Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2023

Redefining Success In Sales With The Unsold Mindset written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Marketing Podcast with Garrett Brown and Colin Coggings In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Garrett Brown and Colin Coggins. 17:54] Some people just don’t have that gift, talent, or empathy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Unpacking 17 Years Of Sales Consulting Experience written by Sara Nay read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Forrest is a serial entrepreneur, a bestselling author, and a sales consultant with 17 years of experience in online marketing. How do you help people translate their niche into their sales conversation? Like this show?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Having a methodology instead of just going on random sales visits helped force a bit of rigor and honesty amongst team members about how well or not we thought we were doing. The best sales meetings are discussions. Click here.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2018

As you forge ahead for the long-haul, you will likely need to find ways to extend your customer reach with a limited sales team. Focus on generating short-term revenues in a way that engages your existing customer base or industry, so that your resources remain focused on your ideal customer base. Extend your Customer Reach with Partnerships.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Specifically what is often not in the DNA of founders are sales skills. The result is a lack of knowledge of the process and of sales people themselves. I had never had any sales training so everything we did for the first couple of years was instinctual. I boil it down to this: sales people are sales people.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism. Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 28, 2014

To give you a sense of how we’ll do that, we’re introducing you to three of our speakers—all of whom are appearing for the first time at The Lean Startup Conference, and all of whom have advice you can put to work today. Note that summer sale pricing for the conference ends on Monday night, so register now for the best deal possible.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Reading how she moved in 2021 from CIA ops to a quantum technology company offered insightful career transition advice for those leaving her agency. Sales roles : The sales cycle is similar to the recruitment cycle of a source. An Advisory Board provides advice. Laura Thomas is a former CIA operations officer.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

All of these problems can often be traced back to an ineffective sales approach. Here are five techniques to nail your ad campaign, streamline your sales process, and achieve sustainable sales growth: 1. Refine Your Sales Process. Sit down with your team and take a close objective look on your sales process.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

A while back I wrote a bunch of posts on Sales & Marketing and have been meaning to get back to that theme for a while. Even if you don’t have “direct&# sales I would tell you that “everything is a sale&# including fund raising, hiring, getting press and doing business development. You learn by asking.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 14, 2020

Below, you’ll find marketing advice designed for small businesses during COVID-19: Keep Everyone Updated. Have A Sale. If you already do business online, a sale might be just the ticket to ensure that people continue to order. The post Marketing Advice For Small Businesses During COVID-19 appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

My first advice for new entrepreneurs is to pick a domain, such as online web sites and smart phone apps, that doesn’t have the sky-high up-front development costs. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Joint venture with distributor or beneficiary.

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

All businesses now have one very good thing – six months of post-Covid sales data. Used right this can give you greater certainty to inform and plan your sales strategy for 2021. But for most businesses, Covid has stalled sales, frozen sales pipelines and generally exposed any weak points in your sales systems and sales processes.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 10, 2021

The crisis has seen many businesses experience a slump in sales, but it has also created new opportunities. Look at sales data, read about new trends and think about how your business could thrive in the changing landscape. Embracing New Trends. The key to surviving the pandemic lies in being able to adapt and adjust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

My best advice is to stick to the middle ground. Sales and distribution channel activity will be analyzed, as well as cost of customer acquisition, to make an independent assessment of your financial projections. Traction in the marketplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

It’s the lifeblood of any organization and yet most startups don’t have any sales DNA on their teams. It’s important enough that I dedicate a tab on my blog to startup sales & marketing. But the ground we covered was awesome for anybody wanting to know more about sales. What is your sales process?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

He gives a wealth of practical advice on building a successful technical startup, including some specifics that I like on what constitutes a dream team of partners: The technical guru. The sales professional. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2019

by Ryan Moore, Director of Client Management, Peak Sales Recruiting. While some organizations may attempt to save the bottom line with personnel cuts, maintaining a strong sales team is absolutely critical to sustaining relationships with existing customers. Use sales leaders’ relationships to minimize damage.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Having a carefully-developed sales strategy is crucial if you want to grow your business. Whether you’re setting up your sales strategy for the very first time, or updating your current document, here’s our top pointers for developing a clear and well-rounded plan that will help drive your business’ growth.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As a young professional in any industry, having excellent sales skills is critical to succeeding where you are and achieving what comes next. The post Why Every Young Professional Should Work On Their Sales Skills appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2023

