by smoothsale | Apr 1, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, closing, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Mindset, Prospect, Relationships, Sales
Observe the big companies for free marketing ideas! Every morning I make it a practice to read the business news. Today i read that Toyota reflected on their past polices, changed their mindset and is now considering reaching out to its clientele in 3 different ways:...
by smoothsale | Mar 26, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, closing, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Mindset, Prospect, Relationships, Sales
Do you know what to do when a client’s project takes a wrong turn? Today I am speaking from the standpoint of being a client. I worked very hard to build up my networks on facebook to the total connections of many thousands. Upon sending out only 5 messages to...
by smoothsale | Mar 16, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, closing, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Prospect, Relationships, Sales, Uncategorized
Helping friends and associates is the best way to build relationships, make new acquaintances and be introduced to influential others. In other words, this is the easiest, non-threatening type of business development I could possibly contemplate. When you work to...
by smoothsale | Mar 3, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, closing, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Mindset, Prospect, Relationships, Sales, Uncategorized
As an entrepreneur, I learned that marketing communication skills are the predecessors to making effective sales. My belief is that in public we all need to take precaution to be diplomatic which requires careful choosing of words. As I matured, I learned not to send...
by smoothsale | Mar 1, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, leadership, Marketing, Marketing and Sales, Mindset, Prospect, Sales
Difficult decisions should be based upon the needs and wants of your audience. This advice is Sales 101. If you were to make decisions based solely on what is best for you, your clientele will leave you. This sounds like common sense, however, many make the error on...
by smoothsale | Feb 5, 2010 | Business Development, clientele, clients, communication, Customer service, Entrepreneurs, Prospect, Relationships, Sales, Uncategorized
Are you finding yourself in overwhelm? Most entrepreneurs in their first 5 years of business find such is the case. They quickly realize there is so much to learn and do but not enough hours in the day so they do find themselves in overwhelm. A number of strategies...
