Image via Wikipedia We have all heard the infamous sales mantra–ABC, Always Be Closing. But what about Openings? This is the essential question Anthony Iannarino, of The Sales Blog asks, what’s more important the opener or the closer? Closers are Charging Hard, Maybe Too Hard Often the ABC persona will run customers hard into the [...]

Why Do Aged Leads Work?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife We have certainly discussed this before, but I want to take a little different angle on the topic this time. I recently received a marketing email from a lead management software vendor talking about the number of leads that go ignored in sales people’s pipelines. The number was enormous-they [...]

Do You Love Cold Calling?
Image by MikeSchinkel via Flickr Cold calling is really the center of the aged lead business. You are making a commitment to working hard and making a lot of calls when you buy aged leads. Chances are these are leads that other lenders or debt businesses passed on or rejected. Cold Calling is Real Sales [...]

Should You Brand Your Blog?
Image by Simon Collison via Flickr I know many of you blog to build your personal brand or increase you flow of high quality exclusive leads. The question is are you branding that blog or just spitting out content? 3 Reasons to Brand Your Blog I came across a nice article on CopySnips.com about branding [...]

Sales 2.0 Conference in Chicago – September 10th
Image by jkgreenstein12 via Flickr I wish I could attend the Sales 2.0 Conference in Chicago this month. The conference is often full of good stuff on sales innovation and data to back the ideas. This event is going to cover topics like: improving the productivity on your sales pipeline, sales lead management 2.0, sales [...]


