Abraham Lincoln, Thanksgiving and a Thank You Note
First, I want to thank all those who have commented on this blog in its early weeks. I appreciate, it and so do the many other readers who have yet to make the jump to commenting themselves: to whom I’d say, come on in, the water’s fine! Maureen Rogers Brooks Sackett Steve Smith David Andrew […]
Charles Handy vs. Web 2.0
You know eBay and Amazon. You’ve probably heard of LinkedIn. You may have heard of Opinity. You’re less likely, I suspect, to have heard of RapLeaf. Here’s how they describe what they do: Linked-In: People search; promote your business; get a job; publish your profile; hire through referral; one-click ref checks…Opinity: Using your Opinity profile, […]
Trust Tip 20: How to Close a Sale
For those of you in business development and sales, what would you say is the most important aspect of that process? Here’s what the market thinks. Or, at least what Amazon’s search algorithm produces when the word “sales” is linked to a related term: Sales 302,410 Sales price 24,969 Sales pitch 11,797 Sales meeting 5,608 […]
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