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3 Terrible Trade Show Banner Mistakes
After doing too many trade shows for the past 20 years when I worked as a marketing and brand manager for brands like Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Smirnoff and Playtex, I learned a thing or two about what NOT to put on your trade show banner. Here are the 3 terrible banner...
Why Do I Always Have To Disagree With The Speaker?
Ok. Let me qualify that before I sound insane: I don't disagree with ALL speakers I listen to but if they're talking about marketing, a huge helping of scepticism and a giant case of 'I don't agree with you' can't help but gather in my guts. Here's one example: A...
Does Your Logo Help You Sell More?
How many times have you been asked what you think of someone's new logo and to pick one out of a handful of finalists? I'd bet a lot! Every time an acquaintance asks me for my opinion on what I think of their logo, it reminds me of all the things that are...
70% of Buyers Watch a Video Before Buying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaxArz4ojyQ&t=69s I recently had a 20-year-old video production company tell me that they were going to close their business because there was no future in video production. Having been price-shopped and undercut by amateurs with far...
Half of All Buyers Think Sales Reps Are Pushy
Are you surprised that one out of every two person you sell to thinks you or your reps are pushy? I'm not surprised you're surprised because only 17% of reps themselves see themselves as pushy. Wow. Here's another doozy..only 3% of buyers trust a sales person....
Can't Reach That Buyer?
I often hear the complaint from businesses that they just can't reach that hard-to-reach buyer. Having purchased services for giant brands for the past 20 years, I thought I'd share the advice I share with my clients around this very painful subject. What...
Pain of Prospecting Discipline or Pain of Disappointment?
"Sorry, I had a project delivery deadline that I could't miss, so I didn't call anyone on my list to do my prospecting". Does that sound like something you've said in your business? It's something I hear all the time from my clients who have hired me to help them...
How Quickbooks Aced Pain Based Messaging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQQ6mpHH3k What was the last time you bought something? I bet it was to solve a problem. Well you're not alone. Research shows that 70% of consumers buy something to solve a problem (a pain) and only 30% buy to enhance something,...
How Attractive CEOs Are Leaving Money On The Table
If you're a good looking CEO, you just might be leaving oodles of cash on the table for your business. How? By not being more visible in your marketing and selling, that's how. Here's how science backs up my point... Beauty Sells In his book Beauty Pays: Why...
Why You're Losing The Sale
Ever heard of the saying 'No Pain, No Gain'? This usually goes through my mind at the gym but it has a whole new meaning in business. Latest research from B2B consulting company Altify shows that when sellers are able to uncover the customer’s business problem,...
Content is the Price You Pay to Buy Attention
Some of my clients absolutely refuse to blog. Others swear at me if I tell them to send out newsletters to their clients. Yet others want to hide under the table if I ask them to do a keynote at a conference. Yes, all these things are pieces of marketing content....
Playing Russian Roulette With Your Brand
This is not a B2B story, but it's so interesting that I still have to tell it... Imagine taking everything your brand is built on and gambling with it. If that's not putting a gun to your (brand's) head and spinning the revolver's cylinder to see if you'll get an...
About Chala
Chala Dincoy is a Marketing Strategist who helps B2B service providers reposition their marketing message to successfully sell to corporate clients
