Selling is easy. We all know it. It’s PROSPECTING that’s difficult. In fact, the number one reason sales professionals FAIL in a wide range of industries is not that they don’t know how to sell…it is because they do not know how to prospect. Or, if they do know how…
We all have attended plays, concerts and movies—whether it was a sell-out show on Broadway or your third grader’s stage debut in the school musical. Regardless of the setting, in your child’s school or on Broadway, the same principle applies: the performers follow a script, and that script is rehearsed…
In the previous blog, I discussed how to get to know your technology or software business’s target market. In this part, I’ll talk about why how much you know makes a difference. Different things appeal to different people. Different people buy the same product for entirely different reasons. For example,…
I’m a firm proponent of target marketing. For a small technology or software consulting company, there’s no better way to attract and retain new customers. That being said, I know there are a lot of companies that resist targeted marketing. They think with all of those people out there that…
I’ve worked on a lot of surveys with my clients. We used surveys to determine what customers were thinking of buying, features they wanted, and how much they were willing to spend for the final product. Those surveys prevented a lot of marketing errors in our final result. Many of…
There’s so much noise around the Internet and social media today. The challenge for many technology businesses is what to do first and what to do to support your internet marketing efforts. This blog post starts at the beginning of your marketing efforts and focuses on how to use the…
How would you like to know more about your potential clients and partners before you invest your time building a future relationship? I have found that many of my smaller clients invest a significant amount of time chasing the wrong clients. It’s not hard to see why. In changing economic…
by Keith F. Luscher Author, Prospect & Flourish We all know that happy customers are great for prospecting for new ones–through referrals and introductions, and also through getting testimonials that you can use in your customer communication materials. But there is one medium that I have yet to see leveraged…
We’ve had many great guest bloggers on the Market Leadership Journal. Our goal is to bring you the best thinking on the technology business as it becomes available. With my business, I have the opportunity to meet a lot of fascinating people. While working on a project with a client…
This week Keith F. Luscher, Author, Prospect & Flourish takes on the challenge of what do you do once your identify a potential client that appears to be online but really isn’t. Currently, more than 60 percent of U.S. Twitter users fail to return the following month, or in other…