Turning Intuition into Measurable Impact

Turning Intuition into Measurable Impact

It is crucial for brands and marketing communication professionals to use data-driven strategies and tactics to enhance the various aspects and outcomes of their communications efforts. It’s important to first of all understand why data-driven outreach is essential to...
What Makes a Sales Star?

What Makes a Sales Star?

I had an interesting conversation recently with an impressive young woman who was exploring a career change. When I asked what she considered her core competencies and outstanding skills to be, she answered by saying, “I’m not sure – I’m just a salesperson.” Wow! In a...
Learning from Business Mistakes

Learning from Business Mistakes

It is periodically a good idea to step back, take a deep breath and reflect on those sometimes-scary mistakes that we hopefully have learned from and won’t make again! Here are just a few of mine: INADEQUATE BUSINESS SYSTEMS During our initial years in business, we...
Understanding the Importance of Why Customers Buy

Understanding the Importance of Why Customers Buy

Doing a deep dive into what makes companies tick . . . and grow and thrive . . . is an interesting exercise in human nature. One of the things we are most likely to encounter when we begin working with a company is a strong desire on their part to be more innovative...
Take A Break to Help Keep Perspective

Take A Break to Help Keep Perspective

In a creative yet demanding business like ours (and like many of yours), the ability to give ourselves permission for a “brain rest” is critically important. Those of us who are driven entrepreneurs tend to keep our foot on the accelerator at all times and forget that...