by smoothsale | May 1, 2014 | Business Development, career, clientele, communication, Entrepreneurs, interviewing, Interviews, job-seekers, Mindset, personal brand, Prospect, Sales
Job Hunt and Business Prospecting Are the Same Many people today are seeking better positions for their career climb upward. The job hunt follows the sales cycle. The more accepting one is of this idea, the shorter time period will be spent...
by smoothsale | Apr 26, 2014 | Business Development, career, clientele, communication, interviewing, Interviews, job-seekers, leadership, Negotiation, personal brand, Sales
Guest Post by Andrew Lisa: Videoconferencing: The Next Big Thing for Interviews, Sales Calls, Etc. People who started their careers before technology hit its stride may remember videoconferencing as clunky, unreliable and complicated. Once seen as a necessity by...
by smoothsale | Apr 18, 2014 | Business Development, clientele, communication, Entrepreneurs, Interviews, job-seekers, leadership, Mindset, personal brand, Relationships, Sales
Allow Everyone to Have A Voice The most diplomatic and best business practice to employ is to allow everyone to be heard. Past experience in social settings alone, have proved disastrous when one person deems himself the leader and begins to pontificate....
by smoothsale | Apr 9, 2014 | Business Development, career, clientele, communication, Entrepreneurs, Interviews, job-seekers, Marketing and Sales, Mindset, Sales
The BIG Picture As founders of companies, we usually have an ultimate vision of where we would like to finish up when we retire or sell the business. But after many hurdles and “bad days”, frequently that vision is lost. Or we become muddled in the...
by smoothsale | Apr 5, 2014 | Business Development, career, clientele, communication, Entrepreneurs, Interviews, job-seekers, leadership, Mindset, personal brand, Prospect, Sales
Reach Your Goal by Helping the Team Salespeople tend to operate in their own personal zone. Much of the reaosn is the competitive nature of being in an office where everyone wants to achieve recognition by selling more than anyone else on the...
by smoothsale | Apr 3, 2014 | Business Development, clientele, communication, Entrepreneurs, Interviews, job-seekers, Marketing and Sales, personal brand, Prospect, Relationships, Sales
Before You Say, “No” Most often we have clear ideas of what we will and won’t do, what is in alignment with our personal brand and marketing effort, and when to say, “no” to an offer. But on occasion, there is a grey line....