Does Your Marketing Practice Futuristic Thinking

Author Amy Webb (The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream) states “THE FUTURE DOESN’T simply arrive fully formed overnight, but emerges step by step. It first appears at seemingly random points around the fringe of society, never in the mainstream. Without context, those points can appear disparate, unrelated, and hard to connect meaningfully. But over time Read More …

Powering the Brain for Peak Perfomance

According to neuropsychologist Friederike Fabritius, M.S. and global leadership and innovation consultant Hans W. Hagemann, Ph.D., the better we understand our brains and the type of environment that motivates us, the closer we’ll be to truly achieve peak performance. In THE LEADING BRAIN: Powerful Science-Based Strategies for Achieving Peak Performance, Fabritius and Hagemann offer insights Read More …

Intro Video to The Funnel of Opportunity

There is no better way to lay the fundamentals of a marketing plan in place than through the creation of a Funnel of Opportunity. Creating a plan in isolation from customers says that you know everything you need to know starting at the beginning. It indicates that you are smarter than the market. Marketing must evolve Read More …

The Sales Book

This is a collection of Business901 podcasts on sales. It is about 7-hours in length and features the following guests in the order of appearance: (00.30) Craig Elias used Trigger Event strategies to become a top sales performer at EVERY company that has hired him – including WorldCom where he was named the #1 salesperson within six months of joining the company. Craig has Read More …

Value Propositions with Cindy Barnes (Audio Version)

This is an audio compilation of the entire interview with Cindy Barnes. Cindy co-authored the book, Creating and Delivering Your Value Proposition: Managing Customer Experience for Profit, showing readers how to build, deliver and harness value propositions to create profitable growth for a business, by utilizing the experience of clients and customers. It provides guidance for business Read More …

Make Your Presentation Like A Movie

What does it take to nail a sales pitch? Well, it’s not easy. In fact, only 20% of all salespeople make 80% of their sales; and I just broke the cardinal rule: most customers forget pitches that involve statistics. According to advertising guru Ted Frank, the secret to sales is in the story—and he’s developed a foolproof formula for getting the Read More …