I write about strategies to turn fans into customers and customers into fans. I also share ways to use real-time strategies to spread ideas, influence minds, and build business.
In my past roles as a salesperson and later as a marketing executive at a handful of different companies, I interacted on a daily basis with sales managers up to the vice president level.
My first sales job required me to make cold calls to bond traders and convince them to buy our economic consulting services. We had lists of names and numbers to contact that came from directories of people who worked in banks, securities companies, savings and loan associat...
On a recent trip to Belize, I had an opportunity to visit several Mayan archeological sites. At Xunantunich, located near San Ignacio in the Cayo District, visitors must ride a small hand cranked ferry across a river to reach the site. And right next to the ferry loading are...
The real-time mind-set recognizes the importance of speed.
Web content drives both sales and marketing success.