• Blog, Business Dev

    Posted on August 25th, 2007

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    Business Dev: Small actions = big consequences

    While out at dinner one evening this week I happened to be following a large SUV with an advertisement for a local insurance agent painted on it. I’d seen the SUV around town and had thought about calling to get a quote since my insurance was coming up for renewal…looks like their marketing strategy [...]

  • Blog, Business Dev, Misc

    Posted on August 22nd, 2007

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    Simplenomics: Carl Hubbell teachs a salesman to sell

    I’d like to point out Mike Sigers’ post titled “Can a Salesman Learn to Pitch?” on his Simplenomics blog.
    In this post, Mike recounts a story of a salesman who learned how to sell by studying baseball great Carl Hubbell, the inventor of the screwball. The main reason for my wanting to point this post [...]

  • Blog, Business Dev

    Posted on July 3rd, 2007

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    Are RFP’s evil?

    According to a few blogs I ran across today, RFP’s are evil. Read these posts here

    RFP’s are Evil – From Brains on Fire Blog
    RFP’s are Still Evil – From Brains on Fire Blog
    The Dirty Little Secrets about Proposals – From Marketing Prof’s Daily Fix

    The three articles above are written by some folks [...]

  • Business Dev, Consulting

    Posted on January 12th, 2007

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    Finding the Ideal Client

    Everyone wants to work with the ideal client, but how many consultants and entrepreneurs out there can afford the luxury of holding out for this mythical ideal client? Read on.
    Anne-Marie Nichols at The Write Spot has an interesting post titled “Identifying your ideal client” that I found interesting. In the article, Anne-Marie [...]