The marketing and sales landscape looks vastly different from that of just a few decades ago. With the advent of the Internet, blogging, social media, and a myriad of digital communications channels, the path to purchase is not a simple, straight line, but a complex and varied web of twists.
“Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategy” -Lawrence Bossidy, former COO of General Electric. In the span of two years, I’ve interviewed over 1,000 sales candidates — and hired less than 50. As any sales
This article was authored by Power of Us HUB community members Pierre Kaluzny, CEO/Founder at Sputnik Moment and Tal Frankfurt, CEO/Founder at Cloud for Good. Why categorize contacts? Most organizations have a need to…
More and more organizations are providing customer service tools to encourage consumers to have greater interaction with their brand. In this article, we list 12 useful customer service technologies you can use to empower your customers.
As salespeople, we are always interested in growing our networks, and LinkedIn is the ideal platform for that. On LinkedIn you can find just about anybody that might be a prospect, partner, or…
Implisit analyzed the pipelines of hundreds of companies to discover the channels that deliver the highest conversion rate. Are you focusing on the right channels? B2B sales processes are complex, with myriad stakeholders…
New York Times bestselling author John Green shared his thoughts on creativity and community in his Connections 2014 Main Stage keynote. In this interview, I asked John about connecting with an audience, millennial observations,…
My father is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He has a PhD in philosophy and taught at the Air Force Academy most of my childhood. He taught morality and ethics…
Sales proposals: Love them or hate them, they’re an integral part of any successful deal. While some salespeople might view these documents as unnecessary—or even as a waste of time—they’re actually one of…
Sometimes in higher ed, we’re our own worst enemy — buying multiple point-solution systems that result in data silos, frustrated users who have multiple login credentials, and no holistic view of the student. It makes…