by Carole Mahoney | Oct 25, 2019 | Sales
When I hired a sales coach over a decade ago, things didn’t just start happening in my professional life; things started happening in my personal life as well. It started with a small change in the way I interacted with my husband. At the end of most days, he would...
by Joanne Black | Oct 18, 2019 | Sales
Everyone loves a good shortcut. We live in microwave time—tapping our fingers because 15 or 30 seconds is just too slow. While there’s much to be said for efficiency, there are no shortcuts when it comes to relationships with customers. And without strong...
by Colleen Stanley | Oct 11, 2019 | Sales
“Argo” is the 2012 movie about a high-stakes rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis. Ben Affleck stars as CIA operative Tony Mendez, who is charged with getting these diplomats out of the country safely. They do so by pretending to be...
by Carole Mahoney | Oct 4, 2019 | Sales
Years ago when I decided to pursue a career in marketing, I was driven by the concept of motivation and persuasion. Why do people do what they do? Why is it that given the same circumstances and environment, people can have completely different perspectives? Why do...
by Joanne Black | Sep 27, 2019 | Sales
I got blasted on social media. No, it wasn’t someone inviting me to connect and then blasting me with a sales pitch (my usual complaint about bad social media behavior). It was someone critiquing me because I write about social sellingand the importance of sales...
by Carole Mahoney | Sep 20, 2019 | Sales
In a distracted and busy world, how do some thought leaders break through the noise to influence the behavior, beliefs, and buying decisions of their communities? Do they start out seeking to be a thought leader or does it happen by accident? And what does a thought...