4/28/2023 7:09:48 AM What if there was sales technique that outperforms traditional sales and marketing techniques by 20x, it would get you back on your growth trajectory By Tim Hughes If lowering CAC (customer acquisition cost) and accelerating revenue growth is a priority then CEO’s must take the lead in challenging...
4/27/2023 8:15:25 AM Where should I invest strategically to fuel growth? By Tim Hughes In the recent Boston Consulting Group (BCG): CEO Outlook April 2023 report, which you can get a copy of here. It's clear that CEOs are...
4/26/2023 1:56:26 PM Everything you do and say in business is totally transparent to the world and from this, people are making decisions about you and your company By Tim Hughes Here we have another leader that does not seem to understand that what we do and say in business is totally transparent. What do I mean? ...
4/26/2023 8:31:54 AM Announcement: DLA Ignite to provide the Institute of Sales Professionals (ISP) endorsed certification of social selling By Tim Hughes When we started DLA Ignite 7 years ago, Adam Gray and I knew that we needed to be able to offer people a certification in social selling....
4/25/2023 8:21:26 AM Saying "cold calling is dead" is just an opinion, where's the data to back this up? By Tim Hughes You often have people making statements on social media, statements, which are opinions. Having an opinion is fine, I can tell you that...
4/24/2023 9:28:03 AM How as a small company can I compete and beat the big companies? By Tim Hughes I was talking to a small business recently and they said, we cannot social sell, because we just don't have the resources that big...
4/21/2023 7:47:22 AM How do I remain focused on a few deals but keep up my demand generation at the same time? By Tim Hughes It's always been the problem for sales, how do we focus and close the deals we need to close, but also spend time on demand generation so...
4/20/2023 10:13:40 AM New study reveals only 1 in 10 global workers have in-demand digital skills By Tim Hughes Interesting research from Salesforce around the need for digital skills today. Picking up some highlights. Quick take: Salesforce’s new...
4/20/2023 9:35:17 AM Are You A Listening Brand? By Stephen Sumner How to get in front of the right people is a big question all companies ask of their marketing teams, who in turn ask the same question...
4/20/2023 9:25:27 AM People Buy From People - It's Not About The Tech! By Stephen Sumner If you're a small business, and you enjoy blogging about what you do, why you do it, and sometimes 'how' you do it can be a great source...
4/20/2023 8:18:56 AM 90% of your revenue creation team(s) are totally invisible to your buyers and customers By Tim Hughes Alex Abbott of our partner Supero, recently did a webinar for the Institute of Sales professionals (ISP) and ran a number of polls during...
4/19/2023 8:47:19 AM Social selling already? - Great stuff, but how does that compare to best practice? By Tim Hughes A number of people come to me and say they are social selling already, which is great. Maybe you've had marketing teach you or social...
4/18/2023 9:09:22 AM Why you no longer need ... crazy simple cold call openers to avoid getting hung up by your prospects By Tim Hughes I love Linkedin, probably every day I find something that will make me laugh. One was a post, that made me laugh out loud was that was...
4/17/2023 8:33:11 AM Why in sales and marketing you need to undertake a "stop, start, continue" brainstorm By Tim Hughes Have you ever undertaken a "stop, start, continue" brainstorm? The point is, you stop doing the things that are not adding valuestart...
4/14/2023 8:04:45 AM Social selling? I try and weave it in to what I do ...how's that working for you? By Tim Hughes Had a conversation the other day with an SDR and they said to me "social selling, yes, I try and weave that into what i do" I said...
4/13/2023 9:03:51 AM How to use Twitter to get 10 C-Level Appointments Per Week — A Case Study - It's the 7th anniversary of this article By Tim Hughes Time flies, but it's the 7th year anniversary of this blog, on how to get 10 C-Level meetings a week using Twitter. Getting meetings...