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What can a Fractional Revenue Leader Do?

What can a Fractional Revenue Leader Do?

Small business owners are often faced with a decision dilemma of hiring the right leader for their leadership team. The two ends of the spectrum are: The leader that I know and want for my business is not affordable The leader that I can afford will be different from...

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CRM Benefits for the Whole Organization

CRM Benefits for the Whole Organization

Not all that long ago, the decision to implement a CRM involved huge trade-offs. A CRM that was very functional from a sales standpoint had very limited functionality for the operations/customer service team. Customer service applications lacked sales functionality....

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3 Reasons Your Sales May Be Flat

3 Reasons Your Sales May Be Flat

Unlocking Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses by Overcoming Sales Barriers Sales is a barrier to growth for a lot of entrepreneurial businesses. Understanding how to break through that barrier can be very challenging. How can you do it? Some common thoughts that go...

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Do you need a horizontal or vertical CRM?

Do you need a horizontal or vertical CRM?

Two Types of CRMs There are two types of CRMs: vertical and horizontal.  Vertical CRMs are designed to meet specific industries' unique needs and challenges. They provide more targeted solutions to businesses operating in those sectors, with features and...

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Benefits To Focus On Cross-Selling To Your Clients

Benefits To Focus On Cross-Selling To Your Clients

B2B services organizations typically have goals to grow their business.  The interesting thing is that they often miss the biggest opportunity to grow that is right under their nose. It is pretty hard to argue that it is a lot easier ot sell to current clients than to...

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Why Your Business Needs a CRM to Increase Revenue

Why Your Business Needs a CRM to Increase Revenue

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is now crucial for businesses looking to increase their revenue. It allows companies to manage customer interactions by capturing data, tracking interactions, and automating business processes. To scale your sales and...

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Using Your Scorecard To Help Your People

Using Your Scorecard To Help Your People

Once you are tracking the right metrics, The success of any scorecard is limited by the actions you or do not take when you review the numbers.  We discussed a few key points in our recent blog: Things your scorecard tells you about your business: Developing a mature...

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3 Challenges You May Be Having With Your Scorecard

3 Challenges You May Be Having With Your Scorecard

Developing the scorecard that works for your business is a journey.  There are some common challenges that entrepreneurs face along the way.  This blog is written to help you take action to improve your scorecard and shorten the journey. We will look at three common...

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Measuring Your Client Experience To Drive Profit

Measuring Your Client Experience To Drive Profit

I have seen a lot of entrepreneurial scorecards, and one thing is consistently missing...  the client’s perspective.  Some businesses track NPS which asks customers/clients how likely they are to recommend the product or service to their friends or colleagues, but...

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What Metrics Should You Have On Your Scorecard

What Metrics Should You Have On Your Scorecard

The process of developing the right scorecard for your business can be frustrating and is a journey. Does any of this sound familiar to you?: Am I tracking the right metrics to support my business? I have hopeless, long streaks of red for certain metrics on my...

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Symptoms That Your Content Plan is Not Working

Symptoms That Your Content Plan is Not Working

The importance of content is often overlooked in small businesses. The truth is, content enables revenue generation, and cost reduction: Revenue Generation: Great content enables prospects and clients to navigate their experience with your business quicker, with a...

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A Smarter Way To Grow Revenue

A Smarter Way To Grow Revenue

“What are we going to do to hit our 3-year goal?” Leadership teams regularly ask this question in quarterly planning meetings. The way this question gets answered determines whether the company will hit the goal or whether they’ll arrive at a future quarterly saying,...

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4 Strategies for Aligning Sales and Marketing

4 Strategies for Aligning Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing are historically misaligned, which is very curious given their goals are really the same, right? If sales and marketing both have the same goal of bringing more clients into the business, it doesn't make sense that this misalignment still occurs....

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A Better Alternative to the Buyer’s Journey

A Better Alternative to the Buyer’s Journey

What if the way we think about Buyer’s Journey is upside down? Smart marketing and sales teams collaborate to map out the buyer’s journey, thinking about how they can provide the right information to buyers at the right time during their decision making process. While...

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How To Get More Business From Your Client Base

How To Get More Business From Your Client Base

Originally published on April 19, 2019. Since we know a lot has changed since 2019, we've updated the article in 2022. One of the best ways to grow revenue is to sell more to your current clients. My friend Mark Hunter likes to say, "You don't close a sale, you open a...

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Creative Strategies To Increase Price

Creative Strategies To Increase Price

Increasing costs require many businesses to raise prices. Rather than just raise prices, what if you could take a strategic approach to cost increases? Following are ideas to get you thinking creatively about how you could handle this challenging situation. First,...

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The Two Critical Bridges for Revenue Growth

The Two Critical Bridges for Revenue Growth

To get from Canada to the United States in eastern Ontario, you need to cross the St. Lawrence River. When you cross the Thousand Islands Bridge, it’s like you are crossing two bridges. In between each bridge is an island. If you only cross one bridge, you get stuck...

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Is Your Pipeline Based on Opinion or Fact?

Is Your Pipeline Based on Opinion or Fact?

When we sit down with our prospects for a first initial meeting, we often discover that they don’t have a defined sales process or experience that they are guiding prospects and clients through. This can be challenging for a couple reasons: It’s difficult for managers...

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How To Protect Margins and Thrive In 2021

How To Protect Margins and Thrive In 2021

2021 is a make-or-break year for many businesses. Right now we need to do everything we can to protect our margins while also growing revenue. Here are three ways that you can make that happen. 1. Focus on Cross-Selling Most great companies deliver outstanding support...

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