Finally! A Sales Process that Really Works As a career Sales Consultant, Manager and Trainer I have worked with the sales organizations of small, midsized and large companies and I have seen a lot of different sales strategies, sales processes and sales techniques being used. Sadly, what I have observed over three decades is that [...]

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“Looking Like A Fool”

by Dan on August 12, 2010

“Looking Like a Fool”   Those who watched American Idol last season saw a 62 year old man named Larry Platt audition singing a song he wrote called “Looking Like a Fool With your Pants on the Ground”. Legend has it that Larry wrote the song, which became an Internet sensation, after seeing an adult man [...]

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Many of us are familiar with the Whole Product concept  which was developed by the Partners at Regis McKenna.  However, like many ideas and concepts, it has its roots in earlier work.  In this case, it was the work of Ted Leavitt, a professor at Harvard Business School who outlined something he called the total [...]

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Proper product and corporate positioning is critical for high technology companies and their marketing teams.  It sets the stage for messaging in all of its forms: PR, Web Site Design and Content IR, Advertising, Tradeshows, Collateral Materials, Presentations, Telemarketing Scripts, and Social Media. All on a single page/sheet of paper. That’s the good news.  The [...]

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The Consumer Purchase Decision Model

by David February 18, 2010

Like the diffusion of innovation, we have Dr, Everett M. Rogers to thank for this critical understanding of how adopters behave.  In his writings, he talked about how the adoption of a new innovation occurs in 5 steps: Awareness Interest Evaluation Trial Adoption I have used these categories to develop (and actually use!) a practical [...]

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