
And to finish of our series on social media and how it has changed the sales landscape, we’ll cover the idea of Closed Loop Marketing.
#5 Closed Loop Marketing
If you’ve ever worked in corporate America; either in sales or in marketing, you know each has a long standing distain for the other. The marketing team has it’s objectives, processes and absolute truths; so does the sales team. If you haven’t guessed yet, they are NOT the same.
Because there is a separation between the . . .
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After a decade in sales, I’ve encountered only two real game changers out there. In a series of short blogs, I’m going to talk about the latest and my favorite game changer, social media / networking and how a sales professional can change out their old ways for somethings new. Let’s cover the NUMBER ONE thing sales people would love to change about sales…
#1 COLD CALLING
You’re told in sales that cold calling is a CDB (Cost of Doing Business). I’m the honest . . .
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So, Tony Legrone – @tonylegrone – knows that I love my, NetNewsWire. I use NetNewsWire to capture all the RSS feeds from the blogs I enjoy. Just as a quick promo, some of my favorites are:
B’ham Blogging Academy – Also, you can follow Wade Kwon @wadeontweets
LA Kings Blog (By Rich Hammond)
Seth Godins Blog – @caetee Turned me onto this one… good call kiddo.
B’ham Entrepreneur Blog – @briancauble is the guy running this, and pound for pound, one of the best . . .
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We wanted to bring this conversation to our blog readers. Like most business owners, I had to SEE results to really believe Twitter could be of value. And I have…
Dave Dias Asks: What do you think of TWITTER? I just opened an account to see how it might be helpful in marketing efforts.
John Garrett Responds: Dave – I’ve become a believer. For me, it’s all about results and I’ve had some really great things come from Twitter usage and I’m . . .
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