Build Consensus for a Big Sale
If you want a big customer to write a big check, you'll need to get consensus from several decision-makers. Here's how to make it happen. Read story
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Geoffrey James
Customer Conversations: Best Opening Line
The first question your customer needs answered is: Why should I waste my time on you? Make sure you know the best way to grab her interest. Read story
7 Smart Things Donald Trump Told Me
The real estate and entertainment mogul spills a few of his secrets. On the agenda: Talent spotting, sales mistakes, and personal branding. Read story
8 Things Great Bosses Demand from Employees
When your team asks you want you want, here's what you tell them. Read story
Inbound Marketing: How to Make It More Effective
With inbound marketing, the customer comes to you, but you still have to move the opportunity forward. Read story
Email Tips: 5 Ways to Get Action
Does your email get action--or get ignored? Here's how to craft a message that's relevant, timely, and easy-to-digest. Read story
5 Critical Sales Questions Finally Answered
If you don't understand the answers to these critical questions, your sales operation may be in jeopardy. Read story
Stop Working More Than 40 Hours a Week
You may think you're getting more accomplished by working longer hours. You're probably wrong. Read story
8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses
The best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. See what they get right. Read story
How to Negotiate a Complex Deal
To get the best outcome, you need to answer these four important questions before you get to the bargaining table. Read story
Women: 3 Ways to Get More Respect
Working women say they still suffer setbacks in the office. One guy weighs in with a few suggestions. Read story
7 Tips for Selling in a Weak Economy
The economic recovery may be dragging, but that doesn't mean you can't be successful. Here are our favorite tips from the experts. Read story
7 Big Marketing Mistakes
These goofs can stunt your revenue and growth, and maybe even put you out of business. Read story
6 Easy Ways to Reduce Stress
Workplace stress is not inevitable. Here are some simple techniques to lower your own levels. Read story
LinkedIn Will Outlive Facebook. Here’s Why
Facebook's latest $1 billion acquisition smacks of a desperation that LinkedIn consistently manages to avoid. Read story
Create a Logo: 7 Smart Design Tips
A professionally designed logo needn't cost thousands of dollars. Here's how to make a logo cheaply ... and well. Read story
6 Easy Ways to Cut Sales Costs
These time-honored management tricks can increase profitability by radically reducing sales costs. (Unfortunately.) Read story
Top 9 Brand Blunders of All Time
Branding can be a dangerous business, as evidenced by these particularly heinous mistakes. View slideshow
What Is Success? Here's a Better Definition
If you believe success is simply making (or having) a lot of money, you may be setting yourself up for failure. Read story
Do Sales Goals Actually Work?
The wrong focus can actually make it trickier to build a solid customer relationship. Make sure you're getting these right. Read story
5 Bad Sales Habits to Avoid
Make sure your sales team is avoiding these toxic behaviors. Read story
Get New Customers: 5 Quick Moves
Use your network of friends, colleagues, and existing customers to generate new business. Read story
How to Achieve True Job Security
If all you are is what you do, you have no job security. Nada. Zilch. Here's what really matters. Read story
Turn Failure into Success: 10 Ways
The first step to becoming more successful is changing the way you think about failure. Read story
Flashback: A Young Michael Dell Talks Growth Strategies
In a 1995 interview, the mastermind behind Dell Computer reveals how he went from dorm room to industry leader. Read story
Defend a Higher Price: 3 Steps
You can charge more than your competition once you learn how to make price irrelevant. Here's how. Read story
Top 10 Sales Apps for the New iPad
These must-have apps for your new iPad (or even your old one) can help you outsell your competition. View slideshow
How to Work the Phone: 6 Tricks
When you can't meet in person, use these 6 rules to build rapport and communicate more clearly. Read story
How to Be Popular at Work
If you want to be appreciated at work, make sure everyone else feels welcome. Read story
Write an Executive Summary That Sells
Executive summaries seem simple--until you get them wrong. Make sure you're following this simple outline. Read story
How to Sell Yourself
In every sales situation, your No. 1 job is to sell yourself to the customer. Here's how. Read story
How to Avoid Zombie Customers
Is that deal dead or alive? Here's how to spot, kill, or just avoid these time-wasters. Read story
Marketing Makeover: Fix This Email Pitch
Email marketing fails when a message contains just biz-blab and fake emotion. Here's how to write a note that generates real leads. Read story
3 Words That Guarantee Failure
People who fail to achieve goals signal their intent to fail by using this common phrase. Make sure you aren't falling into the same trap. Read story
So You Lost Your Biggest Customer ...
Use these 5 simple steps to win back a customer who has jumped ship to another vendor. Read story
Why You’d Fail at Goldman Sachs
If your personal beliefs don't mesh with a company's corporate culture, you're destined to fail. Read story
Don’t Waste Money on Bad Sales Training
So-called training courses can be a huge waste of time and money. Here's how to make sure they're more useful. Read story
How to Close a Sale
You'll sell more if you make closing a natural part of your conversation with the customer. Read story
12 Customer Dos & Don'ts
Use these quick and easy rules to make sure your customers keep coming back for more. Read story
17 Ways to Mismanage Your Sales Team
Business owners sometimes make these common revenue-killing mistakes. Make sure you know how to steer clear. Read story