Comments on: The Best Sales and Marketing Advice I’ve Heard This Year http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/ Business is Human. Relationships Power Growth. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:59:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marilee Crocker http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6350 Marilee Crocker Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:41:25 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-6350 Great question! (What one thing could you do today ...?) As a sole proprietor who works at home, I especially like the comments about getting out into the world – which is why I quoted several of you in my Sunday biz@home column. [http://www.capecodonline.com] My thanks to all for sharing your thoughtful words. For me, getting outside is about getting outside my bubble in order to make new connections and stimulate creative insights. Thanks again everyone! Great question! (What one thing could you do today ...?) As a sole proprietor who works at home, I especially like the comments about getting out into the world – which is why I quoted several of you in my Sunday biz@home column. [http://www.capecodonline.com] My thanks to all for sharing your thoughtful words. For me, getting outside is about getting outside my bubble in order to make new connections and stimulate creative insights. Thanks again everyone!

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]]> By: Robert Rodrigue http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5741 Robert Rodrigue Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:09:20 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5741 Sam- I enjoyed your 3-minute video. Smove. So very smooth; what a great word and a great concept. Thanks for sharing it. -Rob 817-372-4618 Sam-

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]]> By: Jack Cantwell http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5734 Jack Cantwell Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:49:04 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5734 You're right! It works internationally too. I got more accomplished in Karaoke bars with my clients in Japan for 5 years than I ever did at the office. Relax, remove the mask, and get to the heart of the matter. Jack Cantwell, SkyLimit Marketing, Lebanon, Pa You're right! It works internationally too. I got more accomplished in Karaoke bars with my clients in Japan for 5 years than I ever did at the office. Relax, remove the mask, and get to the heart of the matter. Jack Cantwell, SkyLimit Marketing, Lebanon, Pa

]]> By: Jack Cantwell http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 Jack Cantwell Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:45:55 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5733 Nike got it right when they coined "Just do it!" I have an editorial responsibility for one of my clients (community newspapers). I write, plus supervise a team of freelance story writers. I make it a point to meet with them one-on-one every couple of months. Solid relationships have resulted in keeping the team intact for the 3 years I've been doing this. it's also important to be generous with professional time for good causes...like CenttralPennsylvaniaSupportsTheTroops.com....a Sports Memorabilia Aution that has raised over $100,000 to fight cancer locally the past 10 years...and AFCA ..a charity that raises funds to provide life saving medication for children with AIDS in Africa. It's never about the money...but always about the passion for the work and the point of view on the other side of the table. Jack Cantwell, SkyLimit Marketing, Lebanon, Pa Nike got it right when they coined "Just do it!"
I have an editorial responsibility for one of my clients (community newspapers). I write, plus supervise a team of freelance story writers. I make it a point to meet with them one-on-one every couple of months. Solid relationships have resulted in keeping the team intact for the 3 years I've been doing this.
it's also important to be generous with professional time for good causes...like CenttralPennsylvaniaSupportsTheTroops.com....a Sports Memorabilia Aution that has raised over $100,000 to fight cancer locally the past 10 years...and AFCA ..a charity that raises funds to provide life saving medication for children with AIDS in Africa.
It's never about the money...but always about the passion for the work and the point of view on the other side of the table.
Jack Cantwell, SkyLimit Marketing, Lebanon, Pa

]]> By: Peter Guzzardo http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5726 Peter Guzzardo Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:05:59 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5726 Pick up the phone and find out where some of your best clients hang out after work and show up there. Most likely it will be a bar or a restaurant with lots of other people you don't know who are friends with your client, and they probably do the same kind of work. Congratulations, you have entered the space of business leisure. If you relax, don't drink anything but water, remain authentic and have a few good laughs, your client will introduce you to her friends, and if you are good, you will probably walk out of there with a few warm leads. And if you are really good and give value first, you will turn those leads into sales. Beats the hell out of cold calling and unlike cold calling, it's fun! DO IT TODAY Pick up the phone and find out where some of your best clients hang out after work and show up there.

Most likely it will be a bar or a restaurant with lots of other people you don't know who are friends with your client, and they probably do the same kind of work.

Congratulations, you have entered the space of business leisure. If you relax, don't drink anything but water, remain authentic and have a few good laughs, your client will introduce you to her friends, and if you are good, you will probably walk out of there with a few warm leads. And if you are really good and give value first, you will turn those leads into sales.

Beats the hell out of cold calling and unlike cold calling, it's fun! DO IT TODAY

]]> By: Robin http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5721 Robin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:37:03 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5721 It's all about the pain! It feels so good to be a problem-solver! But there must be a problem! Or it's.....NEXT! It's all about the pain!
It feels so good to be a problem-solver!
But there must be a problem!
Or it's.....NEXT!

]]> By: Wired To Care » Blog Archive » Networking Master Keith Ferrazzi: ‘The Best Sales and Marketing Advice I’ve Heard This Year’ http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5716 Wired To Care » Blog Archive » Networking Master Keith Ferrazzi: ‘The Best Sales and Marketing Advice I’ve Heard This Year’ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:58:07 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5716 [...] Check it out, and join the conversation! [...] [...] Check it out, and join the conversation! [...]

]]> By: Rui http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5715 Rui Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:05:17 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5715 What an important topic. Also important to bring your camera to document some ideas, what the competitor, the stores are doing. When you prepare a presentation to somebody "closed" in the office helps a lot. What an important topic.
Also important to bring your camera to document some ideas, what the competitor, the stores are doing.
When you prepare a presentation to somebody "closed" in the office helps a lot.

]]> By: Krista http://www.keithferrazzi.com/uncategorized/the-best-sales-and-marketing-advice-i%e2%80%99ve-heard-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 Krista Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:53:09 +0000 http://www.keithferrazzi.com/?p=4212#comment-5714 Talk to people. Anyone. Everyone. Have a conversation with the lady who cleans your office. Open up and share with the colleague you've never had much in common with. Or talk to the barista. Sometimes I like to wander into Borders and go to a shelf I don't normally browse and I end up with amazing discoveries, book-wise. It's all about getting out of one's everyday (boring) routine/route and taking the longer road, or doing something unexpected. A good stroll in the local supermarket also does wonders. As you walk down the aisles of food and more food, ideas and inspiration will start popping up. Our brains work best when they're at their most relaxed. Talk to people. Anyone. Everyone. Have a conversation with the lady who cleans your office. Open up and share with the colleague you've never had much in common with. Or talk to the barista. Sometimes I like to wander into Borders and go to a shelf I don't normally browse and I end up with amazing discoveries, book-wise. It's all about getting out of one's everyday (boring) routine/route and taking the longer road, or doing something unexpected. A good stroll in the local supermarket also does wonders. As you walk down the aisles of food and more food, ideas and inspiration will start popping up. Our brains work best when they're at their most relaxed.

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