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How to Grow Your B2B Firm by Making Every Employee a Sales Rep

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Regardless of their title, job description or capacity to work the room at a social event, every B2B firm employee should be given training, tools and ongoing support that empowers them to: Manage Their Personal Brand – Clients hire individuals, rather than a firm, to help them. Ask for Referrals – This is a tough task for most employees.

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The Death of Rolodex Marketing

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In the pre-internet world, personal relationships, referrals and endorsements played a significant role in the decision-making process. The Old Boy Network may not be dead yet, but it requires a far greater amount of effort to maintain it properly. When it comes to business development, your Old Boy Network is becoming irrelevant.

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What the US Marines Can Teach Your B2B Firm about Marketing and Sales

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Regardless of their title, job description or capacity to work the room at a social event, every B2B executive should be given training, tools and ongoing support that empowers them to: Manage Their Personal Brand – Clients hire individuals, rather than a firm, to help them.

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Two Words That Can Make or Break Your Career

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Personal grooming habits. A few years ago, a former business associate asked if I would set up a “networking interview” for his best friend’s daughter, who was a recent college graduate exploring career opportunities in marketing. In the business world, just about everything you do can influence your success. The way you dress.

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Should Companies Manage Their Employees’ LinkedIn Profiles?

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LinkedIn is no longer simply a social media tool that enables corporate executives to put themselves in play for a better job under the guise of “networking.” Increasingly, social media tools like LinkedIn are playing an important role in personal and corporate life.

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How WebMD Has Changed B2B Marketing Forever

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Prospective customers now turn to their personal networks and publicly available information — via digital and social media channels—to self-diagnose their problems and to self-prescribe their own solutions.

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Why Your Fund Marketing Strategy Isn’t Working

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But investors need to know that your fund isn’t simply a “virtual” business composed of a contractual network of various 3rd party providers. But the most successful funds understand that investors are people, regardless of the size of the institutions they represent, and that nurturing personal relationships matters.