital so a restaurant couldn't make dishes without ingredients brought by produce suppliers Read More
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Gee Ranasinha @KEXINO Pictures The Future of Business

Gee Ranasinha has always had a good eye both for great photographs and for future trends in business. Today, Ranasinha … More
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