I just got off the phone with a salesman who set a record for selling a complex piece of software in 4 months. He built a $44M pipeline in 10 months.
He learned how to set records from a manager who had a goatee, wore a cape, and used a walking stick. No kidding. I’ll call [...]
CEO’s at highly innovative companies regularly practice 5 skills tha you don’t. In a study by BYU, INSEAD and Harvard Business School a distinct set of innovation nurturing activities were found.
A report on the study is here.
Way too much faith is put into non-competes. They will keep the ex-employee (Ex) out of your firm’s clients if the Ex sees them as reasonable.
Forget the law, the Ex has to see the non-compete as reasonable. If the agreement feels too heavy, after 3 months or a year, the Ex will go after your accounts no matter what the [...]
If I get another email from a coach telling me how to stand out, I’ll scream. Each one wants $200-$9,995 to help me become different just like all their other clients.
Reader’s Digest version of all the email is:
Market Differentiation — Develop a reputation as a specialist in their particular industry.
Program Differentiation — Offer uncommon subjects that [...]
Salespeople call me every day about getting a better job. When I ask them what base they are earning they usually say anything from $24,000 to $60,000. There are a few who say $100,000 or $250,000.
I always ask salespeople how much they want to have as their base salary in their new job.
The ones at [...]
I really feel lucky living in an area that is doing as well as we are.
http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/article.asp?aid=73655
If you look, you can figure out where to get the statistics on the rest of the country.