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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...

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...

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...

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. It...

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...