Schmoozing is not Selling. Sorry I can’t remember the source of this very smart quote. And I’m even sorrier that I didn’t learn this lesson in my early twenties rather than my (late?) 30s. In my first job as a consulting engineer, I worked with another twenty-something engineer whom I’ll […]
Yearly Archives: 2007
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I’ve just discovered a surprisingly good book for aspiring entrepreneurs. In Kick Start Your Dream Business: Getting It Started and Keeping You Going, business consultant and teacher Romanus Wolter documents the process he uses to help previously untrained entrepreneurs clarify and deploy their ideas for anything from publishing businesses to […]
If they make me wait in line 10 minutes to spend $5, they’re not going to last. — Bay Area curmudgeon and business critic D.M. Hunkins, placing his early bets on a neighborhood coffee shop.
Do more of your customers love you than hate you? You better hope so, because that is the number one equation that points to your profitability. So say the researchers at Bain & Co: Research conducted by Bain & Co. established that one question reliably indicates customer loyalty (as evidenced […]
“It is not unusual for extraordinary sales professionals to communicate demarketing messages via the mass media. James C. Hansberger is an ESP and senior vice president for Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. A recent article bout investment counselors defined his target market as follows; “His client’s net worth ranges from around […]
A Toyota Motor Corp employee died of overwork after logging more than 106 hours of overtime in a month, a judge ruled Friday, reversing a ministry’s earlier decision not to pay compensation to his widow. …The employee, who was working at a Toyota factory in central Japan, died of irregular […]
What’s the cash value of your network? The folks at XING.com (a business social networking resource like LinkedIn) have come up with a methodology that requires but 5 minutes of your time. Click here: mynetworkvalue.com Oh and mine? $1,222,000. High for my age and field. Hooray for me! If you […]