“I believe that opportunity looks a lot like work. I never had a job in my life that I was better than.” Ashton Kutcher American Actor “I sometimes met rich young people, enemies by temperament of every painful effort, who had been forced to take up a profession. Their nature and their fortune permitted them […]
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Promote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success by Dan Schawbel About the Book Promote Yourself by Dan Schawbel provides tangible advice for gaining the visibility necessary for career advancement without appearing to be overtly self-serving. Dan delves into the hard and soft skills needed for success in today’s professional world as well as what […]
Summer’s over. Back to school. Boy, there are some memories. High school. College. Subjects you loved, subjects you hated. Teachers you loved, teachers you hated. THE QUESTION IS: What did you learn in school? What lessons are you still using? I have 2.5 major, early and later school-learned lessons I am grateful for: 1. Grammar […]
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QUESTION: Why did Facebook pay one billion dollars for Instagram? ANSWER: So that instead of worrying about how many people joined Instagram (and abandoned Facebook), they could brag about it. Are you on Instagram? I am. All of my family is. ALL of my family is. Daughters, granddaughters, in-laws, outlaws. All of them. All of […]
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If you can remember that far back in Facebook history (2007), it started as a ‘fan’ page. Then one day (way back in 2010), out of the blue, Facebook decided to change it to a ‘like’ page. Why did they change it? Here’s their reason: “To improve your experience and promote consistency across the site, […]
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The world of the customer has dramatically changed. The tough economy has made customers more value conscious, demonstrating far more caution in how they spend their hard-earned dollar. The proliferation of self-service (while a blessing when it works) has made customers more frustrated when they feel trapped in a process with no live person to […]
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Last week I talked about the power of sales success and gave you the first ten personal powers you need to possess in order to have all of the sales success you desire. As a professional salesperson, you want more selling power and this two-part article reveals the sources. Let me share with you the […]
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Office Idiots are those individuals whose actions, inaction, antics, and ridiculous behaviors generate widespread dissatisfaction and undercut the performance and productivity of fellow employees near and far and at any job level. Importantly, an organization’s leadership plays a critical role not only in terms of identifying office idiocy, but also from the standpoint of taking […]
Every salesperson wants to think of him or herself as powerful but, if asked, would have no idea where their power actually comes from. Most salespeople fail to understand their own power. The reason they don’t is that there is a heavy concentration on what cannot be controlled or what is not being done. This […]
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Leadership Inspirations – Opportunity and Work
/in Leadership Inspirations/by StrategyDriven“I believe that opportunity looks a lot like work. I never had a job in my life that I was better than.” Ashton Kutcher American Actor “I sometimes met rich young people, enemies by temperament of every painful effort, who had been forced to take up a profession. Their nature and their fortune permitted them […]
Recommended Resources – Promote Yourself
/in Practices for Professionals, Recommended Resources/by Nathan IvesPromote Yourself: The New Rules for Career Success by Dan Schawbel About the Book Promote Yourself by Dan Schawbel provides tangible advice for gaining the visibility necessary for career advancement without appearing to be overtly self-serving. Dan delves into the hard and soft skills needed for success in today’s professional world as well as what […]
Are your sales historical or hysterical?
/in Customer Relationship Management, Marketing & Sales/by Jeffrey GitomerSummer’s over. Back to school. Boy, there are some memories. High school. College. Subjects you loved, subjects you hated. Teachers you loved, teachers you hated. THE QUESTION IS: What did you learn in school? What lessons are you still using? I have 2.5 major, early and later school-learned lessons I am grateful for: 1. Grammar […]
Using Instagram is not an option; it’s an opportunity!
/in Marketing & Sales/by Jeffrey GitomerQUESTION: Why did Facebook pay one billion dollars for Instagram? ANSWER: So that instead of worrying about how many people joined Instagram (and abandoned Facebook), they could brag about it. Are you on Instagram? I am. All of my family is. ALL of my family is. Daughters, granddaughters, in-laws, outlaws. All of them. All of […]
Like me! Why should I like you? Eh, I have no idea!
/in Marketing & Sales/by Jeffrey GitomerIf you can remember that far back in Facebook history (2007), it started as a ‘fan’ page. Then one day (way back in 2010), out of the blue, Facebook decided to change it to a ‘like’ page. Why did they change it? Here’s their reason: “To improve your experience and promote consistency across the site, […]
The Emerging Strategy of Innovative Service
/in Customer Relationship Management, Marketing & Sales/by Chip BellThe world of the customer has dramatically changed. The tough economy has made customers more value conscious, demonstrating far more caution in how they spend their hard-earned dollar. The proliferation of self-service (while a blessing when it works) has made customers more frustrated when they feel trapped in a process with no live person to […]
The POWER of Sales Success. It’s all within you!
/in Marketing & Sales/by Jeffrey GitomerLast week I talked about the power of sales success and gave you the first ten personal powers you need to possess in order to have all of the sales success you desire. As a professional salesperson, you want more selling power and this two-part article reveals the sources. Let me share with you the […]
Key Leadership Strategies to Identify, Manage, and Prevent Office Idiocy
/in Management & Leadership, Tools for Professionals/by Ken LloydOffice Idiots are those individuals whose actions, inaction, antics, and ridiculous behaviors generate widespread dissatisfaction and undercut the performance and productivity of fellow employees near and far and at any job level. Importantly, an organization’s leadership plays a critical role not only in terms of identifying office idiocy, but also from the standpoint of taking […]
StrategyDriven’s Online Advisory Forum – The Advisor’s Corner
/in Announcements, The Advisor's Corner/by Nathan IvesThe POWER of Sales Success is 100% in Your Control
/in Marketing & Sales/by Jeffrey GitomerEvery salesperson wants to think of him or herself as powerful but, if asked, would have no idea where their power actually comes from. Most salespeople fail to understand their own power. The reason they don’t is that there is a heavy concentration on what cannot be controlled or what is not being done. This […]