Archive for August, 2009

Lasers vs Flashlights

Posted by conrey on August 17th, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  1 Comment

The world is full of light sources, and plenty of good uses for various types. You need to search for a wanted person from the helicopter? Spotlight will work just fine. You want to illuminate a room, 100 Watts of incandescence will do you just fine. You want to find [...]

Social Media Isn’t Just on the Internet

Posted by conrey on August 14th, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  4 Comments

Sales people across the internet are being bombarded with people telling them that they need to be on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, FriendFeed, or some other Social Media tool that is currently the new shiny thing. Now here is the thing that they aren’t telling you – If you only are using Social Media tools [...]

The Path of Least Resistance

Posted by conrey on August 13th, 2009 under Sales Tags:  •  No Comments

“Whatever is easiest for you” That should be your answer 99% of the time when your client offers a couple of choices that have no real impact on you. Let them be the one to decide if it is easiest to meet with you in the morning or the afternoon. Let them [...]

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

Posted by conrey on August 12th, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  1 Comment

I’ve written on this blog about breaking your patterns, being yourself, sweat equity, taking the challenge, investing in yourself, defining your own success, motivation, and being the best (amongst other things). Today I get the opportunity to actually walk the walk in addition to all the talking I do and see if I can [...]

Technology for Technology’s Sake

Posted by conrey on August 10th, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  1 Comment

As a well known geek this may look counter-intuitive but as much as I love my iPhone and webapps, I don’t need any of them to do my job.  I just need a phone, a pen, and someone to talk to.   The same is true for most jobs, and yet there are hundreds of tools [...]

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