June 2, 2020 | Comments Closed |
“The purpose of a business is to create and keep a customer.” Peter Drucker Do you believe you’re paid for what you know? Well, you’re wrong. The reality, you are paid for persuading people to buy. You may understand the technical aspects of your product; you may know the sales process in depth; you may…
Read MoreMay 4, 2020 | Comments Closed |
Most businesses understand and appreciate the importance of goal setting and planning. Unfortunately, many interpret this as little more than reviewing the previous year’s results and projecting forward into next year. Everything has changed While there’s appears to be light at the end of the tunnel, business for many won’t ever be quite the same….
Read MoreGuest Post by Jason Leister If you hate selling yourself, then maybe today is the day to ask yourself WHY. What if it’s not actually selling that you hate, but the definition of selling that you’ve accepted that is keeping you from embracing the act? What would it take to catapult “selling” from its current…
Read MoreApril 9, 2020 | Comments Closed |
The assistance package announced by the major Australian insurers to assist SME customers impacted by COVID 19 will impact your revenue and cash flow. The finer details are still being ironed out between the brokering industry, insures, and regulators. However, there several pro-active things you can and should be doing today to help protect your…
Read MoreApril 1, 2020 | Comments Closed |
The coronavirus crisis is impacting workplaces and rapidly changing the way to manage client and prospect relationships. In this webinar you will learn ideas not just to sustain, but to actually grow your business, during the restrictions caused by the coronavirus: Including how to: Manage your existing client relationships virtually Develop and nurture prospect relationships virtually Create and manage your…
Read MoreMarch 31, 2020 | Comments Closed |
As businesses everywhere roll out mandatory work from home policies, amid the spread of COVID-19, it’s realistic to assume that, for many, working from home will be the new normal for quite a while. For many professionals, working from home means figuring out how to get things done in a new environment – one that…
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The fundamentals of marketing and growing a business, getting in front of the right people, and building trusting relationships have not changed. Professionals and businesses who do this on a consistent basis are able to build a thriving business, regardless of the market conditions. Case Study After 9/11 the travel industry went into a downturn,…
Read MoreFebruary 4, 2020 | Comments Closed |
Organising your information is as important as the time you spend gaining an understanding of your market. Your market intelligence information is an important part of your firm’s equity. A first-rate marketing information system organizes your marketing and sales knowledge and becomes the central processing unit for all of your marketing activities. It helps you…
Read MoreDecember 31, 2019 | Comments Closed |
“Accountability separates the wishers in life from the action-takers that care enough about their future to account for their daily actions” John Di Lemme As another year begins, many professionals are focusing their efforts on setting new business goals, or perhaps re-evaluating existing ones. Focusing on a task is easy; sustaining it over the longer…
Read MoreDecember 20, 2019 | Comments Closed |
The answer to this question is probably not. Consider these statistics: Most sales managers are unable to control over 80% of the metrics they are held accountable for Approximately 66% of sales people miss their quota Only 46% say their pipeline is accurate. Someone must be in charge, of course, but it doesn’t have to…
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