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We’re Long Past Our “Use By Date”

Partners in Excellence

I remember in 2017, taking great joy in bringing a can of something that said, “Use by 12/2004.” ”) But as I look to much of what we do in business/sales/marketing/customer experience, so many of the things that we to are long past their “Use by dates.” Marketing creates awareness, interest, and demand.

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How you manage makes a difference

Sales and Marketing Management

The research, completed in 2003, details how happiness extends up to three degrees of separation (for example, to the friends of one’s friends’ friends). Tim Houlihan is an evangelist of applied behavioral economics with more than 25 years of experience in product development, training, sales leadership and marketing strategy.

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How Will You Sell With A Restrictive US Privacy Policy Act?

SalesforLife

In the early 2000s I worked at Dun & Bradstreet, selling sales and marketing databases. In 2004, I got bit by the entrepreneurial bug and started Sales for Life to help the sales community solve its some of these problems. From 2004-2012, Sales for Life was focused almost exclusively on sales recruiting.

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Yes Social Media Works for Small Business Owners

Increase Sales

My first action was to become a member of LinkedIn in 2004. Then I began with inbound marketing action by posting articles on directory sites such as Evan Carmichael , Ezine Articles and Sales Gravy. Yes, social media works as evidenced by my own results for the last nine years. Finally in February of 2010, I started this blog.

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So Tell Me Why You Are On LinkedIn?

Increase Sales

However, my sense is many small business owners to sales professionals including some social media marketing experts are truly clueless as to why they are on LinkedIn. A Bad Example of Why Someone Is On LinkedIn. For example, I receive a standard invite from a second degree connection. Look at me!! The heck with you!

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5 Ways to Improve Sales Efficiency

Hubspot Sales

What do jellyfish , a Dyson AM09 Fan Heater , and Peyton Manning's 2004 regular season have in common? And Peyton Manning broke the NFL record for Adjusted Net Yards per Pass Attempt in 2004 before losing to Tom Brady in the playoffs. Sales and marketing are inherently connected. They're all outrageously efficient.

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Sales presentations: Why more ISN’T better when it comes to benefits

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

If, for example, your buyer is interested in four things — ease of maintenance, scalability, user-friendliness, and reliability — you explain the attributes of your product that will benefit the buyer in each of these areas. It’s an overly simplified example but you get the idea. It’s a plan. Anderson, J.C.,

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