Let’s face it – there is only one leader in every business category: Apple in smartphones, Wal-Mart in retail, Cargill in food processing, Microsoft in computer software and Wells Fargo in banking. This is equally true in smaller market segments. More often than not, you are not going to be the biggest company in your […]
Last month, David Brock, president of Partners in Excellence, published an excellent article titled A Frightening Look At the Cost Of a Sales Person. Brock recounted some statistics that should disturb senior sales executives, as well as their CEOs and CFOs. For example:
Every few months I get the urge to focus my blog post on the subject of copywriting – specifically, how to write B2B copy that achieves the intended results. I do this not only to help the readers of my blog, but also because I need the useful reminders myself on how to communicate in […]
Napoleon Bonaparte said, “There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.” These are indeed the two master motivators, and all others are subset of these behavioral drivers. Because we humans can be motivated in a surprising variety of ways, using the correct incentive (including message and offer) for a specific audience is a […]
I recently read an interesting book about the middle ages, titled World Without End by Ken Follet. In it, the origin of the term pitfall was discussed. It seems that the English soldiers had trouble with the French Calvary due to their huge horses and heavy armor. At that point in history this was a […]