by Adam Shapiro | Feb 28, 2010 | Champion, Networking, Qualifying, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons
From Michael Lombardi at www.nationalfootballpost.com on Leaders asking questions: LEADERSHIP IMPROVEMENT IDEA… “New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 2, 2010 | Champion, Prospecting, Qualifying, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons
While all the considerations around social media, marketing automation and email marketing are pertinent, effective and important, at the end of the day people buy from people and that buying cycle gets started with a “conversation.” via rareagent.wordpress.com...
by Adam Shapiro | Sep 29, 2009 | Sales Messaging, Today's Lessons
You may have heard that here in the Atlanta area many are suffering through repairing their homes after torrential rains and flooding – the worst EVER for our area. Understanding that cleanup and waterproofing contractors are likely the same folks who are...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 27, 2009 | Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Today's Lessons
I had a client meeting last week that you might be interested to hear about. This client asked me to address his sales and marketing personnel about how to have sales conversations when the sellers anticipate that the target market is having a rough time due to...
by Adam Shapiro | Dec 16, 2008 | Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons
Clients: I hope the year ends on an upswing or at least at or above projections. While all of you are busy trying to close deals this month, you undoubtedly will have reps wondering how to stay busy while deals slip or (better) while waiting for the good news to come...
by Adam Shapiro | Oct 28, 2008 | Sales Messaging, Today's Lessons, Tools
Web browsing is awesome. I am currently evaluating whether to move away from a laptop running windows to a new MacBook. While researching how to switch over without losing productivity and gobs of time, I stumbled on an insightful post in Michael Hyatt’s Web log...