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Business Acumen Drives Results

This book review originally appeared in Baltimore, Washington and Philadelphia SmartCEO Magazine. I’m often asked what I believe is the most important trait to succeed in sales or business. Anyone who knows me knows my answer – business acumen. Today, more than ever, those individuals who possess business acumen have a tremendous advantage over those that don’t. This is especially true in sales. It’s funny (sad really), but if you were Rip Van Winkle having just awakened from a 50-year sleep,...

The Sales Cycle

This week we begin a new focus for The Weekly Fast Growth Tip: shortening the sales cycle time....

Is It Too Late To Save BlackBerry?

In January 2010, I wrote a blog post asking if BlackBerry was a dead product walking. In the post I...

Effortless Results

Yesterday I was working with one of the players on our college baseball team in the batting cage....

Taking Away The Myths of Content

Anyone who's a reader of this blog knows that I'm a radical believer in the importance of content....

The Results Chasm

There is a critical, often overlooked, space between insight and execution. It’s a space that is...

Losing Is Part of Progress

I’ll never forget the defining moment of my sales career. I had experienced some nice success in my...

The Fast Growth Blog Wins Best Blog Award

On February 10th, The Baltimore Business Journal announced their Best In Social Media Awards. I was...

Successfully Hiring Salespeople

For 25 years the most frequent question I’ve gotten about sales efforts deals with successfully...

A Critical Approach to Effective Selling

If you’re bringing something valuable to the market; something that will allow you to break away...