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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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Are You Setting Achievable Revenue Goals?

Are You Setting Achievable Revenue Goals?

There's a delicate balance between setting aggressive revenue goals and achievable revenue goals. Of course you want to grow your business, but it is helpful to have some reasoning behind raising the bar to accelerate year over year revenue growth. The same concept...

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Client Experience is more than a Vibe

Client Experience is more than a Vibe

When I say “client experience,” what comes to mind? Take 30 seconds to ponder that question before you read on. Let’s get a bit more specific and go back in time 5+ years. What sort of experience do you recall having with a taxi cab? Compare that to the experience...

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Why Do You Need a Content Strategy?

Why Do You Need a Content Strategy?

Content is at the heart of sales and marketing communication. As Darrell Amy says in his book Revenue Growth Engine, content is the fuel that feeds the sales and marketing processes that drive revenue growth. Implementing a content strategy ensures that your Revenue...

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The Convergo Approach Series: A Strategic Approach

The Convergo Approach Series: A Strategic Approach

The Convergo Approach Series Part 1: The Difference Between Convergo and a Marketing Agency Part 2: A Strategic Approach Part 3: The Lens of the Ideal Client Experience Part 4: Sales and Marketing Integration Part 5: Sales and Marketing Processes There's no better way...

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What’s a Method You Can Use to Coach Your Team?

What’s a Method You Can Use to Coach Your Team?

You may be a new manager, someone people come to for advice, or a seasoned manager looking for some new tips to help employees. Coaching is a great skill to have on your toolbelt, but how do you do it and which model should you use? There are many coaching methods out...

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Why Alignment is Key to Change and Adoption

Why Alignment is Key to Change and Adoption

You may be asking yourself why you should stop and align with your team before you get going on quarterly projects. This is a great question! Your people are the heart and soul of your organization and projects. When starting any new project or initiating any change,...

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How Much Should You Invest in Marketing?

How Much Should You Invest in Marketing?

My wife and I were just discussing what we might do for fun next summer. The possibilities are endless! We might go to the mountains, music festivals, mountain biking or the beach to name a few. Figuring out where to spend/allocate/invest time or money is something...

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How To Make Prospecting a Priority

Of all the things your dealership could do in the next year to grow sales, what could move the needle more than anything else? In the book Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink tells a story that rings true in our industry. The CEO of a pharmaceutical company had all kinds...

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3 Filters for Your Ideal Client Profile

3 Filters for Your Ideal Client Profile

Creating a profile of your ideal client is an exercise that serves many purposes for any business that has limited resources (which is all businesses, right?). Especially in a B2B business, it is much more efficient and profitable to acquire, manage, and delight a...

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The Power of “The List” to Grow Revenue Faster

The Power of “The List” to Grow Revenue Faster

One way to grow your EOSⓇ business faster is to attract and cross-sell ideal clients. These are the types of clients that appreciate what you do and can buy everything that you sell. Unless you have a limitless marketing budget and massive sales team, trying to sell...

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What is the Quickest Way to Grow Revenue?

What is the Quickest Way to Grow Revenue?

We are in the business of helping EOS® companies grow revenue. Over half of the businesses that come to us with that goal in mind are wanting to do so by generating more leads. As we work with clients to develop an initial Revenue Growth Plan, it typically becomes...

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How to Conduct An Effective Virtual Meeting

How to Conduct An Effective Virtual Meeting

4.7 million people work from home in the United States [source]. The need for collaboration and meeting with co-workers does not go away when people transition to working from home, so it is no surprise that products like Zoom Meeting have realized huge growth. The...

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Prospect More Effectively with Sales Sequences

Originally published at the Revenue Growth Engine One touch simply doesn’t cut it in today’s world. Salesforce.com research found that it takes 6-8 touches with a prospect to get an appointment. Sirius Decisions found that it takes 8 to 12 attempts to reach a decision...

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Why Great Companies Need To Grow Revenue

Why Great Companies Need To Grow Revenue

Yesterday morning at Dallas Love Field, I crossed paths with a guy I know who leads a sales team for a $10 million company. Over breakfast at Cantina Laredo (love this place!) I shared my concept behind the Revenue Growth Engine. We talked about his team and their...

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Why We Like Working With EOS/Traction Companies

Why We Like Working With EOS/Traction Companies

Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of leading many management teams through Revenue Growth Workshops to make a plan to drive organic revenue growth. My favorite companies to work with are ones that use Gino Wickman’s EOS (Entrepreneur’s Operating System)...

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Buyer’s Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Outcomes

Buyer’s Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Outcomes

What you sell and what your clients buy may be two very different things. We think we sell products and services. What our clients really buy is outcomes. Theodore Levitt, the father of modern marketing put it brilliantly: “People don’t buy drill bits, they buy...

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Sales Prospecting With a Positive Attitude

Consistent prospecting is essential for sales success. Without a steady stream of prospects, the funnel dries up. Then you end up taking desperation deals and flipping your base. Effective prospecting requires a positive attitude. The challenge is that if there is one...

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The Importance of Looking Trustworthy

“People will accept the advice of insight sellers only to the extent that they trust them.” - Mike Schultz & John Doerr, Insight Selling Trust is a critical component to sales success. In their buyer research, the authors of Insight Selling learned what we know...

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Sales Discipline Equals Financial Freedom

“Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom.” - Jocko Willink Jocko provides helpful insight for sales professionals and leaders in the final chapter of Extreme Ownership : Discipline Equals Freedom. If you want the freedom of...

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Consistent Execution: The Secret To Revenue Growth

“Execution is the single greatest market differentiator. Great companies and successful individuals execute better than the competition.” - Brian P. Moran, The 12 Week Year If you want to be successful in growing a company as a business owner, or growing a territory...

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Flipping MIF Is Easy. Net-New Is Hard.

In the office technology industry I serve, we talk about Machines-in-Field (MIF). Every 3-5 years the leases on these machines expire or the machine wears out. Sales reps “flip the MIF” when they upgrade customers to new equipment. MIF-flipping plays a critical role....

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