Matt Mullenweg (the guy who started Automattic, which produces Wordpress, which runs this blog and many others) tells Jonathan Schwartz that Sun Microsystems isn’t there for startups.
Calling All Conversions
Well it’s that time again – time to renew my cell phone contract. Should I keep the same provider?
Calling Dibs In E-Business
The 21st Century, where all things tech, software, media, and e-business will converge and boom with deafening force, is creating a new realm of specialization that is vital to an evolve or die type of market. That realm, as many are learning through litigation and deflated new product hopes, is intellectual property rights. Intellectual Ventures, a company spawned by two former Microsoft employees, recognizes the potential of this burgeoning market, collecting patents rather than products.
The Cold Calling Conspiracy
A consipiracy exists in the world of selling. A cold calling conspiracy.
Conference Calling Can Save Your Sales Organization Time and Money
Conference calling can save you money. There is no doubt that in the sales business, every second counts.
12 Handy Tips for Generating Leads through Cold-Calling
Cold calling can be a great way to generate quality leads. You get to speak to the gatekeepers and stakeholders, and you get a great insight into their requirements and influences.
Sales Therapy 101: Breaking Your Fear of Cold Calling
Almost every day, visitors to my Unlock The GameT website click on my live instant-messenger chat button, which invites them to “Ask Ari a selling question.”
Dick Eats Crow; Pots and Kettles Start Name Calling
Has everyone in Congress flipped off their interior monologues? The feathers were still floating around the head of Dick Durbin as he made his apology to the Senate, the US soldiers, and anybody else who heard him compare Guantanamo soldiers to the Nazis.
Conference Calling Evolved
Originally the conference call was limited to businesses paying exorbitant fees to the telcos. For business, it still made sense economically because the costs were less than the travel costs involved in bringing the people together. Additionally, significant time savings are involved, both in terms of travel time and in being able to communicate fairly rapidly to an extended group.
7 Cold Calling Secrets Even The Sales Gurus Don’t Know
More and more e-mails are arriving in my in-box from people who hate cold calling. Here’s what they’re saying: