Episode 731 – How Will Changing Your Marketing… Actively Improve Your Sales Success?

I learned a lesson while teaching LinkedIn to a companies sales team. I could teach tools, tactics, and tips, but I could not help them to look past the process to create progress. That was up to the sales manager, who had to create accountability for them all. What I didn’t realize at the time…

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Episode 730 – Becoming A Trusted Advisor – Part 2 with Mark SA Smith

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

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Episode 729 – The 10 Most POWERFUL Words In Business (Besides Thank You!)

It’s that time of year again to give thanks and send holiday gifts and cards. The problem is, when we do that in social media or email, our sincerity gets diluted by every other person or company doing the same thing at the same time. What would happen if you had a system to do…

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Episode 728 – Becoming A Trusted Advisor – Part 1 with Mark SA Smith

Mark S. A. Smith designs and implements customer acquisition systems that find and recruit customers for disruptive products. He speaks at entrepreneurial events delivering pragmatic ideas to grow and succeed. He is an electrical engineer, media technologist, computer programmer, hardware salesman, software marketer, and business owner who works with leaders who must develop the best…

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Episode 727 – Relationship Marketing For Success? Connect With Someone And Their Network

I recently did something I have not done in over 5 years. I hopped on a plane and went to Raleigh North Carolina to meet a bunch of people I have not yet met in person. The last few years have been filled with new connections online and through Zoom, but face-to-face meetings have been…

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Episode 726 – Overcoming The Red Tape Of Filling Jobs With Foreign Workers with Jacki Lentini

The Law Offices of Jacqueline Lentini, LLC is certified by the State of Illinois Central Management Services as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE), a part of the diversity compliance opportunities within the State. For more information, please see Diversity Compliance: https://www2.illinois.gov/cms/business/sell2/bep/Pages/default.aspx. Jacqueline Lentini focuses her practice on immigration law and compliance, handling all matters of…

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Episode 725 – Marketing B2b For Better Sales – 3 Things It Is & 3 Things It Is NOT?

It was not too long ago that we had to get in our cars and go to store-to-store to find what we needed and the best deal. Amazon now does that for you and delivers it in a day or two. Since we are consumers at heart, we all tend to have a consumer bias…

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Episode 724 – Framing Your Negative Messages In A Positive Way with Jeff Ward

Jeff Ward has covered Illinois politics as a journalist for 11 years. He knows how to frame a message and he knows how to win a campaign. As a prize-winning former eight-year Sun-Times suburban opinion columnist and the former six-year co-host of the well-regarded Ward & Jones Radio Show, Jeff has seen it all! He’s…

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Episode 723 – Why Is Artificial Intelligence So Bad At Sales And Marketing?

When I walk my dog, I am using a bunch of AI (Artificial Intelligence) from my fitness tracker to taking pictures, to posting to social, and even voice recognition. We hardly even think about AI in just about everything; our phones, vehicles, TVs, appliances, and so much more these days. It certainly makes life easier…

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Episode 722 – Creating One Million Jobs Through Collaboration with Dennis Yu

Dennis Yu’s mission is to create a million jobs. CEO of BlitzMetrics, a digital marketing company that partners with schools to train young adults. We offer courses, implementation, and consulting. My personal mission centers around mentorship from my experience with helping people from all walks of life grow their expertise in digital marketing, sharing his…

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