SELLING DESIGN TO BIGGER COMPANIES When you run a small firm, working with big or bigger companies appears very attractive. But selling design to bigger companies is NOT the same as selling to small owner managed ones. We often think of big businesses as being organized, cash rich, having great systems, a strong design aesthetic […]
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Great Sales Results Are About Great Sales Habits It’s not about tricks, scams or being pushy. No one wants to be the archetypal Life Insurance saleswoman or the multilevel marketer who pesters everyone they meet. It is, however, about developing good sales habits. Stephen Covey’s book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” hits the mark; habits […]
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Are you spending too much time selling and not enough managing your team, projects or designing? If you are finding sales are lower than you want or you’re spending too much precious time selling, you are probably the victim of a sluggish sales cycle. If you only have a limited amount of time to sell […]
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Bant The Faint Scotsman Whilst Bant The Faint Scotsman may look like a typo and sound like a euphemism for preventing a wardrobe malfunction of a drunken Scotsman in a kilt, it is in fact three acronyms of tools to use for qualifying sales prospects as part of your business development process. You don’t want to […]
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We all want our businesses to succeed, but how many of us actually use the tools at our disposal to plan for success? Right Brain Creative Thinking And Business Strategy Planning, in particular business plans are often seen as logical, linear and mathematical or singularly left brained activities. However a successful business strategy has to be made […]
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