When you are running your own business, it is vital to keep track of your sales prospects. These are just a few of the many reasons you must keep track, but perhaps the most crucial reason you need to stay in control is that you ultimately want to close a sale and turn the potential customer into a real customer.
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The holidays can be an exciting time for businesses. There is an energy that often accompanies holidays that tends to be infectious, breathing new life into otherwise humdrum day-to-day activities. Of course, the holidays also have a way of changing consumer habits.
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The sales field is a competitive landscape where seizing just one opportunity to be a step ahead can make or break a business. Much like the sales industry, the technology industry is always changing and new efficiencies are being created every day. These tech advancements have bled into the sales field and new forms of technology are being incorporated to help businesses achieve the advantage they are always on the hunt for.
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It is Girl Scout Cookie Season once again in North Carolina. It’s the time of year when my daughters go bonkers selling cookies, along with thousands of other girls across the state. What is important about the program isn’t just the cookies.
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Clearly, any aspect of your business can benefit from having a system. So what do you do? What do you “systemize” first?
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Owning a restaurant can be a profitable business, but certain measures should be taken to guarantee its success. Follow these tips so that your restaurant can be a lasting establishment in your city.
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When it comes to building a business, the number one question I hear most often is, “How do I find clients?” There is good reason behind this, since, if you don’t have clients or customers, you don’t have a business.
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The terms “marketing” and “sales” are often used interchangeably, yet they are two separate things. Sales people are called marketers by almost everyone. While the two work in synergy, there is a difference.
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You’ve probably heard that email marketing can improve your business. However, while you may know the basics about email marketing, like how to use an opt-in box and use an auto-responder to send out a newsletter, you may not know how it can improve your business.
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Just because a business hasn’t yet closed its doors doesn’t mean it is in good financial condition. How can you tell if a business is healthy or not?
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It has been said many times that the money is in the list. However, many of the business owners I talk to do not use or manage their email lists. That is quite simply money that they’re leaving on the table.
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When I started building the now 60,000 strong Women’s Entrepreneur Network on Facebook, growth was slow and painful. Interaction was nonexistent. People weren’t joining. In fact, all I got for months was crickets.
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