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Here you can see that about 80% of the qualified leads were completed within 1.5 hours - in one or more conversations with the decision maker.  More...
One of the best ways to sell is to use a narrative format, which is a fancy way of saying tell a story. Stories are engaging and enjoyable, so they don’t feel like a sales pitch.  More...
Yes. No. Well, sometimes. Whether negative advertising works depends on who you ask. Ask a political campaign manager, and the answer is yes. Ask an product advertising manager, and the answer is no. Usually. I’m thinking about this for two reasons:  More...
There was a time when business visiting cards were the most valuable forms of contact information and having a rolodex with as many phone numbers and postal addresses meant you had all the data you need to do some serious selling. Times change. While contact address, contact phone number, contact name and contact title still make up most of the co  More...
For very large purchases my husband, Eric, won't leave the house until he's researched it to death for brand reputation, customer feedback, and consumer reports studies. Typically, he'll enter a store knowing more than the salesperson and it becomes a battle of who knows more about what and then Eric hands over the money once he's proven how b  More...
With the National Retail Federation predicting just a 2.2 percent increase in holiday spending, the lowest since 2002, consumers will be looking to retailers' and e-tailers' promotions to help them make the best shopping decisions. In a Target Marketing Group webinar, "60 Minutes to Accelerate Your Holiday Sales," e-mail marketing experts o  More...
American business, typically a reliable Republican cheerleader, is decidedly lukewarm about Senator John McCain’s proposal to overhaul the health care system by revamping the tax treatment of health benefits, officials with leading trade groups say. The officials, with organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable and  More...
What makes an Entrepreneur tick? Written by up and coming Internet Entrepreneur Corie Wallace, this unique perspective is about the maverick, the risk taker that is the Entrepreneur and how they are vital to free enterprise.  More...
Cause-related marketing can increase sales as much as 74% in certain consumer-goods categories, and consumers spend twice as long looking at cause-related ads than generic corporate ones, according to a study by Cone and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. After participants were exposed to either a cause-related or a generic corporate  More...
Professional copywriters know that All successful sales letters start the same way: with a compelling headline! In fact, the headline is the most important element of your salesletter because it’s key to grabbing your readers’ attention — and keeping it! And you only have a matter of seconds to do this. If you don’t instantly excite, inspire and  More...
I was reading a very intriguing post by Andy Hasselwander titled “How To Model Events” which talks about predictive event detection marketing as an area of marketing which will see significant growth over the coming days and years. We already have a number of sales tools available which keeps a track on the news and happenings at certain companies  More...
Jerry Kalish explains how you can take a tax credit for your employee retirement plans that comes in addition to your deductions on what you pay into them. Act now before it's too late!  More...
Estilo's founder, Stephanie Coultress, brings it home - money isn't everything, but a lack of it is. Plus, it's also about loving what you do because it is a 24/7 pursuit. Learn how she keeps it all in the family & how she turned her worst day into her best sales day ever. CLUB E "Original Programming."  More...
This short video shows a coaching session on cold calling. It moves quickly and covers a lot of ground, but the points that it makes are truly useful.  More...