6 Ways to Boost Your Signal on LinkedIn
Now that Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn, more users will be turning to LinkedIn to find experts for whatever it is that they need. To position yourself in front of the users looking

Now that Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn, more users will be turning to LinkedIn to find experts for whatever it is that they need. To position yourself in front of the users looking

Creating a strong LinkedIn profile is more important than ever, especially now that Microsoft has acquired LinkedIn, which is expected to have dramatic impact on the sales and marketing world. A good

Business owners of more and more SMB companies that we talk with are frustrated because they canāt put a finger on the return on investment (ROI) from their lead generation campaigns. Theyāve

When you write your LinkedIn profile, you have an opportunity to paint a picture for your audience and tell the story of you. People use LinkedIn to look for information about you

When Microsoft announced the purchase of LinkedIn, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella sent a letter to his employees explaining the move. As Nadella says, LinkedIn has a fantastic business model centered around connecting

When I started my sales career at IBM I was given territory that was the dregs of the dregs. Over the previous three years, the territory hadnāt generated more than $300K. In

Recently I had the opportunity to observe a sales person who was put in the buyer position on behalf of her company. Without her realizing it, the business ownerĀ was evaluating her readiness

Too many sales reps find themselves with great opportunities in their pipeline but canāt seem to push them over the edge to close. You might have had several great conversations with your

Last week I wrote about what you can do when a prospect goes silent on you. As sales reps, you know and expect prospects to do that from time to time. But

Well, 2015 is almost in the books, and that means another year of blog posts aimed at helping you achieve your sales and lead generation goals. This year we covered topics spanning

Over the years, Iāve worked with many sales teams that seemed to view a 20% closing ratio as a bellwether of success. If the team closed 20% of their opportunities in a

For many sales reps, being flexible throughout the sales process seems like the best, consultative approach to establish a strong prospect relationship and win more sales. Rather than suggest what a prospective

We manage social media accounts for clients and so we monitor social media trends closely. Lately weāve noticed a negative trend thatās important to YOU: spammers and hackers who are able to

Hereās a prospecting statistic that might surprise you: According to research firm SiriusDecisions, the average salesperson makes only two attempts to reach a prospect. That might include an initial cold call, a

Iām a big fan of email. My team uses it almost every day to build relationships with existing clients, prospect for new clients, and fill our funnel with qualified, relevant opportunities. We

When you listen to sales reps and managers talk about the people they sell to, itās not uncommon to hear them use the words āclientā and ācustomerā interchangeably. For example, at some

I recently received an interesting email from a newsletter subscriber who asked about the appropriate way to use LinkedInās publishing platform. This person revealed to me that he posted frequently to LinkedIn,

A few weeks ago, my team sent out an email campaign to a list of targeted prospects who weād identified as āinterestedā in our services. It was a simple nurturing email that

Remember when it was said that people bought from people they like? Back then, salespeople were encouraged to take customers out for a round of golf, introduce them to other important people

When I first started in sales for IBM in 1984, the buzz phrase that everyone was talking about was ārelationship selling.ā That phrase stuck for most of my time at IBM, but
One of my readerās recently wrote in to ask a really relevant and common question in this age of information overload. His question: There are thousands of bloggers, articles, books, and consultant

Itās that time of year again when we all turn to goal setting. And itās not just because itās the beginning of the year and people are setting New Yearās resolutions to
We manage social media on behalf of a number of our clients and one thing we always tell them is to share their good news! Everyone loves to hear good news.
