“Why won’t they call us back Chala? I thought we had an amazing sales meeting!” is the complaint I hear from clients on occasion. I always have a gut feeling from years of buying and selling services to corporations that the sale is dead but now there’s new research to prove my gut right. Here’s… continue reading »
Resident Shark “QVC Queen” Lori Grenier knows a thing or two about pitching. Selling out of anything she pitches on QVC, she’s also been on the receiving end of hundreds of Shark Tank pitches. In this Inc.com article, she has 7 tips to share with us entrepreneurs for a perfect pitch. As a pitch coach,… continue reading »
A recent research showed that three-quarters of brands could stop existing and consumers wouldn’t care and would find a replacement. As a B2B marketing coach, I’m thinking that if consumer brands that pour Millions into their brand awareness and engagement face this, what chance does small businesses stand? Here are ways to stay relevant and… continue reading »
Sales Meetings, that is..In fact, B2B sellers waste, on average, over $38,000** per year in direct costs on meetings that go nowhere and 62% of initial meetings do not progress to next meeting.*** As the purchaser of services for 18 years I have a few secrets that I teach my clients on what to do to make sure that you… continue reading »
Welcome to today’s episode of Deep Dive. I’m joined by Bryan Clayton, Founder & CEO of GreenPal, the Uber of lawnmowing. In only eight years Bryan has grown his business from 20 customers to over 300,000 people using his app and $20 million in revenues. Watch as we do a deep dive with Bryan and… continue reading »
Today on Deep Dive I chat with Chris Dayley about his business, Smart CRO which helps businesses improve their conversion rates by 30%. Chris tells us the story of how he got into the industry, starting with search engine optimization (SEO), and how that led him to start his conversion business. You won’t want to… continue reading »
Join me in welcoming Chris Dayley to this episode of Polish My Pitch! Chris’s business, Smart CRO, helps businesses with conversion rate optimization so their websites are more profitable. Because “70% of humans purchase based on pain,” I suggested that Chris adds a pain statistic around optimization to better illustrate the need for his service…. continue reading »
Hey, don’t kill the messenger, I didn’t make this up. A study by Polleverywere found that there were 35 Million PowerPoint presentations given each day to an audience of over 500 Million people. And the sad part? 79% of them said that the presentations were: you guessed it-boring. And I have more bad news: the… continue reading »
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