Get Your Price

For those times you work hard finding the product that will suit your customer’s needs only to face getting beat up on the price, here are a few helpful ideas to preserve your margins: Establish a consistent position. Consider the automobile industry. During ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, negotiating prices was so common that nobody would […]
How to Work a Customer in One Minute

You’re at a networking event or riding the elevator. Standing next to you is the ideal prospect, but this is no time to launch into a sales presentation. You’ve got one minute, at most, to explain who you are and what you sell in a way that will spark the prospect’s interest. Here’s what to […]
Navigating the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Workplace Belonging
We are entering an amazing age where there will be a symbiotic relationship between humans and intelligent systems.
Banishing the “But” – The Silent Saboteur of the BIG IDEA
There are two things that come to mind when thinking about the “Big Idea.” One is within the realm of marketing and advertising, and the other has to do more specifically with innovation in regards to products or technology. For this article, we will focus more on the marketing and advertising side, and the way […]
Consider the “WHY?” in Innovation
Asking “WHY?” typically starts about the time children are two years old and continues until they are about five years old. The lessening of this question probably starts when children discover their parents, older siblings, and even teachers are tired of hearing them ask “WHY?” – but what if we need to be a little […]