One of the first things that sales and company executives ask us when we meet them is; “We need to grow our sales, what can you do for us?” To that we always respond, “If you’d share with us some of the processes that you have in place now for the sales team to follow – we can then take a look at them and see if there might be a way that we can help.”

Is it time to build a Marketing Machine? Let’s examine the benefits. And Assemble The Best of Both Worlds There’s marketing and there’s sales, and each has its pros and cons. To ensure your marketing and sales people work in concert with one another as teammates, like they should, you need a Marketing Machine. A Marketing Machine combines the strengths of marketing and sales to create a powerful business development system – a combination of technology aprocess! Strategic Planning & Implementat-ion Associates builds Marketing Machines using a combination of software and eMarketing system.

Why is it that such a large percentage of successful entrepreneurs (up to 25% of the US population according to the National Institute of Health NIH) exhibit to a greater or lesser degree some symptoms of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)? Could it be that one or more of the symptoms of what ADD does to over 25% of the American population be a benefit to people who have learned to live with ADD as they consider establishing a business vs. working for someone else? Is ADHD a negative trait? I’d say just the opposite. Their high energy level, willingness to put in the hours, and ability to do a great….

Poisoning an employee? What does that mean? I’ve never hurt anyone anytime in my life! Deliberately yes – likely what you think is the case may not be true! Why? Because poisoning an employee means you’ve removed one or more employee’s sense of empowerment and ability to positively impact the efficiencies/effectiveness of what they do for the company.

What is the typical result of “POISONING AN EMPLOYEE”?

“I don’t care how many degrees you have on the wall, if you don’t know how to sell, you’re probably going to starve.”—George Forman

A lot of business owners think they are selling, when really all they are doing is marketing. Do you know the difference between the two? It will cost you a lot of time, energy, and money if you don’t.