Category: Sales, Sales Management
Do you have enough prospects for your sales pipeline for the next 90 days? Skip Miller talks with Jim Blasingame about what businesses that sell to other businesses have to do quantify how likely their current prospect list is to produce the sales volume required to be successful, including how to make the "trial close."
Reporting on what it will take to success in the future, Steve Kaplan joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to identify new opportunities and take advantage of them, including the most promising industries and trends.
Are you a networking amateur or a pro? Ivan Misner talks with Jim Blasingame about specific steps and best practices you can take to become a professional networker.
Transforming marketing strategies into connecting strategies is one of the keys to success in the future. Tom Asacker and Jim Blasingame talk about the thinking and the steps that have to take place in order to connect with customers with dialogue rather than talk at them.
Could 2010 be the year of the Introvert? Patricia Weber joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the reasons that 2010 could be the year of the Introvert. They also talk about the idea that small businesses are the introverts of the global economy.
What is the greatest change small businesses will face in 2010? Debbe Kennedy talks to Jim Blasingame about a paradigm shift that is taking place in the marketplace: the customer is now in complete control. They talk about how to respond to this shift and what will happen to those businesses that don't.
What's it like being in the lobster business? Lobsterman, John Ready talks to Jim Blasingame about this, plus how his company created a marketing strategy that transcended their product.
Is retail making a recovery? Darlene Quinn reports with Jim Blasingame that the retail market is make a comeback, but slowly. She also reports on several large retailers who aren't expected to make it through the next year.
Survival in the new era is tied directly to customer retentions, says Charlie Fewell, as he talks with Jim Blasingame about how to stay focused on the customer experience, instead of what you have to sell.
What does it take to connect with all four generations in the marketplace today? Andrea Nierenberg and Jim Blasingame discuss connecting, follow-up practices, networking and other tips that help get more customers without spending a lot of money.
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