Every business in the world has been bombarded with changes. Most headlines emphasize the bad ones, and I don’t want to minimize them. However, there are some significant opportunities among the wreckage. It’s time to think about whether and how you can capitalize. New Normals….Plural…and one Over-arching Change. We aren’t in for a single “new ...
As we begin to come out of this lockdown, nobody has a crystal ball, and can really predict what will happen. It seems to me that that “going back” will never be a full-on “going back” all at once. It will happen in phases, and that some things will never return to “normal” as they ...
Being a lawyer can be quite a lucrative practice provided that you have a good amount of clients. However, not all lawyers are skilled in marketing their services. You can be the best at what you do but if you don’t know how to sell it, you’re not really making money from your profession. If ...
To wrap this series of articles on lockdown reflections, I’m going to refer back to something I’ve referenced many times. Austrian economist and management scientist Fredmund Malik says that we are in the greatest transformation that history has ever seen. And we’re not in the early phase of this transformation—we’re already well into it. Malik ...
The essence of selling is to provide customers with solutions all while generating income for your business. So, if you are spending too much to convert a single lead, then you should try to reduce your sales costs. There are strategies that can help you maximize your sales efforts and increase your cash flow. It ...
Artificial intelligence is steadily spreading to all fields where handling enormous amounts of data is a must. In the sales world, it contributes to both smart automatization and largely increased forecasting and analytical capabilities. Making some processes automatic enables human workers to perform more meaningful, important, and creative tasks that would otherwise receive only a ...
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” ―Buddha Life is full of uncertainty. Nobody can predict what happens next. Most people are scared of uncertainty and worried about their future. They must understand that uncertainty is ...
Most salespeople believe they are ethical and committed to customer success. Our mantra: “Treat customers like you would like to be treated.” If we could, we’d brush our teeth thrice daily with these words. Unfortunately, companies worshipping at the Maximize Shareholder Value altar have trashed and trampled this ideal. Wells Fargo, VW, and Purdue Pharma come to ...
