Con Georgiou

Digital Social Entrepreneur

Post archive for ‘Sales’

Rant: Service IS Sales & Marketing

Why Service is everything in today’s world.

Velteo gets engaged with salesforce.com

If you’re wondering what i’ve been up to for the last 6 months read on. I’ll give you a clue, it has something to do with Velteo….

My review of Prezi - Awesome in so many ways

My review of Prezi - a cool tool for creating more contextual, fluid and relational presentations, sketches and notes in the cloud and locally on your computer.

TWiST #33 Review with Shawn Gold - An Influential Episode

I have a confession to make, I’m addicted to This Week in Startups (TWiST). TWiST is a weekly podcast of interviews with New Age Entrepreneurs in a format that only its founder, Jason Calacanis, can pull off yet still keep you pumped.

Is the global economic slowdown a perfect storm for new age business and technology?

Businesses large and small are reviewing everything right now, including the effectiveness of traditional marketing, data storage, communications and computing. Business stakeholders and shareholders alike are expecting businesses to adopt smarter ways of doing business, the days of getting away with “That’s just the way we do things around here” are over. Yield optimisation is [...]

Building your pipeline in a downturn

Growing a small business is tough work, especially in a downturn. The sales function is a time consuming task with a constant need to fill your “sales funnel” with fresh, qualified prospects on a regular basis. Finding the best qualified leads from your business does not come from a cold contact situation but from building [...]

Myths of Prospecting

Sales prospecting is a key activity for most sales driven small businesses. Take the time to revisit your assumptions about sales prospecting…the results will surprise you.
For years, I dreaded the prospecting part of sales. The constant rejection was excruciating until I learned the myths toward sales prospecting.
The 5 Myths of Sales Prospecting
Myth #1: Prospecting is [...]

Inbox Zero Trial

Trialling InboxZero, will it help my effectiveness?