Have you done a Customer Relationship Audit?

I know your thinking that all you need is the Net Promoter Score and I will not disagree that it is an important question. However, sometimes just a good old audit and questionnaire might still have some value. You may not be able to do it all in one setting or even ask all the Read More …

Overcoming OCD in Sales Efforts

If not the top topic’ it must be one of top discussion points; behavioral mechanics or a more common word habits. In fact, one of my top podcasts last year was Habit Forming Products with Nir Eyal the author of Hooked: A Guide to Building Habit-Forming Products. In fact, most marketers are all running around Read More …

Business901 was interviewed on ZipLine

A few years ago, I was interviewed on ZipLine by Tony Scelzo and had forgotten all about it. In fact, Tony now does his interviewing over on The Line I never actually saw the interview till a couple of days ago and thought I would share it. Lean Sales and Marketing: Learn about using CAP-Do Read More …

Question Transformation

Roger Schank wrote a book, The Creative Attitude: Learning to Ask and Answer the Right Questions: a few years ago that still is one of the better books that I have found on asking the right questions. From an Amazon review, “He describes how we think unconsciously using scripts. It is when this script fails do Read More …

Is Sales Asking Disruptive Questions?

We have all heard of disruptive innovation, but just in case or if you need a quick overview from the creator: Disruptive innovation, a term of art coined by Clayton Christensen, describes a process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly Read More …