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Monthly Archives: August 2013

When I was in high school, I played basketball every day.  I was really skinny.  I could eat whatever I wanted and I definitely did not have a healthy diet.  Plus, I had a huge appetite.  There were never leftovers in my house. But, as I got older, I played less basketball and still ate the same quantity of food.  The result was that I gained weight.  I just started buying bigger… Read More

“Let’s do a b2b Facebook page,” I said, thinking it would be a relatively simple thing to get off the ground. I mean, there’s really no cost to launch a page. You just have do some light graphics work, package up your content and than you’re off to the races, right? Wow, was I wrong. Launching a b2b Facebook page for AutoTrader.com was a surprising challenge that has opened my eyes to… Read More

Sales and marketing frameworks can be useful, and there is no more commonly used framework than the traditional “sales funnel” that we all know and love. You know, the diagram where customers come into the top of the funnel, then good sales and marketing people gradually move them down until they are ready to buy. Wouldn’t it be nice if it really worked that way? It would certainly make our jobs a… Read More