How Small Business Wins In A Socially Connected World

by Dan Schawbel Contributor FORBES   Gail Goodman is the CEO of Constant Contact, a leading provider of email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, local deals, and online survey tools for more than half a million small organizations. Gail is the author of the newly released Engagement Marketing: How Small Business Wins in a Socially [...]

To Increase Revenue Stop Selling

It’s not about you, your company, your products or your services. It’s about meeting customer needs and adding value.

Boringness: The Secret to Great Leadership

I cannot believe, actually, that there’s not one of those inspirational wall posters about boringness. It’s a lot more effective than screaming.

Reading body language for the sales professional

Reading Body Language for The Sales Professional By Dennis R. Kyle Body language is a fascinating skill. People rarely recognize how much information they give off and how noticeable it is to the human eye. Even to the untrained human eye. I can remember coming home from school as a child after having a tough [...]

“While you may complain about a service defect, you will rave about how we handle it!”

Below are six simple examples of what works – and what doesn’t. We have had the pleasure of vacationing a few times at the Marriott’s Ko Olina Beach Club in Oahu, Hawaii. The General Manager there, Chad Jensen, runs a world- class resort. One time, upon check in, our room was not ready when promised. [...]

Don’t try and predict the bottom. Focus on recovery!

“Is this the bottom?” is the wrong question! Business leaders should not be trying to identify the bottom. NOW is the time to prepare for recovery! Allow me to build my case. Running a business is like preparing a team for the Olympics. We have just finished our last Olympics and the next one is [...]

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  • Don’t try and predict the bottom. Focus on recovery!

    Don’t try and predict the bottom. Focus on recovery!

    “Is this the bottom?” is the wrong question! Business leaders should not be trying to identify the bottom. NOW is the time to prepare for recovery! Allow me to build my case. Running a business is like preparing a team for the Olympics. We have just finished our last Olympics and the next one is [...]

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    Business Complexity

    The Origins of Business Complexity Pieter Klaas Jagersma is an entrepreneur, Professor of International Business at Nyenrode University and Professor of Strategy at the Free University (PDO-MC) of Amsterdam. Nobody ever thought that running a huge global company was easy. According to The Economist, even Citibank’s managers were surprised, five years ago, when they looked [...]

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