Differentiating Your Company’s IT Services Menu
It seems every week we talk to just another IT services shop trying to kick-start their marketing and sales process. We sit down with the founder and ask the same question: “so how are you different from all the other firms out there?” When we ask that question, we get the same answer: we have [...]
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week
General George S. Patton said it best, “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” Paul McCord’s new book “Bust Your Slump” takes General Patton’s advice and applies it to getting your sales back on track fast. His ideas aren’t new but this call to action makes huge [...]
Lead generation as an expression of your brand
If your brand is the whole experience of “doing-business-with” your company, then it follows that the outbound prospecting and lead generation you do should be an expression of your brand. Huh? Let me explain. Not too long ago, I received a cold call from an insurance broker. At the time, we were in the market [...]
Selling technology to financial services companies
For companies that sell into the financial services industry, recent market volatility and chaos have either created the perfect opportunity or the most difficult selling environment in recent memory. So who better to talk about selling challenges than local technology sales and marketing executives? We asked a few industry veterans to share their advice for [...]





