We received this email from a customer the other day. It reflects a lot of the chasm between what business owners think and what salespeople know. Virtually no product sells itself. If it did, web orders would be overflowing and this email would not be necessary. As...
PR Guru Adam Schiff studied hundreds of thousands of websites with the purpose of discovering their unique value proposition. His conclusion was that buzzwords do not improve marketing, they worsen it. Prospects get negatively triggered by buzz words and view the...
Most would agree that a prospect who knows, likes, and trusts you is more likely to purchase. However, trust-building can be slow and gum-up your sales cycle. What if there was a way to dissect the components of “trust” and enable faster trust-building?...
A few years back, I was hired by a manufacturing company who was doing 7-8 million dollars in sales per years. They had been in business about 20 years and had experienced a few growth spurts, but were now in a stagnant position the past few years They were struggling to hit the next level. ... Read more →
Even though small businesses aspire to grow, many remain modest in size despite these ambitions. While numerous factors contribute to a company’s size, one key reason small businesses often stay small is their lower rate of initiative adoption compared to larger businesses. This article will explore why starting fewer initiatives is a significant factor keeping... Read more →