Entries Tagged 'Sales Strategies' ↓

The Butch Cassidy Approach to Sales Calls

We hear this question over and over, “Why should I pay for information, when most of it is available for free?” The simple explanation is that it’s often less expensive to purchase information than it is to search for it.

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When You Care Enough to Steal the Very Best

Brian Clark’s Copyblogger.com just won the 2007 Blogger’s Choice Award for Best Marketing Blog. If you do 1/10th of what this guy teaches (and he gives it away for free, folks) you’ll be rich. Which is why we were concerned to find out that someone seems to be stealing Brian’s stuff.

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The Quickest Way to Test Your Web Optimization Guru

“Hey little girl. Want to see my optimization strategies?” The figures no longer lurk in dark alleyways, opening their trench coats to display their wares. Nope, they’re either onstage or online, with glib pitches, stunning examples and promises that sound, oh, so attractive.

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Instant Reliable Research: Why the Special Issues Index is So Special

You say you need up-to-date, trusted information right away? You say you need recent studies, reliable statistics and dependable trend reports on a topic or industry? Read on - and watch this video:

Video about Special Issues Index from the Hill Library

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Google Don’t Know Diddley About People

We’ve been using ZoomInfo.com almost as much as Google these days. Yup, it’s true. Sheryl has a saying that goes, “Don’t look in the sock drawer for ice cream.” In this case, don’t look for your sales leads and contact information in Google.

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The New Media Revolution Is Here! Expand Your Brand Through the Incredible Power of Podcasting - by guest writer, Dick Bruso

Dick Bruso
Dick Bruso is a branding expert, podcast/broadcast producer, and professional speaker who shows clients and audiences internationally how to be “heard above the noise.”


Wow! I just returned from the Podcast and New Media Expo held in Ontario, California this past weekend. What an incredible event! Some 3000 attendees from 30 countries were learning, sharing, and networking about the latest and greatest innovations in media for getting your message out into the marketplace.
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You Have a Friend in the Podcast Business

We’d love to be at the Podcast and New Media Expo this weekend in Ontario, California. We’d love to go, but worthwhile conventions these days seem to be stacking up like unread email. Instead, we’re going to follow a few friends while they go to the convention.

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Where Have all the Bloggers Gone?

To hear some people talk about it, you’d think that everyone has a blog - and that you’d better start one NOW. Ever heard this? “A business blog can help you optimize your web site, get you to the Number 1 Ranking on Google and buy you the home of your dreams in St. Martin.” Yup, so have we. And it’s all just Blogwash.

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Faster (and Better) than a Speeding Google

The award winning Internet statistics company Hitwise reported on June 19th that 2 out of 3 of you are doing your Internet searches on Google. Yes, Google has captured so much of the Internet’s search traffic that, for all intents and purposes, advertisers don’t care about anyone else. It’s true, online advertisers are throwing 3 of every 4 of their search engine ad dollars Google’s way.

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Put Me In, Coach, I’m Ready to Sell

The Colorado Rockies are on a roll lately – and the All-Star game is less than a month away. I’ve been watching more baseball than selling – and that’s a problem. But, what if I could combine my love for baseball with my fear and loathing of selling in order to become a better salesman in the process?

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