A little over 2 months ago, The Database Diva partnered with Ken Quigley of Keystroke Quality Computing, to take over our: ACT Software sales and ACT Technical Support, including our active ACT support contracts The hand off has been a very smooth transition (as many of our clients have reported back!) Todd Viau, our VP of Technology, is even helping Ken during the...
Read MoreAre you of the school that says once you close a sale with a new customer, it’s time to go find another one? Guess what? You’re “Old School,” and you’re leaving easy money on the table. You’re also making your job a lot harder than it needs to be. Let’s say it really is 5 times easier to sell an existing customer than it is...
Read MoreIn the past few months I’ve looked in every nook and cranny of my business for ways to cut costs, especially the “hidden” costs that you don’t realize are adding up. Like inefficient use of time. Turns out one of our big time sucks is sales quoting. Some of our services are straightforward and easy to quote…maybe take a minute or 2. But...
Read MoreLast year on Cinco de Mayo I published my secret recipe for frozen margaritas. This year I decided to go more historical with a great E-Newsletter case study. Every Cinco de Mayo, history buff and Texan Les McGee gets one more holiday to showcase his email marketing creativity. Les sells 100% made-in-the-USA United States and State Flags and flagpoles for Betsy Ross...
Read MoreIt’s Part 4 of the 5-Part series on building lead-generation web forms on your website. Let’s get real. Today’s lesson is The Big 3 Delusions of Drip Marketing Campaigns–the next step in following up with sales leads. Here are the top 3 “no-no’s”: 1. Customers/subscribers/prospects/readers are dying to hear from you. No....
Read MoreToday’s post is Part 2 of 5 articles on how to generate more sales leads with website forms. But first let’s talk about sales lead form abandonment when you feel “entitled” to your visitors’ personal information. Everyone knows that info on the internet wants to be free, right? I mean, you know that when you go searching for something,...
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