Use the principles of war in your next presentationIn business, we may tend to think of our competitors as “the enemy.” But, we rarely engage our competitors directly. Rather, we fight a two-front battle against forces that have the power to utterly destroy our ability and will to fight. Those forces are one, our customer, and two, ourselves. Read more
Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the fifth of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more
Small ideas grow into big ideasThe debate over what is true in the recent hit movie Social Network will go on for years. The fact that Facebook has grown at extreme rates since the site was launched is not debatable. Facebook has more than 550 million users. If it were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. Read more
One sales enablement initiative most likely to make you wish you’d never heard of sales enablementThis is the second part of a post I am pleased to share from Sharon Little, Director, Global Field Communications, VMware, Inc. In our last post, Sharon shared three components relevant to sales enablement. Today, I am happy to share Sharon’s ideas about what she calls “the one sales enablement initiative that most likely to make you wish you’d never heard of sales enablement.” Read more
Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the fourth of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more
Three important components relevant to sales enablementI recently met Sharon Little, Director, Global Field Communications, VMware, Inc. She writes a blog called SalesCraft. Sharon shared a post about establishing sales enablement within organizations and the challenge of creating a unique identity separate from sales operations, sales readiness and marketing programs. She notes, “It’s the internal selling that often makes the difference between success and failure.” Read more
Ken Revenaugh wins SAVO Pioneer AwardOctober, 2010 Chicago – Ken Revenaugh was one of three individuals awarded the first SAVO Pioneer Awards at SAVO’s third annual Sales Enablement Executive Summit. The SAVO Pioneer Award is given to the companies and the individuals that demonstrate vision, leadership, and stewardship in Sales Enablement. Read more
Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week is the third of a five-week focus on personal branding. Read more
Three tips for driving innovation in any organizationTechnology executive and author Tom Kelley calls them devil’s advocates. Guy Kawasaki, another notable executive author, calls them bozos. Whatever label or moniker one attaches to them, they are the people in business organizations who act as speed bumps or roadblocks to innovation, and they are a powerful force in American business. Read more
Football season brings sales playbooksSales used to be a lot easier – and I’m talking about the late 1990s, not the 1950s. You built relationships with customers and stood out when you presented enterprise solutions vs. single products and services. Read more