New offerings which build your brand will increase acceptance and sales of all solutions, not just the new one. These fears need to be offset by early success stories, educational case studies, or advice on ways to reduce risk. Even more important than solution marketing is building your brand. Incent these early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For best results, my advice is to think like an entrepreneur, even if you are a corporate employee. Constant search for ways to increase sales and profitability. More sales are the only way to reach real business success. Entrepreneurs relish change and new technology, which lead to new sales.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The non-marketing parts of the business (sales, finance, and the CEO) don’t care about more marketing “stuff”; they want more leads, more sales, and more profits. In your experience, how do sales teams react to Agile? Sales teams almost always greet the adoption of Agile with skepticism. Agile marketers show transparency.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 2, 2020

In this article, I discuss how small businesses can craft the perfect sales presentation to convert more of your prospects into clients. Specifically, we’ll discuss: How to conduct client- and prospect-focused research to better design your sales presentation. Shadow Your Top Performing Sales Rep. Ask them why they didn’t buy.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2022

What can businesses do to keep online sales ticking over after the holidays? The post How To Keep Sales High After The Holiday Season appeared first on Young Upstarts. Email marketing is one promotional avenue that can help.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

Consult a realtor about suitable caskets for sale business locations. However, if you don’t threaten their firm, a fellow business person who launched a company offering caskets for sale on the opposite side of the state could be more than pleased to share some advice with you. Business Location and Coffin Menu.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 15, 2021

trillion in sales, shipments, receipts or revenue and employed more than 10 million people. For Violet Stephens, the biggest piece of advice is to invest in a captive before you need insurance or reinsurance. According to the Annual Business Survey , in 2018, women-owned businesses reported nearly $1.8 29% wanted to be their own boss.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 23, 2018

by Brian Signorelli, author of “ Inbound Selling: How to Change the Way You Sell to Match How People Buy “ When you work in sales, there’s no end to the advice you field. This means all the advice around the salesperson’s holy grail — closing — no longer applies. They want a consultant.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt’s writing shows up regularly throughout, including an ending chapter for each section titled CEO-to-CEO Advice. For example, here are the chapters in Part Five: Sales by Anita Absey (p. Each chapter is two to five pages long. It’s tons of information, organized well, in tight, bite-sized chunks.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 18, 2016

Lewis Robinson is a business consultant specializing in social media marketing, CRM, and sales. Make sure to include a structured but fun setting to create the outstanding workforce that you desire. He’s begun multiple corporations and currently freelances as a writer and business consultant.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 16, 2019

How are sales?” ” These two questions give a quick pulse check on your current sales health. But the bigger question business owners really need to be asked is, “How’s your sales pipeline?” Because your sales today are the result of the health of your sales pipeline last month. ” Why?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2021

How can young sales professionals establish and elevate their careers in these extraordinary times? We talk to Alex Dripchak, author of "100 Skills of the Successful Sales Professional" to find out. The post [Interview] Alex Dripchak, Author Of “100 Skills Of The Successful Sales Professional” appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 30, 2013

eCommerce sales during the last Black Friday topped $1 billion for the first time in history. For Facebook average order value was $74 with 76% of total social sales and 69% of total clicks. For Twitter average order value was $190 with 8% of total sales and 11% of total clicks. That’s ~12% more than the average person.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

Like most startup entrepreneurs, when I began my first company in 1999 I had no formal sales experience. And when you achieve product / market fit your company often ramps revenue very fast and you need to build an organization to address it from demand generation (aka marketing) to sales discovery to implementation and after-sales support.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. For starters you have to realize that fund-raising is a sales process. Kai said, “Responding to RFPs is where sales processes go to die.”

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In an effort to help you out, this article is going to go over five great pieces of advice for moving after selling a home. Perhaps the best piece of advice is to start the process early. Another piece of advice is to be selective about what you bring to your new home. Start Early. Find Things to Sell, Donate, or Leave Behind.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

“I know that our repeat purchase rate is lower than the industry average now, but …” “I know that our margins are lower than VCs like to see, but …” “I know our revenue decelerated in the last 2 quarters of 2017, but …” Remember that fund raising is a sales process. the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll get 8.

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