We’re starting to see signs of growing confidence in the U.S. economy, following the biggest economic swan dive since the Great Depression. The question is: Will consumer and small business owner attitudes toward spending begin to shift as a result? Last month I heard Dennis Jacobe, Ph.D. and chief economist for Gallup, speak at the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sales’
Yes, Virginia, there is a “New Normal”
Posted in Marketing, tagged Marketing, sales on 04.26.2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sales Gets an Inside Edge
Posted in Sales/Sales Support, tagged inside sales association, sales, Sales/Sales Support on 05.08.2009 | 1 Comment »
Straight up news: If your organization relies on an inside sales force to keep the pipeline full and leads nurtured, you’ll want to know about a new professional association just launched here in my home state of Minnesota. The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals, born March 27, bills itself as the only organization of its kind “dedicated exclusively [...]
Repairing Potholes in the Pipeline
Posted in Marketing, Sales/Sales Support, tagged customers, linkedin, market research, Marketing, sales, Sales/Sales Support on 05.01.2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s springtime, which means pothole repair season. Midwest road crews have shed plows and salt/sand spreaders and are now gearing staff and equipment for filling those car-crunching cracks and crevasses (at least in Minnesota, spelling and word choice intended). All of which reminds me of an important way sales and marketing teams can collaborate powerfully. [...]
