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Brother can you Spare a Sale?

Last year there was a major controversy in Toronto around panhandlers and others on the street and their impact on tourism and the like. All this was sparked by an unfortunate set of events. Of course the solution proposed by the ever enlightened leadership in the city was to ban all these people. As there was no rug on the street, I guess they were proposing that they be swept under the side walk. This of course stirred further controversy and debate on the street, in the papers and talk radio, my favourite media vice.

I know, you’re reading this wondering what this has to do with selling, new business acquisition or prospecting, but stay with me.

Top Three Things To Maximize Sales Q2 And The Rest Of The Year

Regardless of how you view things the one thing everyone seems to agree to is that there is some comfort to being able to say it is over, now that just leaves the rest of the year. As Skip Miller said in his book “ProActive Sales Management”:

“If you, as a sales manager, do not know if you are going to make the year after the first quarter, the battle is over. Now you better be lucky.”

So with all that, and a hint of spring in the air, we did a very unscientific survey of what sales professionals can do going into Q2 to make the best of the rest of the year.

Voice Activated Mobile Services Promise A Bright Future

Author: Stephane Attal
Business: AskKinjo
Topic: Marketing Advice

Our mobile phones are audio devices first and foremost; but you will be hard pressed to believe that these days. Advertising by the wireless carriers and handset manufacturers would have you believe everyone is busy searching and surfing the net on our mobiles as we receive relevant adverts on them. In fact, there’s is less need to talk person to person as online communication continues to rapidly exapnd with social networks and technology like twitter, Facebook, email, chat and text messaging.

News Release: Social Media Helps Beat Back Dark Economic Times

Download News Release: Social Media Helps Beat Back Dark Economic Times

Considering an average of approximately 90% of most G20 populations are employed why does bad economic news plague headlines? At the start of 2009 Sol Solutions, an integrated marketing consultancy, set out to find and share the success stories that weren’t making the headlines. Much more was discovered: not only was there an international hunger for these stories but the ever exploding power of social media found its place as it helped spread Anti-Recession strategies and inspiring testimonials to thousands of professionals across the globe.

About Beating The Real Estate Down Turn And Winning

Author: Theresa Baird, Remax Broker
Business: Remax Enterprises
Topics: Anti-Recession / Success Story

A number of Realtors ask me how I was doing during this tough times. It took me a few minutes to think about how to answer that question. November through January in the Port Credit, Oakville and Greater Mississauga regions were quiet as everyone held onto their money and listened to the bad news about the credit crunch and stock market turbulence. However, by quickly taking a number of critical steps, business has rebounded and after working 28 days straight I'm pleased to say the points below have me well on my way to another great year.

How To Make twitter A Powerful Networking Tool

In these recessionary times every bit of energy that your company expends needs to transform into valuable results. Twitter has the potential to open the door to dozens, hundreds or thousands of valuable contacts depending on what your company has time to manage. We’ve looked at hundreds of comments from professionals and simplified practices they used that have turned them into power networkers rather than sideline observers on one of the fastest growing social networks on the internet.