6 Tips for Warming up a Cold Call

By Roger Bauer Whether you’re new to sales or a grizzled veteran, the thought of making a true cold call is unlikely to be on your favorites list. Luckily, there are simple ways to warm up a call that don’t require major changes to your approach. Let’s take a peek at...

10 Ways to Improve Cash Flow

Just about every business would like to improve their cash flow. Below are ten ways which may help your business achieve that objective rather quickly: Bill Promptly; Take Advantage of Payment Terms The faster you can invoice a client, the quicker the clock starts to...

How to Get the Attention of a Venture Capitalist

by Guy KawasakiAt the Elite Retreat I gave an off-the-cuff answer to a question concerning getting the attention of venture capitalists. My buddy Wendy Piersall blogged about my answer, and it was a very popular. However, to truly help entrepreneurs, I’d like to...

Who Do You Think You ARE Anyway?

In order to write a vision for your business, the first step is identifying who you really are and what is important to you.Not what you DO or have been doing, but who you ARE.You may be doing things that are really not in alignment with what is important to you in...

How to Beat Google (Part 1)

by Rich SkrentaOur entire industry is scared witless by Google’s dominance in search and advertising. Microsoft and Yahoo have been unsuccessful at staunching the bleeding of their search market share. VCs parrot the Google PR FUD machine that you need giant...