Motivation on the Run

fyi … here is the schedule for the next few months for the Get Motivated Seminars along with an 800 number for additional information. Now you have no excuse … Zig Ziglar Full Newsletter May 16, San Antonio, TX June 1, Denver, CO June 14, Oklahoma City, OK Get Motivated Seminars For more information about [...]

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This looks to be a good resource for article and documents on sales compensation plans. I found the story at businesswire.com, but the source site is eVenturing.org. If you are responsible for compensation, this will help. Sales Compensation Plans That Work for Entrepreneurial Companies Featured on Kauffman eVenturing The Kauffman eVenturing site is dedicated to [...]

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Regular listeners and readers will know I like Selling Power magazine a lot. They also have five or six email newsletters you can subscribe to free (free registration required), that cover topics like: Motivation, Management, Sales Management, Incentives, and more. This article is from the latest newsletter and is short and to the point about [...]

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A good run down on customer service. the writer approaches it from what the biggest blunders are in poor customer service. You will need to head over to the full story to get the explanations for each blunder. It’s worth the time … Biggest Customer Service Blunders of All Time – Entrepreneur.com – MSNBC.com While [...]

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This article has quite a few people listing their favorite sales books. If you are in sales, and realize the importance of reading, you can get a lot of good hints here on where to spend your next paycheck. Books about selling can help newcomers, veterans in sales A wealth of resources to improve your [...]

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Hiring, Firing, and compensation packages were the highlight of yesterday’s all day seminar sponsored by Cisco and TechData, and I decided the long day was worth it as I dragged my tired body to the elevator and into the car for the hour+ drive home. Acumen Management Group‘s Ken Thorenson delivered two days worth of [...]

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Leadership and motivation are difficult concepts to grasp and as proof, look around at all the un-motivated people there are in corporate America today. Management blames the workers and workers blame management. It has become a visious circle that leads to un-productivity. It even pervades our schools and universities, as students sleep through classes or [...]

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Leadership 2.0 2.0 is the new buzzword for new and innovative ideas that look at the current model (business in this case) and asks why. There is Web 2.0, Business 2.0, Identity 2.0, .NET 2.0 from Microsoft and now Leadership 2.0. What is Leadership 2.0? It is my new way to look at the hiring [...]

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I love it when I talk about something on the podcast and a few weeks later, it becomes news. This is a press release from a company in Austin, TX that helps businesses build better images, and is very timely. Dress has always been important to image, but casual Fridays and then casual every day [...]

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You’ve landed that great new job as a salesman for a great company. They have a good reputation for being a leader in their industry. You know that if you work hard, you will be successful. You are motivated to success by all the factors that make up this new world. Then after two and [...]

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