Sales and Marketing
How to Incorporate Video into Your SaaS Marketing Funnel
Video holds a particular appeal, serves a specific need, and creates a unique competitive advantage for SaaS companies. You do not have to be a marketing expert to see the impact video has had on…
How to Use LinkedIn Sales Navigator for Social Selling
It is safe to assume that as a business owner, whether small or big, you are on LinkedIn. According to Fortune, LinkedIn now has more than 500 million users, including corporate executives, buyers and decision…
Reducing the Stress Factor
Whether you’re successfully part of an internal marketing team, at an agency or even a business owner – you’ve got a skill that you probably take for granted. You’re a master juggler. You can’t execute…
Our Products Are Becoming Commoditized!
It seems every product, regardless of how complex, is destined for some level of commoditization. In virtually every industry, we look at products and solutions that were very complex. These require great product knowledge and…
4 Content Strategies for Micromarketing
A friend used to joke that he was going to sell his old jeans on eBay for $1 million. Of course, everyone poo-pooed his idea. He always responded by saying, “Hey, I only have to…
How Small Business Owners Can Expand Their Reach by Writing a Book
As the founder of a publishing company focused specifically on serving entrepreneurs, I see the same problem over and over. When a business owner decides they want to write a book (or do anything else,…
Understanding Uncertainty is Vital to an Entrepreneur
Pop quiz: what relationship factor is the single most common trait in the successful entrepreneur? My answer: understanding uncertainty. Living with uncertainty Why? First let me say that I’m not sure. Second, that I might change…
Become a Partner, Not a Vendor
I know very few businesses that aren’t looking for additional sales. Ninety-nine percent of the time, those businesses identify potential customers and then woo them until they either buy something, tell them to go away…
Our Value Creation Starts Within Our Own Company
Recently, I wrote, “Sales People Don’t Have The Time To Create Value With Customers…” Clearly, this is unacceptable if we are to drive business results. If we aren’t taking the time to create value with…
Don’t Look Like an Amateur: Why a Professional Email Address Matters
First impressions count, now more so than ever. In the fast moving and increasingly competitive world of business, whatever your industry, judgments are made at the first point of contact. That might be online, in…