It’s National “Get to Know Your Customers” Day! A special day to keep in your calendar. It’s every 3rd Thursday of each quarter.A great idea started by the small busines community; and we should probably do this more than only once a quarter. So, open that customer list in Salesforce, LinkedIn, Excel sheet or your …
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Is there such a thing like “nobody and everybody”?
I saw a pile of phonebooks over the last few days. Made me think of thelessons of “nobody” and “everybody” in marketing…with Printed Phone Books versus Digital Search, the largest ad platform: – 97% of the USA uses digital search to find a business– 70% of people with phone books NEVER open them.– The phone …
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You make choices
In life and business, much of your day is making decisions. Some are easy, some are hard. Good decisions comes from experienceExperience comes from making bad decisions. Choose wisely
Have no fear
Do not fear the angry storm. It’s just nature’s way of reminding you to back up your data. PS: Maybe embrace the Cloud (pun intended)
Going up? Or is this really going down…badly.
Allow me to be the contrarian on a sales technique that we apparently push the team to practice all the time.. People rarely “like to be sold” and no one every bought ANYTHING on an elevator…so stop with the “elevator pitch” bullshit. The goal is to be human, authentic, original…YOU! And maybe just start a conversation?
It’s the law
You can try to work around the edges all you want…cut corners, go off the page. Sometimes you just have to play by the rules…and that can make it harder than you think. Example: Gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law. And sometimes its not only a law but the truth. And the truth can …
Caution!
Saying “NO” to yourself before you try something new…is just experiencing failure in advance.
You may see the sign…
Everyone’s day faces an unexpected turn. You may need to steer to: Lead Smile Be Nice Do your businessCall a friend Pet a DogDrink the drink and enjoy the dessertSay thanksRepeat I and a lot of others need YOU to lead and show us the way. YOU are our inspiration today
You may feel sleepy today
Today is National Napping Day. (USA 3/15) After the weekend and the time change…we all may need one. When you’ve been working like a dog and nothing is going right… You usually can fix it…by takin a nap.
It’s good to have a goal…right?
Goals. They’re tough. They push you…to get things done. Eye on the prize, shoot for the target. Some people really don’t like goals. Why? If you don’t have a goal, you really don’t have to worry about missing it. ;0)
