I lost over $335,000 before figuring out how to build a sales team.

Back in 2002-2005, I built the sales team for a fintech venture I co-founded. 

I was a complete novice when it came to recruiting and leading a sales team. 

I was pretty good at sales and spent 2 years teaching solution selling. ...

And how to create a 90-day sales plan using these KPIs

Tracking the right sales KPIs (key performance indicators) is essential for knowing whether you’ll meet your sales goals. 

 But most teams focus on the wrong metrics. They obsess over lagging KPIs like closed deals, revenue generated, and pipe...

Introducing Yourself With Impact: Crafting an Optimal LinkedIn Profile

If you work in sales, have a small business, or lead a small or medium business, you need a strong LinkedIn profile. It's a crucial part of your brand. It helps you reach future clients, employees, partners, and investors. 

But...

Inbound vs. outbound – is this the right question?

I’ve given workshops and trainings to more than 1,000 business owners and sellers in the last several years. One misconception I often hear is the idea that you must choose between inbound and outbound sales strategies. Or that if you’re doing one,...

Imagine if you could understand your ideal customer better, educate yourself about new industry trends faster, and brainstorm conversation starters all with the help of AI. Sounds too good to be true?

Welcome to the world of AI and ChatGPT. In this blog post, we'll share 7 prompts that can help you...

You have a new connection, now what?

Knowing when and how to engage with your LinkedIn connections is critical to success, especially your new connections.

In this Q&A blog post, we'll explore two aspects of your LinkedIn strategy: the timing of your messages and keeping the conversation alive....

We often hear from prospects that a human-to-human approach on LinkedIn takes too long and is less efficient. But it's actually less time consuming because it's more effective.

I talked to a client who found that it saved him 43 hours a month over automated outreach. 

What would you do if you sudd...

The key to lead generation for B2B is to focus on a specific target audience and create a strategy that integrates automation with a human-to-human approach.

While it’s ok to automate certain aspects, many studies prove that customers feel more comfortable when they’re able to engage with another h...

Social selling on LinkedIn has become a new buzzword. But is it actually possible to sell services on LinkedIn? The short answer is YES!

I’ve had AMAZING results selling on LinkedIn. In 2018, I started experimenting with social selling on LinkedIn. It took a bit of research into best practices and ...

You came to this page to find the LinkedIn prospecting message templates that work to start conversations with prospects. I’ve included all those templates below, and we’ll examine the use cases and usefulness of each.

But before we get to that, let’s talk about some of the risks of using template...

Sales reps and business development pros should always be looking for new leads. LinkedIn is a particularly attractive platform for lead generation, since it's full of professionals who are typically decision-makers in their companies.

In this blog post, we'll explore the risks of automating your L...

Using Linkedin automation could result in your LinkedIn account being banned.

Recently LinkedIn won two lawsuits against data scrapers. These decisions give LinkedIn more ammunition to crack down on fake profiles and bots on their platform. These are the two key tools firms use to automate Linkedin...