Hidden Business Treasures http://goldencompass.com/blog Hidden Internet Tips For Sales And Business Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en The Wall Street Journal Weighs in on Our Blog http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-wall-street-journal-weighs-in-on-our-blog/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-wall-street-journal-weighs-in-on-our-blog/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:47:51 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-wall-street-journal-weighs-in-on-our-blog/ Well, not exactly. But L. Gordon Crovitz did write an article (Social Networking in the Digital Age) the very next day after we wrote The Conference of the Future (over on our other blog). Mr. Crovitz wrote:

“The number of us attending business conferences continues to rise, even though information can be shared at low cost in real time digitally, and despite the costs and hassles of travel.”

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/my-moneys-on-the-bishop/feed/ You Can Kiss Your Competitors Goodbye http://goldencompass.com/blog/you-can-kiss-your-competitors-goodbye/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/you-can-kiss-your-competitors-goodbye/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:34:54 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/you-can-kiss-your-competitors-goodbye/ Sam Richter has a new book out called Take the Cold Out of Cold Calling. Sam teaches Internet research. So do we. Then, why on earth would we tell you about his book?! Are we nuts?

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/you-can-kiss-your-competitors-goodbye/feed/ The Search Power of a 4-Letter Word http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 14:29:05 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/ Have you ever seen those Mentos and Diet Coke videos on YouTube? The complete nut who thought that up is Steve Spangler, a member of the National Speakers Association, and, as you can tell, an explosive thinker. He’s becoming a fan of Twitter. I kid you not.

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-search-power-of-a-4-letter-word/feed/ Beyond LinkedIn is Where the Customers Are - by Guest Writer, Dave Kurlan http://goldencompass.com/blog/beyond-linkedin-is-where-the-customers-are-by-guest-writer-dave-kurlan/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/beyond-linkedin-is-where-the-customers-are-by-guest-writer-dave-kurlan/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 12:20:17 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/beyond-linkedin-is-where-the-customers-are-by-guest-writer-dave-kurlan/ davekurlan2Sales Development Expert Dave Kurlan is the CEO of Objective Management Group, Inc. He is the author of Baseline Selling and writes the popular Blog, Understanding the Sales Force.

Recently we began using several online business social networks other than LinkedIn to target and generate leads. The results have been nothing less than astonishing.

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/beyond-linkedin-is-where-the-customers-are-by-guest-writer-dave-kurlan/feed/ You’ve Got to Ask for the Sale… er, I Mean the Comment http://goldencompass.com/blog/youve-got-to-ask-for-the-sale-er-i-mean-the-comment/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/youve-got-to-ask-for-the-sale-er-i-mean-the-comment/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:26:04 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/youve-got-to-ask-for-the-sale-er-i-mean-the-comment/ We’ve written about Dave Kurlan on this blog before (”Put Me In Coach, I’m Ready to Sell“) - but the short version is that the guy knows a ton about selling. You can learn a lot about blogging from him - because he knows how to ask for the sale… I mean comment.

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/youve-got-to-ask-for-the-sale-er-i-mean-the-comment/feed/ Is There Any Possibility of a Third Life? http://goldencompass.com/blog/is-there-any-possibility-of-a-third-life/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/is-there-any-possibility-of-a-third-life/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:34:33 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/is-there-any-possibility-of-a-third-life/ I’ve been trying to figure out if I’m ready for SecondLife. That’s SecondLife, as in SecondLife.com - a virtual reality world that is reminiscent of The Sims. I’ve never been able to play any video games - from Pong to SuperMario to Microsoft Golf - but I’m about to log on and try again. Here we go.

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/is-there-any-possibility-of-a-third-life/feed/ The Selling Power that Now Features Search Power http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-selling-power-that-now-features-search-power/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-selling-power-that-now-features-search-power/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:23:24 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-selling-power-that-now-features-search-power/ Selling Power magazine wrapped up last year with a cover story about how sales professionals could use Wikipedia on the job. You could have knocked us over with a feather.

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-selling-power-that-now-features-search-power/feed/ Target to Blogger: You Don’t Count http://goldencompass.com/blog/target-to-blogger-you-dont-count/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/target-to-blogger-you-dont-count/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:09:32 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/target-to-blogger-you-dont-count/ Maybe there’s another reason behind Target Corporation’s disappointing financial results announced last week (TGT on the New York Stock Exchange in case you want to look it up).

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]]> http://goldencompass.com/blog/target-to-blogger-you-dont-count/feed/ Why Your Business Must Immediately Adopt the Laurie London Strategy http://goldencompass.com/blog/why-your-business-must-immediately-adopt-the-laurie-london-strategy/ http://goldencompass.com/blog/why-your-business-must-immediately-adopt-the-laurie-london-strategy/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:54:13 +0000 Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/why-your-business-must-immediately-adopt-the-laurie-london-strategy/ In the same decade of Fats and Elvis and Jerry Lee - a boy named Laurie topped the music world with a song that has huge implications for your business today.

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