All Things Related to sales
12.21.2009
Most consumer-driven websites unfortunately don't focus on the all-important Ask, which is the primary funnel for directing visitors toward taking an action. But there are a few things you can do to ensure that your site not only looks great but fulfills the investment you've made in your web presence.
09.18.2009
Earlier today, Matt Singley (@mattsingley) asked a simple, but rather provocative question via Twitter:
What ensued was an interesting mini-conversation about how to successfully and effectively engage with a competitor's customers through social media.
04.21.2009
How do you communicate with your current customers? Do you only send them mail when you're launching a new product or email them when there's an upgrade to purchase? Have you taken a good hard look at what you communicate and how often you communicate it? Is it all BUY, BUY, BUY? If so, that's a prescription for buyer fatigue. The reality is that sales are driven by relationships not broadcasted advertisements.
04.14.2009
Are you getting caught up trying to sell a process? Perhaps trying to sell a process that is probably easily replicable? Or worse, trying to sell a process that’s proprietary and mired in so much paranoid legalese and bureaucratic crap that the client really doesn’t know what they buying? Josh Kamler at tiny gigantic urges [...]
01.05.2009
Arnie Herz at Legal Sanity recently wrote a post referencing some familiar advice for crafting an effective elevator speech. The latest conventional wisdom would have us believe that the best elevator pitch is not about us, but about the other individual. The principal strategy is to set our needs to the side and focus exclusively [...]
01.03.2009
Here’s a little fact about me: I don’t like trade shows. From the visitor side, they make me uncomfortable. I’m always afraid to make eye contact with an exhibitor for fear that I’m going to get the full-on sales blitz. And usually it’s for a service or product that I really don’t need. Ever try [...]
