Building a Business
5 Simple Tips for a Productive Trade Show Experience
Get the most out of any trade show you participate in with these five tips.
Follow-Up
Entrepreneurs
How to Write a Follow-up Email After a Job Interview
Many job candidates fail to write follow-up emails after an interview. Learn how to craft a thank you email that can help you stand out from the competition.
Marketing
What Makes the Sales Follow-Up Email Special?
Here are six reasons why you shouldn't skip out on sending follow-up emails.
By Syed Balkhi
Building a Business
Six Ways to Get That Big Meeting
Founders share ways to get your foot in the door.
Building a Business
4 Rules of Engagement That Wildly Increase Your Odds of Closing the Deal
If someone calls about what you sell, call them back. Not in a week, right now.
Business Operations & Logistics
Are Your PR Efforts Falling Flat? Here’s How to Fix It
A solid checklist for managing your own public relations campaign will include setting clear goals, pitching the right reporter and so much more.
Tech
How Companies Are Using Web Services to Make Meetings Efficient
There are dozens of new web apps that make meetings much more productive.
Business News
6 Reasons This Is the Perfect Thank-You Email to Send After a Job Interview
When you don't send a thank you email or letter after an interview, you often eliminate yourself from the competition.
Entrepreneurs
3 Lessons a Young Entrepreneur Learned From Sir Richard Branson
They helped him become a millionaire.
By Sarah Austin
Thought Leaders
Follow Up Is the Sales Superstar’s Best Weapon
Sales is a little bit about your product and a great deal about your finesse dealing with people.
Thought Leaders
5 Selling Principles Learned From Dr. Seuss
Sam I Am had an unattractive product but sold it and made customer happy in the process.
Marketing
4 Insane Truths About Failing to Follow-up
Afraid persistence makes you "appear'' desperate? If you aren't desperate, you aren't trying hard enough.
Thought Leaders
Follow-up Is the Secret to Effective Delegation
A key leadership skill is walking that fine line between checking back and micromanaging.
Marketing
Why Won’t My Customer Call Me Back?
The cruel truth is that nobody is going to be in trouble for forgetting about your proposal.
By Phil La Duke
Marketing
The Art of the Follow-Up
Completing a deal requires persistent content that is never annoying but can't be politely ignored.
By George Deeb
Business Funding
7 Ways to Better Networking
Be the kind of person you want to add to your own business and social circles.
By Ivan Misner
Building a Business
5 Ways to Get People to Follow Up
Don't take it personally when you don't hear back, but don't stop trying to get in touch.
Building a Business
Financial Winter Is Coming. Are You Prepared?
The difference between the right call and the wrong call equates to comparing a photo taken from your phone with a piece of art.
Marketing
8 Never-Before-Published Follow Up Ideas Unveiled
When all else has failed, send a chocolate foot to that potential client in hopes of getting your 'foot' in the door.
Building a Business
Are You Leaving Money on the Table?
Persistent follow up that nevers crossing the line into pestering is the secret to sales success.
By Shaun Buck
Building a Business
The Challenge of Communication Doesn’t Stop at the Keyboard
How do you know if the message you send over email is the message received? You don't, at least not without following up.
By Jeff Boss
Building a Business
The Simple Formula for Following Up
You meet a lot of people at networking events. Here's a system that can turn those meetings into real business.
By Ivan Misner
Marketing
How to Handle Online vs. In-Person Leads
The follow-up separates the ordinary salespeople from the pro status.
Building a Business
5 Ways to Not Waste Your Employees’ Time at Meetings
Are meetings simply keeping your employees away from their work? Adopt these rules to make them as productive as possible.
Building a Business
3 Ways to Give More and Be Proactive at a Networking Event
'Don't always make it about the sell,' says the founder of a networking organization. 'We are well trained in the sell but not in the listening and giving.'
Building a Business
How to Turn Business Cards Into Business Relationships
Business cards that symbolize fabulous connections and conversations can easily transform into annoying reminders of lost opportunities.
Marketing
This Method of Follow Up Will Definitely Make an Impression
Follow these three steps to stand out among a series of canned emails, scripted phone calls and customer-relationship management reports.
By Jeff Shore