Years ago, one of my clients relayed the following employee horror story relating to one of his top sales people. My client, who was a tech company business owner, received a call late one night (actually early one morning!) from the local police. The policeman he was speaking to let him know that they had responded to an alarm at …
New Years Resolution #7: Get your online “presence” fixed Okay, I DON’T like the word “presence” because it sounds like a meaningless fifty-cent word, but I don’t have a better one (yet) to describe all the elements that fall under your online marketing strategy. Even though I’ve said over and over again how important it is to have a web …
This is a continuing series of posts of my top 8 New Years Resolutions for IT Marketers. This is part 3 out of a 4 part series… If you haven’t read them yet, make sure to check out Part I and Part II from last week. New Years Resolution #5: If you’re going to pick the lock and steal the …
This is part 2 out of a 4 part series this month, highlighting my Top 8 New Years Resolutions for IT Marketers. New Years Resolution #3: Leverage MORE of your EXISTING assets. To do this I suppose you need to recognize what your current assets are. That would be your current customers and (hopefully) the relationship you have with them. …
This month, I’m going to give you my top 8 New Years Resolutions for IT Marketers in bite sized chunks. For today, we tackle resolutions #1 and #2… New Year’s Resolution #1: Do A Better Job At Positioning Rather Than Prospecting. If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Better question: If Robin constantly tells you …
..and a fresh, new exciting one about to begin. Although I think it’s a bad idea to only ―check in on how you are doing once a year in January, I can’t help but be a bit more reflective at the end of the year looking back over the events that have happened and asking myself three things: What did …
Are you a results-focused, high-performance marketing genius who knows how to generate sales without excuses? Does hitting big goals, making big money and working with other “A” players excite you? Do you enjoy working in an environment where exceptionally high standards are expected? Do you have a high-level of confidence in your ability to develop and implement marketing plans, campaigns …
As many of you know, back in October I flew out to LA to attend a private, 1-hour brainstorm session with Richard Branson, the 261st richest person on the planet (according to Fortune Magazine). This meeting was organized by Joe Polish who runs the Master Mind group I belong to. In attendance was yours truly along with 16 other very …
Root Cause: Chances are you didn’t qualify the prospect well enough, AND you made the mistake of using the proposal to close the sale instead of using it ONLY as a way to solidify on paper what you’ve already discussed and agreed to in person. A lot of people request proposals as a nice way of saying, “I’m not interested.” …
Here are 5 ways you can raise your prices and get paid MORE for the services you are already performing. #1: Just raise ‘em. Pretty ingenious, huh? That’s why I get paid the big bucks. Just type up a simple letter explaining that on X date, your rates are going up. You don’t need to apologize or get a note …
